Singing and Dancing with the King
God is God and I am not. Many times I would like to be yet there’s so much I don’t know and numerous skills that I lack. For example…
🎶 How do you keep a wave upon the sand? 🎶
🎶 How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? 🎶
And…
How do you put a springtime breeze in a box?
(and stir daffodils into a celebratory dance)
How do you preserve the flash of a lightning bug?
🪻 🐞 🌹 🪳
God is perfect and I am fallible. I dislike being wrong and loathe when my actions hurt the ones I love. So I ask…
🎶 Give me one more chance 🎶
🎶 And save me from this road I’m on. 🎶
Adding…
I am sorry for failing you again.
(you deserve so much more)
I am sorry for putting myself first.
😞 ❤️🩹 😣 💔
God is always faithful but I sometimes doubt. Like Peter, I sink with fear and uncertainty when the waters are rough and the winds are strong. This is why I scream…
🎶 Hello darkness, my Old Friend. 🎶
🎶 I’ve come to talk with you again. 🎶
Please…
Grab my hand and lead me to the truth.
(even if it is somewhere I don’t want to go)
As long as you take the lead, I will follow.
❓ 🤔 ✝️ ⚖️
God’s love is everlasting but mine wavers occasionally when it comes to humans. His commandment to love wholly is ridiculously challenging. Which is why I pray…
🎶 Say You love me every waking moment. 🎶
🎶 Love me, that’s all I ask of You. 🎶
Then…
Teach me to love like you love.
(with passion and commitment)
Help me to love unconditionally.
🩵 🧡 💜 💚
God is my protector even when I neglect Him. When my life becomes messy, busy, or unsafe, He still shields me from harm. As always…
🎶 The three men I admire most 🎶
🎶 The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost 🎶
They…
Catch me when I fall and set me aright.
(no matter where or when)
I am secure always in the arms of God.
🦁 🛡️😇 👣
God is forgiving and patient. I can be judgemental and intolerant, but His Word inspires me not to give up. I hear…
🎶 Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance 🎶
🎶 And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, 🎶
🎶 I hope you dance… I hope you dance 🎶
Hopefully…
The seeds he has planted will fall on rich soil.
(producing much fruit)
And the smallest of seeds becomes a refuge.
🌱 🍋 🌳 🍑
God is for me today, tomorrow, and always. Neither death nor life nor anything present or to come will separate me from Him. It is only in this that we are the same. Because…
🎶 He’s the rock that I lean on 🎶
🎶 He’s the sunshine of my day 🎶
And…
He is Joy and Strength and Hope.
(the King who made me everything I am)
He is my All and All.
👑 🪨 👑 🪨
Songs in order of inspiration:
“Maria” — Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers (The Sound of Music), 1959
“Jesus, Take the Wheel” — Hillary Lindsey, Brett James, Gordie Sampson, 2005
“The Sounds of Silence” — Paul Simon, 1964
“All I Ask of You” — Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart (The Phantom of the Opera), 1986
“American Pie” — Don Mclean, 1971
“I Hope You Dance” — Mark Daniel Sanders, Tia M. Sillers, 1999
“He’s My Rock” — Sharon K. Dobbins, 1972/1975