Sunday, October 24, 2010 11:47 PM
Since the beginning of this year, I started to learn dancesport or some people are more familiar with the term ballroom dancing. It is a dance danced by couples consisting of the leader or the gentleman and the follower or the lady.
After a few months learning it, I found some important factors to take note in dancing these dances. As the leader, the gentlemen hold a very important role which is to lead and to tell the lady what step he would like her to dance next. As the follower, the ladies must be able to be responsive and quick to the signal from the gentlemen, or else, the dance won’t look so graceful anymore. As the gentlemen take charge in leading, the ladies have to do their part as well.
When dancing, the ladies are not always connected to the gentlemen. At times the gentlemen will allow the ladies to dance solo without holding her hands at all. However, because the ladies are the follower, so they have to put their hands in such a way that at any points of time when the gentleman would like to take her hands, he is able to do so. When they are away from each other, the ladies and the gentlemen have to keep their connecting hands in tension so that the signal can transfer quickly from the gentlemen to the ladies.
Now, what does this dancing thing have to do with God? I am so into dance lately, I just couldn’t get it out of my head. So one day, I asked God if I could actually dance with Him. Guess what? He gave me a lovely revelation.
Actually He would love to dance with me all my life. As the leader, He would like to lead me and tell me what is the next step to dance in my life. He will give me the freedom to sometimes dance solo. However, it is still within His leading because He will still be able to take my hand whenever He wants to. The tension in our connected hands, which is the relationship between us is important to maintain as that would determine how sensitive I am to the signal to dance the next step. With practice and discipline, it will be a beautiful life to dance!
So, guy (especially for all the dancers out there)! You can actually dance with God like what I am doing right now. ;)