The Dance

I want to be like that...

"Where I close my eyes

and throw back my head

and stand up to dance with You.

My tiny hand in your infinite one.

My steps so clumsy compared to Your Grace.

The music begins and

we step out onto the floor.

My grip tightens, 

knowing I will fall but also

knowing you will guide me.

And the music swells,

roaring in my eyes until 

I am so captured that

I cannot look at anyone but You.

My hands feel poised for the next step,

My head up,

a smile of love on my face,

my eyes lock with Yours...

And then, maybe then, 

I will not even notice when

You turn to one of your sons 

and invite him to dance with me."

-author unknown

I'm having trouble explaining how much this poems means to me. Many times I find myself worrying about the future and how it's going to work out. Countless hours of thought have been lost to this wondering. But this poem has always been a reminder of how I should dance through life holding on to the hands of my Creator. I rediscovered it a few weeks ago; it's always been in the front of my Bible but I hadn't actually read it in months. However, God has this funny thing about perfect timing. So after I read it the other day it has slowly been refocusing me back to God and back to the dance that were dancing. Distractions had crept in and are not completely gone yet but they have been greatly pulling me away from my eyes being locked on Christ's.  But gazing into Christ's eyes takes away a lot of the worry. In his sight everything will be okay. I know that if I focus on God then the worries will work themselves out. Matthew 6:25-33 tells me that I don't need to worry about this life he care so much about his creation and will never let me down. I know the Lord loves me for who I am and he is guiding my life. When I fall down he picks me up he lets me stand on his feet and dances me around the floor.The music of life gently plays and I am completely safe.