Intimacy with God

Wrestling is the metaphor for intimacy with God that most deeply resonates with me. Lots of contact and close quarters, but not always clear on whether we're partnering or battling. I like it that way. Allows God to be God in the relationship—strong, interactive, unpredictable. Allows me to be me in the relationship—willful, opinionated, making a difference. Authentic relationship between two free persons doesn't need to pretend, play nice, or be conceptually tidy. One party is never diminished in order to exalt the other. Yes, wrestling. Alive, vibrant, intense and constant. Now that's intimacy with the living God.