Intimacy

     Intimacy is to let another fully know you.  That is a very fearful thing.  There are no half measures and there can be no going back once we have committed.  If rejected, we will be crushed.
     1 Corinthians 13:12 says "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.  Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."
     Jesus knows your every flaw and failure, both the ones you have hidden and the ones you have not yet committed.  He also loves you fully and completely, so much so that He clothed Himself in flesh.  He lived a life like ours, yet not like ours.  He felt the struggle and pain, but remained true to His Father's will.
     And though He remained true, he took all our failures into Himself and took our place.  He took our penalty.  He traded places with us so that we need never be separated again from Him.
     Accept the one who knows you fully and loves you anyway.
     Below is a link to a modern adaptation of "The Hound of Heaven" by Francis Thompson.  You can read more about him at:
http://www.patheos.com/Catholic/Hound-of-Heaven-Pat-McNamara-07-10-2012.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlgz4aBKt8