To good not to share!
Some things are just to good not to share. These are some of the notes I wrote in my journal from a talk Beth Moore gave titled "To know and be known" on Life Today.
Insist on a search!
We can look to God for the nature of healthy intimacy and relationship because it is always based on revelation -- progressive revelation. That's the way God is. What God does when he seeks us out and calls us to know him is that he brings us into a place where little by little he continues to pull veils back and shows us who he really is. It tells us in Colossians chapter two that all the treasures of the godhead are in Christ, all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And the mystery is that we get to know him layer by layer. We come to know the depths of him, just one little progressive piece of revelation after another. That is also the nature of healthy relationship.Because we were not meant to know everything there was to know the first five seconds.Listen to me, you're worth getting to know. Insist to somebody that is dating you or somebody that is pursuing you gets to take the process of getting to know you, searching you out, that's the healthy relationship. God searches us out. He loves revelation. That's true intimacy. Be aware of instant intimacy with anybody! We don't instantly make ourselves known completely out there to anybody but God.
Relationship is getting to know people. It is revealing ourselves over time -- that's God's way. As long as we're alive and we have new experiences and new encounters and go through new seasons, we are constantly changing. There is constantly a new depth and a new texture being put to our lives but we cease seeking them and learning them. We're people of depth, of emotional layers and textures. You're of value -- you're priceless! Your mind is worth exploring, getting to know. You're interesting! Don't sell yourself short in relationships. Insist on a search, on depth, on a constant evolution of an emotional person that God's constantly developing -- that is lasting intimacy. That's part of true relationship. The search -- the revelation -- that's God's way.
Insist on a search!
We can look to God for the nature of healthy intimacy and relationship because it is always based on revelation -- progressive revelation. That's the way God is. What God does when he seeks us out and calls us to know him is that he brings us into a place where little by little he continues to pull veils back and shows us who he really is. It tells us in Colossians chapter two that all the treasures of the godhead are in Christ, all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And the mystery is that we get to know him layer by layer. We come to know the depths of him, just one little progressive piece of revelation after another. That is also the nature of healthy relationship.Because we were not meant to know everything there was to know the first five seconds.Listen to me, you're worth getting to know. Insist to somebody that is dating you or somebody that is pursuing you gets to take the process of getting to know you, searching you out, that's the healthy relationship. God searches us out. He loves revelation. That's true intimacy. Be aware of instant intimacy with anybody! We don't instantly make ourselves known completely out there to anybody but God.
Relationship is getting to know people. It is revealing ourselves over time -- that's God's way. As long as we're alive and we have new experiences and new encounters and go through new seasons, we are constantly changing. There is constantly a new depth and a new texture being put to our lives but we cease seeking them and learning them. We're people of depth, of emotional layers and textures. You're of value -- you're priceless! Your mind is worth exploring, getting to know. You're interesting! Don't sell yourself short in relationships. Insist on a search, on depth, on a constant evolution of an emotional person that God's constantly developing -- that is lasting intimacy. That's part of true relationship. The search -- the revelation -- that's God's way.
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