In today's podcast, we're going to look at the longing we all share for intimacy without shame.

You and I were made to be fully known and fully loved, and pursuing that sense of knowledge and love from the world has left so many of us wounded.

But the good news is that God has a path for human, relationship, and love that's void of shame

and wants to guide us down that path today as we create space and follow him together.

Welcome to the first 15 podcast.

All of humanity is in consistent search for intimacy. We devote ourselves to earning the affection

of others, whether it be a close friend or stranger. We long to be loved for who we truly are.

But we've also been burned by others in attempt to find acceptance. We give our hearts to the

world and hope others will satisfy our cravings

for acceptance, for love. And we've been rejected by the very people in systems in which we sought

satisfaction. Still, we press on. We mold and reshape ourselves. We change our image, our personality.

We project who we think we should be instead of who we really are.

We project who we feel others want us to be,

believing the lie that who we are really isn't enough.

And all the while we long to be fully known and accepted.

We long for intimacy without shame.

This depiction holds true for all of us, because all of us have been affected by Adam

and Eve's original sin.

It was in perfection that they chose sin over unfettered, boundless relationship with the

father.

And scripture says in Genesis 3,8, that Adam and Eve heard the sound of the Lord God

walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves

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