Intimacy With God

From Thomas Keating:

The great gift which Christ won through his sacrificial death is intimacy and oneness with the Father. On the day of his resurrection he said triumphantly to Mary Magdalene, "Go to my brethren and say to them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father" (John 20:17). That is the great good news! The experience of intimacy with God, symbolized in Genesis by God's daily walk with Adam and Eve in the evening air (Gen. 3:8), is now available once again to the whole human family.

This is the great good news! Though I end up chasing many things, the only this that is truly beneficial and fully satisfying at a depth like nothing else is the experience of that intimacy with Him.

One thing necessary...

Abide in me...

One with me as the Father and I are one...

The Bride of Christ...

Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth...

For your love is sweeter than wine...

Christ in me...

Draw near to me...