Dancing. It’s one of those things I love to do…but I’m really not that good at.  Oh, I can ballroom dance some (Mike and I took lessons a trillion years ago), I can do a little country line dancing, swing, and I can even do that ridiculous “funky chicken” dance (only for certain more privileged people who pay me money first).  But if you were to put on hip hop music and plunk me into the middle of a club full of people dancing…it’s a “no”.  It’s a “get me out of here, I’m going to make a fool out of myself and probably others too, no.”  I will become an instant wall flower trying to devise some excuse to get out…and fast!  Maybe it’s the people, or the atmosphere, or the fact that I try to copy what others are doing and it all comes out even weirder…or the fact that I’m really not that coordinated when it comes to dancing to a beat?  Whatever the reason, my insecurity comes out on the dance floor BIG TIME and I want to run and hide until a slow song comes on!

But at home…it’s different.  Every once in a while our family has what we call a “Family Dance Party!”  We put on music and all dance as silly or as serious as we want…no one is judging and everyone is dancing crazy!!  (It’s also a great calorie burn!! 😉 )  It’s so much fun and it brings us close at the end of a busy day.  Everyone sleeps well afterward, and I can eat more chocolate the next day!!  The joy we feel when we dance together is HUGE!

But today I’m going to let you in on a little secret.  Shhhh….don’t tell anyone!! 🙂  When no one is at home, I often put on loud music and I dance.  I’m serious!   There it is.  My secret is out!  I have an audience of ONE who I know loves it!  When I want to worship Jesus…REALLY worship Him with everything in me…I put on loud worship songs and twirl around, sing, dance and probably look ridiculous!!  But I don’t care…because in those times it’s not about me…it’s about this incredibly loving Savior who gave it all so I would know Him today…and it’s about loving, blessing, and giving to Him with everything I’ve got!!  I also know it makes the enemy mad because it’s such an outright declaration of joy and trust in God!  So I often dance before the Lord when things around me aren’t going so well…it’s faith in action and it brings results. 🙂  I like to imagine how it blesses God to know that no matter what is going on around me, I am still worshipping Him…for WHO He is and not what He does or doesn’t do for me.  It’s about Him.

Psalm 149:3 says to “Praise His name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp.”  I can honestly say that I don’t have a tambourine…or a harp for that matter…who knows?  Maybe those are next!  😉  But I have two feet that can dance…cue the music!