.the dark room
.haunted past
+..all cried out..+ . [3:30 PM
December 15, 2004
DANCE WITH GOD
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 "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.
Truly, it takes alot of surrender and in my opinion quite a bit of humility. Are you willing to humble yourself and let Him lead you? I know it takes alot. Or maybe it's just me, it takes a whole lot to just tell Him, "Lord, have Your will in me" I always want my way. I want the dance to go my way. But somehow, I don't know the way. I don't know which way I want it to go. So there comes a time, after all the frustrations, the jerky movements, you just surrender to Him and ask Him to lead. And His guidance is skillful, patient and always right. No more bumping into each other. No more awkward jerks. What I'm saying is trust and let go. So easy to say but so hard to do