What a beautiful thing it is to be known and loved by you. You know me completely and fully, and you still go to great lengths to remind me that you do see and you do care and that you love me more than I can even comprehend. Thank you for loving me through it all, despite my flesh that so often resists pressing into You. You pursue. You gently whisper your truth - who you are, who I am in you - to me. Your voice is the one I will never tire of hearing. It's the first thing I want in the morning and the one I want to be in tune with all day. On days where I feel distant, life seems less bright, less beautiful. Then I become intentional and make room. And you speak, you whisper, you remind me. Your voice becomes familiar once more, and I'm at ease. I learn to rest in knowing you, not in the knowing what is next or all the details, but in knowing you and and trusting that you are who you say you are and you will do what you say you will do. You are trustworthy in the most beautiful way.
I want to know you deeper than I have before. Would you encounter me in ways I have never experienced before? I want to know you intimately and be known intimately. It's a scary and beautiful thing to be known so deeply, so completely. But your love casts out fear. You hold no grudges. You don't remind me of my faults or my failings, but instead you call me beautiful and loved by you. This love requires intentionality and effort. You say when I seek you, I will find you. So I make a commitment to you today to say that I will seek you, that I will pursue intimacy with you no matter what the cost, that I will make sacrifices to grow our love and connection because all else pales in comparison to you, to your love. May today mark a point in this relationship that I lean into you and consciously choose love and intimacy at all costs. I love you, and I want to love you deeper still.
