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Here I am, sitting alone, most of my friends are on the dance floor, laughing and having fun.  There are only a few of us, insecure ones really, who are watching from the side lines.  Wanting to jump up and have fun too but we don't know the dance, we haven't practiced the dance and we don't want to look like fools.  So we sit, pretending like it doesn't bother us.  When asked why we didn't get up and dance we say, "I don't dance."  That answer is enough to suffice our friends from pushing and prodding us further to dance.  After a while I become jealous and envious of those who are not afraid to dance.  Sometimes the desire to dance is so strong that I decide I am going to do what it takes to learn how.  So the next time that song plays I will know what to do.  I won't feel insecure anymore.  So I take the time to learn the dance. Here I am, sitting with my friends, talking and laughing.  The song begins to play, my fr...

Growing up I used to love to watch musicals.  I've always had a love for music.  I used to enjoy dancing around for my parents in our living room.  You could put on any song and I'd find a reason to dance to it.  As I reached middle school age I decided that dancing in front of people was embarrassing.  Especially if you didn't know what you were doing.  Freestyle dancing just seemed quite scary after I reached a certain age, especially in front of others.  As I got older it became more and more intimidating until I learned of such a thing as line dancing. Line dancing involves learning the steps and then putting those steps to music.  What's bad about line dancing or any kind of choreographed dances put to music is that it changes the way you listen to that music.  Once you learn a dance to a particular song from this point forward when you hear that song you will want to do that particular dance.  For example, can you listen to the...

Dancing.  Just that one word invokes joy to my heart.  It invokes it because it involves music, rhythm and movement.  As I have developed my relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit they have shown me many truths.  I don’t have all the answers you may be looking for but I have experiences that I’d like to share in hopes that it will make you want to know them better for yourself.   A few years ago I was sitting in the corner of a busy gym.  The gym was full of high school students either bumping a volleyball, playing basketball or walking around the edges.  It was a sight of chaos the same way that my life was feeling at the time. I’m always striving and wondering what my next step in life should be, where should I be headed, what should I be pursuing and I’m always second guessing if I’m on the right path.  As I was staring across the busy room I was looking directly at the other corner of the gym that was empty and Jesus came to min...