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.
Dance together with God, trusting God to lead and to guide you through each season of your life.And I Hope You Dance!!!
At the beginning of my recovery/conversion I joined a prayer group and was prayed over. I could sense the sincere desire of the people to help me come into a personal relationship with God, and I could even sense God there... but I also sensed my own resistance. I went home and thought about things. What kind of relationship did God want from me. Some of the people used the word 'surrender', but, comeing from a military background, and with my then concept of a sadistic and wrathful God who loved to inflict punishments, that wasn't a pleasant prospect. So I asked God,,, "What do you want? a puppet on a string? a robot? huh?",, and I heard, "Dance with me". wow! I was shocked that I heard anything, and dancing never occured to me, but the above post really kind of covers it. Thanks for reminding me.
1 - 2 - 3 hey.. it's in Steps!
love in recovery,
amanda
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
