The Dancer

Exodus 25 describes the temple God asked to be built.  The detail that went in to each and every article within the temple is incredible.  And it makes you think, if you God designed a temple with such ornateness and we, our bodies, are the temples of God, then how much detail did he put in to us? Incredible!

One of the challenges with todays advent reading was to think about the decorations that are put up in houses around Christmas time.  My mom does a wonderful job of decorating our house, making it such a warm and inviting place to be in.  My favorite part of the decorating is putting up the lights on the outside of the house (but only colored lights, the white ones are just too boring!).  No one every decorates their house with random objects; they all mean something to the owner.  I think our decorations aim at the splendor of God's creative works.  I think our ornaments serve as a remembrance of the life God has blessed us with and experiences we have shared and gone through.  I pray that as I continue to grow and mature that I would continue to think of decorations in such a way, seeing past their supposed potential materialistic worth.

Another discussion point in the advent reading today was to create an ornament or decoration that represents how I feel about my relationship with God this year. I think if I were to create an ornament, it would be of a pair of ballet dancers.  The ballerina would be twirling and having one hand in the air being held by her partner as she twirls (I don't know the male term for ballerina).  It's cliche to say that life's a dance, but I'm going to use it anyway.  I think my relationship with Jesus this year has been a dance.  At times it has been extremely intimate, and we've danced closely.  There have been other moments when I go out for more of a solo move, and other times where we are dancing together, but not necessarily in the most intimate way.  Regardless of where I've been in my dance routine this year, I always spin back to God.  I'm becoming more independent, and trying out new things, but I always look back to find God to take up our dance together again.  I think the most beautiful dance routines are when the man and woman hold each other so intimately, and rightly so, these are the most beautiful times I share with God.  Unfortunately, I'm very prone to wandering, but I don't usually wander off too far.  I know where my love is, and in the end, it's always better to dance in the safety of His arms.