A remake of the movie Footloose will open soon. I can’t wait. I love the triumph of youth and exuberance over the prudish town folk who thought dancing should be banned. Ecclesiastes 3:4 says there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. How did they not get that? Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.” I believe music and dance were given to us by God as ways to express emotions and especially joy. 1 Peter 1:8 says “Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words” For this we have dance. Babies dance naturally. We don’t dance enough. “Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.” – Anonymous
Lord, you promised your people joy and that they would dance once more. Please help us to find our dance, even when life brings us difficulties. Amen.
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