News Flash: Walking with God in the garden in the cool of the day is not intimacy. That's acquaintance. If you and one of your work buddies or colleagues took a walk every day, no one would think, "Oooh, that's deep! How intimate!" No. Co-workers may think "Ah, they're buddies." They may even think that the two of you were trying to stay in shape, but that's about all they would think apart from speculation of scandalous behavior. Rarely, however, would anyone assume intimacy from a daily hike.

How much more would it look strange for the deepest sign of intimacy in marriage to be enjoying a saunter through the garden. It sounds romantic, but honestly, it's surface level. Walking and talking with you is me getting acquainted with you, and that acquaintance will only go as deep as our talks. Furthermore, if all we ever did was walk and talk about all the lovely things we could do together without ever doing them, our relationship would be pretty shallow.

Even in a parent/child relation...