The past few months have been the toughest time for me, in terms of my personal spiritual journey. I have gone through a season of depression and deep brokenness which I never thought I would ever go through (again). It opened up past wounds which I never realized were still there in my heart. It required the mighty hand of Jesus to pull me back up, heal and bind my broken spirit to make me whole again. I stand here right now only by the grace of God because He is faithful to restore the brokenhearted (Psalm 147:3).
I was listening today to this spoken poetry by Amena Brown and was deeply touched by its message. I see myself being led by Jesus to an unfamiliar dance floor – hesitant to trust Him and yet He keeps on pursuing me, telling me to hold His hand and dance with Him. It’s as if He was trying to teach me brand new steps and wooing me to fully surrender my life to Him all over again – learn from Him as He shows me how much He truly loves me.
Hope you like it as much as I do. Be blessed! 🙂
Dance with Him by Amena Brown
He puts His hand in the small of my back
Two fingers pressed into the centre of my palm
Pulls me close
Steps with His left, my right
I focus on His eyes and try to ignore my feet as they clumsily count
One – Two – Three
I’m trying to trust Him
He knows this dance better than me
I’m still a novice and it’s obvious
I haven’t learned yet to lean in and let Him control the turns
He takes His time and even when I miss a step
It’s fine
He knows I’m learning
He wants me to put my hand in His
Close my eyes and trust Him
With my life
My heart
With worry
And “I’m so scared”
With hurt
Worth and unworthy
With loving and unlovable
And my heart has been hurt before
I have been burned before
Loved and endured loss before
And I am in no mood for a dance
No mood to be romanced
I have become a grace cynic
And love’s worst critic
But He sends me invitations every day
And even though I have yet to RSVP
He doesn’t mind me
Keeps pursuing
And taking steps in spite of me
He is a songwriter
Composing the notes that hold together eternity
And He wants to teach my limbs to sing
He’s been waiting to watch me let go of woe
And worry…until my soul
Sings in that beautiful voice He gave me
That I have somehow come to think
Is not so beautiful
To dance with Him
I must give in
And give up
Plus the trust it takes to really love
And I want to love Him unbridled
Believe in Him with a faith that is unshakeable
Like tree roots centuries deep
Until I learned to follow His time
Take deep breaths
Rest my head on His chest
And my cares at His feet
That I never fear –
As long as I depend on me
Take His hand
Take a chance
Fingertips in the palm of the One who holds galaxies
In His hand
My hand on His shoulder
My heart in His hand
We dance
To a down beat
That keeps time with His heartbeat
And sometimes
It feels like He’s letting me go
When He’s only letting me turn
And sometimes
It feels like He’s letting me fall
When He’s only letting me learn
His is the song that never ends
And in His love
Sinners become friends
He wants to dance with me
Until the only Song I hear
Is Him
To watch & listen to the poem, you may follow this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLf02iBRYc
This is incredibly inspiring. Praise and glory be to God.
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Christ dance’s. Dance of hope and healing.
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