Life is like a dance
Life is unpredictable it comes with many difficulties, many hardships, and many trials. Just like dancing is unpredictable, and can be difficult and trying.
At times we feel alone, afraid, and rejected. We ask why me, why would a loving merciful God do this to me? We don’t understand we get confused and sometimes we reject God…
But when we take the step to be a follower of Christ we are not promised an easy life in fact we are promised just the opposite. Like so many others I know I wish that I could get a break, I wish that I could hold my head above water, I wish that bad things would not happen to me I pray for a “good” life I plead for happiness, and wish that difficulties would turn a blind eye towards me.
I wish that I had a map for my life so that I could brace myself when difficult situations are about to come around. But then I sit here and think about it…where is the fun in that? if I knew everything that was going to happen to me and when it was going to happen would life be exciting and unpredictable? I am guessing no….
Lately I have been seeing God work in my life and so many of my friends and families lives by giving us more than we think we can handle. But all along he is merely saying join me in the adventure, in this dance.
Do remember the school dances how you would sit there waiting for the “right” guy or any guy to come and ask you to dance? Do remember wishing that he would see you and not look through you, but see you for who you really are and not who you want to be. But afraid that if the “right” guy asked you to dance you would look like a fool. Well right now today, not tomorrow, not sometime in the near future, today there is a guy that sees you in fact he is looking at you right now and asking you to join him. He is asking you to take his hand, he is asking you to trust him, he won’t let you make a fool of yourself as long as you do one thing…. Let him take the lead .
Sounds simple right??? Wrong, it is the hardest thing you will ever have to do, you will have to let go of the power that you think you have, you will have to put aside your ego, your pride, your dreams.
You see this guy that I have been telling you about has known you and loved you since the very day that you were born. He Is not some weird stocker or anything like that he is your savior who loves you and has always wanted the best for you.
As I sit here typing this I realize how much like a dance our relationship with God is. When dancing I tend to struggle to let my partner (the male) have the control. I struggle to give him control of my body, to put my life in his hands, to take one wrong step and look like a fool, or let him have enough control that he would flip me upside down and possibly drop me on my head …ouch I might get hurt. I would rather know the routine and know what I am doing to make sure that I know where my foot goes next. Then do I? Or is it more exciting more unpredictable when I surrender my control and let my partner take the lead?
It is more exciting and a little scary to let someone else be in control of “my” life. When dancing, as the female I have to give my control to my partner. I have to trust that he will lead me that he will not let me look like a fool; I have to trust that he will not drop me on my head. And if I make a mistake that he will help me get through it. Just like how I have to trust God with everything that I have I have to give him complete control over my life, I need to believe that he wants to help me do my best just as a dance partner would.
And when things get messy I have to believe that a beautiful thing can come out of it. Just like in dancing where a mistake can have two outcomes I can get frustrated and give up, or I can turn that mistake into a beautiful dance step that no one else has thought of yet.
In this life I pray that you will let God take the lead in your life let him be the one who guides your steps and your stops and even when things seem like they are getting messy don’t reject God just hang on a little tighter cause God can make the most mess things beautiful again, no matter how messy!!!! When we give control to God our lives become exciting, unpredictable, a little scary and beautiful.
At times we feel alone, afraid, and rejected. We ask why me, why would a loving merciful God do this to me? We don’t understand we get confused and sometimes we reject God…
But when we take the step to be a follower of Christ we are not promised an easy life in fact we are promised just the opposite. Like so many others I know I wish that I could get a break, I wish that I could hold my head above water, I wish that bad things would not happen to me I pray for a “good” life I plead for happiness, and wish that difficulties would turn a blind eye towards me.
I wish that I had a map for my life so that I could brace myself when difficult situations are about to come around. But then I sit here and think about it…where is the fun in that? if I knew everything that was going to happen to me and when it was going to happen would life be exciting and unpredictable? I am guessing no….
Lately I have been seeing God work in my life and so many of my friends and families lives by giving us more than we think we can handle. But all along he is merely saying join me in the adventure, in this dance.
Do remember the school dances how you would sit there waiting for the “right” guy or any guy to come and ask you to dance? Do remember wishing that he would see you and not look through you, but see you for who you really are and not who you want to be. But afraid that if the “right” guy asked you to dance you would look like a fool. Well right now today, not tomorrow, not sometime in the near future, today there is a guy that sees you in fact he is looking at you right now and asking you to join him. He is asking you to take his hand, he is asking you to trust him, he won’t let you make a fool of yourself as long as you do one thing…. Let him take the lead .
Sounds simple right??? Wrong, it is the hardest thing you will ever have to do, you will have to let go of the power that you think you have, you will have to put aside your ego, your pride, your dreams.
You see this guy that I have been telling you about has known you and loved you since the very day that you were born. He Is not some weird stocker or anything like that he is your savior who loves you and has always wanted the best for you.
As I sit here typing this I realize how much like a dance our relationship with God is. When dancing I tend to struggle to let my partner (the male) have the control. I struggle to give him control of my body, to put my life in his hands, to take one wrong step and look like a fool, or let him have enough control that he would flip me upside down and possibly drop me on my head …ouch I might get hurt. I would rather know the routine and know what I am doing to make sure that I know where my foot goes next. Then do I? Or is it more exciting more unpredictable when I surrender my control and let my partner take the lead?
It is more exciting and a little scary to let someone else be in control of “my” life. When dancing, as the female I have to give my control to my partner. I have to trust that he will lead me that he will not let me look like a fool; I have to trust that he will not drop me on my head. And if I make a mistake that he will help me get through it. Just like how I have to trust God with everything that I have I have to give him complete control over my life, I need to believe that he wants to help me do my best just as a dance partner would.
And when things get messy I have to believe that a beautiful thing can come out of it. Just like in dancing where a mistake can have two outcomes I can get frustrated and give up, or I can turn that mistake into a beautiful dance step that no one else has thought of yet.
In this life I pray that you will let God take the lead in your life let him be the one who guides your steps and your stops and even when things seem like they are getting messy don’t reject God just hang on a little tighter cause God can make the most mess things beautiful again, no matter how messy!!!! When we give control to God our lives become exciting, unpredictable, a little scary and beautiful.
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