What does "intimacy" mean to you?

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Brandon777

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In a man and wife relationship, intimacy is closeness shared spiritually through prayer and meditation together, mentally through trustworthy, honest dialogue and transparency, and physically through touch. Dancing a dance in step with the man leading is a physical representation of a good intimacy level. There is such a thing as having too much intimacy. That is when someone is clingy and possessive, perhaps idolizing the other by putting them above God in their life.
 
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Hellooo

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Brandon777 said:
There is such a thing as having too much intimacy. That is when someone is clingy and possessive, perhaps idolizing the other by putting them above God in their life.
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Being clingy and overly possessive comes from a place of insecurity and lack of trust in a relationship, rather than intimacy. I would say that true intimacy surpasses those barriers.
 
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Jullianna

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Intimacy is knowing one another inside and out, being comfortable with having someone know your past/failings/fears/hopes/dreams/strengths/passions and loving you anyway. Its cornerstone is trust.
 
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^^So I see that women are not necessarily more wordy than men.:D
 
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Powemm

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The last relationship I was in really backfired on me... I lay everything out on the table like a hand of playing cards...."this is who I was, this is who I am, and following Christ to become who "He" wants me to be" .. Transparent so the other person can make decisions about what's best in and for their life... Unfortunately, it backfired on me and all has been held against me after I thought I could trust this individual.. I'm nit angered by it, in fact I'm thankful for it.. The holy spirit revealed many things I would be bringing into my own life if I had stayed in the relationship... I count all as gain by risking and testing spirits I
Am actually dealing with.... What is intimacy to me? It is as Jesus has told us it is.... The laying of ones life down for your friend... It becomes about their
Likes, their needs, there emotional safety, encouraging them, keeping them spiritually safe.. It doesn't become about what I want, it becomes about what they need... I pray that what God feeds me , can overspill and feed someone else.. I have to ask myself the question... Am I depositing or depleting from their spiritual bank
account ? With my words, body language, actions, motives, if all I say is "I love" and no actions back that up ... I do not truly love... Intimacy is more than a feeling.. Emotions are many times what mess "true love" up.. it's about living my partner through their bad day.. Their bad day becomes gain for me to do something nice for them... Intimacy can run deep or very very shallow.. This girl runs deep On many levels because God runs deep within me :). It's projecting what God is doing for
Me that is projected out to someone else .. deep stuff!! Love you guys! Peace.
 
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Powemm

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I want to speak to the king in someone. Not the fool in someone.. That is what gives an account for what is in myself ..if out of kingdom thinking comes a queen... heavenly words will be spoken from me.. But if heavenly kingdom thinking is not in me then what will come out is the foolishness in my heart. In choosing what's best for my own life, and the plan Gid has for me, I look to see if that same accountability comes from those speaking to who is inside of me . If I speak kingly to the king inside of you the king will come out eventually in you. But if I speak out of the foolishness of my own heart to you, the fool will come out of you.. I can say this from experience in my life and what I've done ..
 
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Abiding

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this is intimacy
 
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adekruif

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Late to the party, but to me the simplest definition of intimacy is trusting a person with every part of your life. I don't think there is anything more intimate than being comfortable sharing/doing/saying pretty much anything with that person.
 
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halfevil333

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simplyme_bekah said:
kissing, holding hands, laughing together, taking showers together, making love as often as you can, being considerate towards the other by doing small things like picking a flower for her or leaving him the coffee pot prepared for his early morning before work, its snuggling up on the couch holding onto the other while you watch a movie, its kissing them hello and goodbye, its being kind to one another. Intimacy is way way more then making love.
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Two thumbs up!! Waaaaay up!!
 
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What does "intimacy" mean to you?
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Whispering sweet nothings into her ear...
 
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1still_waters

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Sitting in silence.
Eye to eye.
Hands in hands.
Speaking unsaid words through connected eyes.
Feeling like you know them 100%..
Yet knowing there is much left to know.
Content with their perfections.
Content with their imperfections.
Two hearts in silence beating out of sync.
Those two beating hearts yet in sync.
Silent. Unspoken Connectedness. In each other's presence.
 
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Wow Stilly, I just saw a side of you that I didn't expect to.
 
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Jullianna

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Loved your post, but that signature is making me dizzy :) *DON'T say it y'all :D *
 
Nautilus

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Jullianna is getting woozy from her Bieber Fever?
 
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Jullianna

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As Stilly can attest, I was once totally anti-Bieber, but someone's comment some time ago about Bieber attending a youth rally (I think it was Ugly; can you confirm, Ugly? Not sure..) has mellowed me somewhat :) As long as I don't actually have to listen to those songs... :D
 
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Jullianna said:
Loved your post, but that signature is making me dizzy :) *DON'T say it y'all :D *
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Jullianna, I'm trying to figure out what it is we're not supposed to say. :confused:
 
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See_KING_Truth

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Reece hit the nail on the head, intimacy is oneness.
 
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