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These are my thoughts, it doesn't make it necessarily true, they are just my thoughts...
Holding back (creating mystery) in an intimate relationship is holding back love. "For better or worse, this is me, this is who I am." Being completely open, honest, and vulnerable is true marriage- "I share absolutely everything with you, even my body and my mind." You should know your spouse like the back of your hand, only then can you truly be one with them, and reach a level of love that is ocean-deep instead of pond-deep. Mystery means that parts of me I purposely keep separate from you. It is like two rain drops on a window- they may be in the same place, but they need to be close enough to touch hearts, that's when they become one. Whoever is not in a marriage like this is missing out, they are just co-existing with benefits, how shallow. Mystery in an intimate relationship, I think leads to kinky, lustful, muck.
Marriage, in it's best sense, is patterned after the relationship with Christ and His Bride the church. It is truly intimate and loving. John 15:15 says that servants don't know their master's business, but that we are no longer servants but friends, and therefore He shares everything with us. Love is complete trust and communication. When you know all my ways, you know me. And if you truly know me, and still accept me, then you truly love me. "I know you, and it is the things that make you 'you' that I love."
Holding back (creating mystery) in an intimate relationship is holding back love. "For better or worse, this is me, this is who I am." Being completely open, honest, and vulnerable is true marriage- "I share absolutely everything with you, even my body and my mind." You should know your spouse like the back of your hand, only then can you truly be one with them, and reach a level of love that is ocean-deep instead of pond-deep. Mystery means that parts of me I purposely keep separate from you. It is like two rain drops on a window- they may be in the same place, but they need to be close enough to touch hearts, that's when they become one. Whoever is not in a marriage like this is missing out, they are just co-existing with benefits, how shallow. Mystery in an intimate relationship, I think leads to kinky, lustful, muck.
Marriage, in it's best sense, is patterned after the relationship with Christ and His Bride the church. It is truly intimate and loving. John 15:15 says that servants don't know their master's business, but that we are no longer servants but friends, and therefore He shares everything with us. Love is complete trust and communication. When you know all my ways, you know me. And if you truly know me, and still accept me, then you truly love me. "I know you, and it is the things that make you 'you' that I love."