They didn’t get the highest scores, but there was that special something that drew me in to their dance even more than those that the judges rewarded with higher scores. They were dancing in front of a crowd on national TV, but it was if they were the only two people in the room. They were lost in each other and the music of the moment. The chemistry, the look in her eyes as she caught his, the tenderness with which he led, the beautiful lines that were created as they moved across the floor in unison; it captivated me. The intimacy that had been created through the hours spent together perfecting the dance appeared even more beautiful than the dance itself. She could have never known what this journey held when it first began. There had to have been that moment when she let go and trustingly followed his lead knowing that he would guide and protect her every step. He was the expert and yet you could see his desire to see her shine. He designed the dance to bring out the best in her. He held her close as the judges critiqued her every move as if to say, “I’m here with you and no matter what anyone else says, I am so proud of you. Above all others, you are the one with whom I choose to share the dance.” The judges were scoring the technique, the steps; but my heart was drawn to the beauty of the relationship between two people who had once been strangers but whose hearts were now beating as one through the rhythm of the dance he had created just for her.
My life has felt spiritually dry recently. God has spoken to me in the past in the most interesting of ways and this night was no different. I began to see the parallels. My life is a dance and the One who has chosen me, the One who will tenderly guide and protect my every step, the One who has crafted the perfect dance just for me…is patiently waiting for me to allow Him to lead and my heart is being drawn back to the rhythm of the dance for which I was created. Time spent practicing the steps would seemingly perfect the dance, but perfection is not really the goal. Time spent in relationship with the Creator of the dance allows it to effortlessly evolve into the intimate rhythmic steps and movement that are in perfect synchronization to the melody for which my life was intended.
