>I am supposed to start journaling this week, as a part of my Spiritual Life class. I should have started before now, but I was lazy. My brain has been really muddled this week. I was reading yesterday, and I came across these words in PURSUIT OF GOD by A. W. Tozer:

–It is inherent in personality to be able to know other personalities, but full knowledge of one personality by another cannot be achieved in one encounter. It is only after long and loving mental intercourse that the full possibilities of both can be explored.

“Mental intercourse” — I love that. I mean, really LOVE that. It is what I am all about, whatever the topic. Not some arrogant, life-sucking discourse where one person talks for twenty minutes and says nothing. But REAL discussion, dialogue, about something. In person. Not chatting on the internet. Or talking on the phone. Eye to eye. Knee to knee. Expression to expression. Visible and comprehended. It has taken me my entire life to learn that a healthy confrontation is not negative or too scary. It is essential. It is required in order to have movement in a relationship.

It is not always fun. And not always efficient. But I know that there are things people must discuss, sometimes, whether they want to at the the moment, or not.

Maybe that is why my brain has been muddled. I have a couple of those impending conversations looming on the horizon. I’m nervous, but I have been praying to God for wisdom, words and courage. I believe they are coming. The right time has to be.