SO CLOSE

“Hanokh (Enoch) walked with God, and then he wasn’t there, because God took him.”
Genesis 5:24

Being single, I find myself in different seasons joining on-line dating sites. It isn’t so much that I expect to find someone as much as it is that I am wanting to converse with people like me. Sure, if it lends itself to a date I may take it, but one must filter through many wrongs to find that right on-line. With all that said, I find myself some nights in a chat room, having conversations with all sorts of people around my age. It never fails, though, that every conversation makes its way toward what people desire in a mate. And the number one answer is a best friend. Having been married and now divorced, I can agree. The woman I married, although great in many ways, was never my best friend. Maybe we didn’t date long enough or didn’t have trust built up, but regardless, we were never each other’s best friend. We were roommates.
As I find myself now with the option and fear of dating again, I have come to realize that I too want to marry my best friend. I want someone I can click with, bond with, trust, be myself around, and be encouraged to change but not forced. When I think back to my childhood, my best friend accepted me as I was. We didn’t agree on everything, but we didn’t try to change each other also.
Perhaps I am getting off track. The point I am trying to make is that I desire in a spouse a closeness. But it seems like Adonai also desires a closeness with us. When I read about Hanokh in the Torah, I read that he walked with Adonai and then was no more. He was best friends with Adonai. The two didn’t have some casual relationship where they just met once a month to catch up over dinner and then be on their ways. No. When I read this I think of a tight unit. Hanokh ‘walked’ with Adonai. Hanokh HALAK with Adonai. His whole manner of life brought glory to his maker. The two were so close that nothing could separate their bond. Be it in marriage, or more importantly in relationship with Adonai, I long for closeness.
Oh Adonai, I want to make you my everything and walk with you.

GENESIS 5:1-5:24