Today's thought comes from Keep Your Love On by Danny Silk.
There are two targets that we can choose from in a
marriage. Distance or closeness. The purpose of distance is to try to
protect yourself. To hold your spouse at whatever distance you feel is
necessary to be safe. Sometimes that is close,
sometimes it is far away. But regardless of the emotional distance the
goal is to be protected.
Closeness is the complete opposite. Here the goal
is to know and be known above all else. Safety is necessarily sacrificed
in order to reach ever greater levels of intimacy. This goal directs
your focus away from yourself and towards your
spouse.
In the end though, neither of these goals are
"safe". Neither of them are comfortable or easy. Only one though
embraces love and the commitment that we made on our wedding day to love
and cherish each other.
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