WHEN I MEDITATED ON THE WORD GUIDANCE,I KEPT SEEING "DANCE" AT THE END OF THE WORD. I REMEMBER READING THAT DOING GOD'S WILL IS A LOT LIKE DANCING. WHEN TWO PEOPLE TRY TO LEAD, NOTHING FEELS RIGHT. THE MOVEMENT DOESN'T FLOW WITH THE MUSIC, AND EVERYTHING IS QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE AND JERKY. WHEN ONE PERSON REALIZES THAT. AND LETS THE OTHER LEAD, BOTH BODIES BEGIN TO FLOW WITH THE MUSIC. ONE GIVES GENTLE CUES, PERHAPS WITH A NUDGE TO THE BACK OR BY PRESSING LIGHTLY IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER.IT'S AS IF TWO BECOME ONE BODY, MOVING BEAUTIFULLY. THE DANCE TAKES SURRENDER, WILLINGNESS, AND ATTENTIVENESS FROM ONE PERSON AND GENTLE GUIDANCE AND SKILL FROM THE OTHER.MY EYES DREW BACK TO THE WORD GUIDANCE. WHEN I SAW THE "G" I THOUGHT OF GOD, FOLLOWED BY "U" AND "I". "GOD","U", AND "I" DANCE......
GOD, YOU, AND I DANCE.
AS I LOWERED MY HEAD, I BECAME WILLING TO TRUST THAT I WOULD GET GUIDANCE ABOUT MY LIFE.
ONCE AGAIN I BECAME WILLING TO LET GOD LEAD.
I HOPE YOU LEARN TO DANCE THROUGH YOUR LIFE WITH HIM.
3 comments:
Gail,
This is BEAUTIFUL and so very true! I learned to "dance" with God -- really DANCE in joy -- when my twin boys were born and the prognosis for survival was bleak. I melted into God fully for the very first time and the transforming dance changed my life. Though I knew Him as sin-forgiving Savior, I had not known Him as leading dance partner until I surrendered and followed completely. It was the most wonderful discovery in my life. Since then, I have danced daily, hourly, moment-by-moment . . . and it is good.
Thanks so much for sharing this. Now I'm off to do some dancing.
; D
That's really a great post. It takes some time I think to fully surrender to God, for many people, but the more we trust Him, the more we are able to trust Him, because he never lets us down.
This is lovely! In the river of tears for the people of Haiti, I think of all the things I am thankful for, but the word why comes too. Why do these wonderful people that have so little already have to go through this?
So many questions that will not be answered....
Love, Mary
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