Guidance

Good morning and welcome to September! I trust you enjoyed your 3-day weekend (those of you who had one.......sorry Charlie!)

Allow me to expand on something you may have read before.

I'm not a dancer - much to my wife's disappointment. Actually, I may have a slow dance with her once in awhile, but as far as what everyone else calls "dancing", I don't do that. If I even tried it wouldn't look like dancing anyway. It would look more like some guy jerking around like he's holding on to 220 volts! Let's just say it's not pretty. Now, if you want to see someone dance, check out Robert Barone (Brad Garrett) on Everybody Loves Raymond......the guy can dance! But that's another story.

While I'm not much of a dancer, I do know that when you dance (at least the more "formal" style of dancing) someone has to lead. When twopeople try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky. When one person realizes and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. The dance takes surrender, willingness, trust and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other.

Gentle guidance. Let me see if I can help you see something in the word GUIDANCE.

The first letter is "G". Let that represent God.

The second letter is "U". Let that represent You.

The third is "I". Let that represent......you guessed it......I.

Those three letters are followed by the word "DANCE".

Put it all together.......God, You and I Dance.

God made a promise in Psalms 32:8 for all who trust in Him. It says, 'The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.'" Pretty great promise, eh?

I encourage you today to "dance" with God..........and let Him lead. Need guidance? He's promised to give it! All you have to do is ask.......

So today......and every day......dance like nobody's watching (and in my case, that's the ONLY time I dance - when nobody's watching!)!!!