As a general rule, you can gauge the intimacy in a relationship by how comfortable you are being alone together in the silence. Early on, relationships are full of words and activity. As you grow closer over time, there are still words and activity, but you also come to deeply enjoy just being with each other.
While we never mature beyond any of the four stages of prayer we are exploring in this Practice, the further we progress in prayer, the more we desire to speak to God, to listen to God, and to just be with God, or what has come to be called “contemplation,” based on 2 Corinthians 3v18.
Teacher: Brittni Ratliff
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
