Quotes about Closeness

I never knew You lived so close to the floor, but every time I am bowed down, crushed by this weight of grief, I feel Your hand on my head, Your breath on my cheek, Your tears on my neck. You never tell me to pull myself together, to stem the flow of many years. You simply stay by my side for as long as it takes, so close to the floor.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.

Children need loving attention, closeness and deep affection and also loving touch. Love will make them feel safe.

God wants to be as close to us as a branch is to a vine. One is an extension of the other. It's impossible to tell where one starts and the other ends. The branch isn't connected only at the moment of bearing fruit. The gardener doesn't keep the branches in a box and then, on the day he wants grapes, glue them to the vine. No, the branch constantly draws nutrition from the vine. Separation means certain death.

There is no separation. There is no chasm between you and the heavens. There is no divider, no veil between you and God's love.

Those who keep secrets from God keep their distance from God. Those who are honest with God draw near to God.

In spite of the range of needs and wants that go unmet when we don't love, it may feel safer to not love. We don't risk the uncertainty and vulnerability of closeness. We don't risk the pain of loving, and for many of us love has caused a great deal of pain.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. James 4:8

The downside of human closeness is that, to the degree you have loved their presence, you grieve their loss. Amanda

Someone suddenly had direct, unabashed access to my heart.