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Saturday, July 14
Have you ever done the chicken dance at a wedding reception?
If so, you got out on that special foundation installed just
for dancing. You scheduled time just to be there. No, not to do the chicken
dance but to attend the wedding and reception. Why? To share in the joyous occasion
of celebrating the marriage, right? You made time to celebrate.
What inspires and excites us to praise the Lord and dance
before Him? Do we wait for special occasions, or do we schedule time to
celebrate our relationship with our Beloved Bridegroom? And on what do we dance?
The fragile fabrication the world offers or the firm foundation God gives us?
Christ is our Rock, our Foundation; therefore, our hearts
rejoice and dance on that firm footing of faith in Him and the truths in God’s
Word.
There are times for dancing, times for celebrating, as the
author of Ecclesiastes tells us, “A time to laugh...A time to dance.” (Eccl.
3:4 TLB) Oh, we love to dance when there’s a good reason to celebrate, like times of triumph and happiness.
We love to “trip the light fantastic,” as the saying goes.
We frolic light-footed and graceful on the peak of gaiety, but what about those
other times in our lives, those times
when our hearts suffer the pangs of trials and heartaches?
As the Bible says, there is also “A time to weep...A time to
mourn.” (Eccl. 3:4 NKJV) But sometimes in our mourning, rather than pirouetting
in twirls of glee that the Lord is with us, we spiral down into a valley of
gloominess and our dancing feet feel like they are made of lead weights.
In those times of heartache, God will revive us, just as He
told Israel
through Jeremiah, “I will rebuild you...You will again be happy and dance
merrily with your tambourines.” (Jer. 31:4 NLT)
In one of those times in David’s life, he rejoiced in the
Lord, “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my
sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.” (Ps. 30:11 NKJV)
Another time, he said, “But let
righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God’s presence. Let them
overflow with joy.” (Ps. 68:3 GW)
Do you set aside other activities and schedule time to be in
the Lord’s presence to praise Him and celebrate with Him? Do you enjoy dancing
with your Beloved Bridegroom?
Just think: when we get to heaven, we’ll dance with Him on
that eternal foundation, those streets of gold. There’s a song our church loves
to sing called We Will Dance. It
always gives me goosebumps. If you’ve never heard it, I hope you’ll listen to
it.
Sing a song of celebration, lift up a shout of praise
For the Bridegroom will come the glorious one...
We will dance on the streets that are golden,
The glorious bride and the great Son of man;
From ev’ry tongue and tribe and nation
We’ll join in the song of the Lamb.
Bride, your
Bridegroom waits to dance with you!
* Today, I celebrate, with my
hubby, our 46 th wedding anniversary. Thank you, my dear sweet one,
for every year. I love you!
** This post is part of the
monthly Christianwriters.com blog chain. This month’s topic is celebrate.
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