Relationship?

I just want to put my thoughts on paper.  I think I have some level of peace about the whole "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life thing." God does love us, but the whole plan for your life thing isn't really true. So that kind of helped me get out of the rut of "Am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing right now?"

Now the question is back to how do I relate to God. I keep hearing that I'm supposed to have this relationship with God.  Spell it with an "R".  But how does one relate to a being that cannot be seen or heard?  It certainly is not a relationship like the relationships I have with other my wife, my children, my family or my friends.  So how do I characterize this relationship.

So I was looking at Wikipedia, and learned that relationships are essentially characterized by two things: trust and intimacy.  So those can apply to my relationship with God.  I can trust him, and I can be intimate with Him.  I can be real with Him, and not try to conceal those things that He can already see anyway, and he can reveal Himself to me.  And basically he does that through His word.

So that's really what it boils down to. And I guess I knew that already.  We can try to make it all mystical or whatever, but it really isn't a secret that the Christian walk really boils down to prayer and bible reading.