HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

Yesterday’s counseling Sunday School class was an unexpected surprise. It was week 5 of the 6 week class. These last two weeks have a focus of Spiritual Intimacy in marriage. The counselor leading this portion told the class why this area was so important to her and her husband who was sitting right beside her. They have been married 45 years but they have only celebrated 4 years of spiritual intimacy in their marriage. Her husband was sexually abused in his childhood years by his own father along with one other of the 4 boys in the family. This abuse had him locked up in bondage he couldn’t talk about until….

It brought tears to my eyes hearing this story. I’ve known some of it and not all of it was told nor did it need to be. What the beauty of it is, is that intimacy begins when we can finally address the truth with vulnerability with someone we trust. A definition for intimacy which I hadn’t heard until yesterday was: in-to-me—see. This step was finally taken by the husband just 4 years ago and he has had much help since then. He said that after all of these years living in secret, he is now beginning to truly know his wife.

When we begin to tell our truth with vulnerability, we also begin to find genuine intimacy with God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit. It is amazing how all of this works, but it always starts with the confession of truth. Don’t fear it, embrace it for the results are “too wonderful for comprehension!”