Dancing in the Rain
By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe
Someone posted the following on Facebook, “Life isn’t
about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s
about learning to dance in the rain.”
In the midst of the deepest storms of our lives, often
the most comfort and peace arise from the joy that emerges in remembering the
good times, the times of building relationships, of filling our arms and our
hearts with new life, of recognizing the artistry of our Creator in the
sunrise, the gathering clouds, and the changing of the seasons. The rain of sorrow is lessened in the moments
of sunshine that peep through. In those
moments, even though our hearts are breaking, our spirits dance in the rhythm with the joy of our Lord.
He is Lord in the valleys as well as on the mountain
tops. He dances with us in the slow,
intimate waltz that comforts and heals.
It is in the “slow dance” that we fall in love. It is in the “fast dance” that we celebrate
that love.
We are the Bride of Christ. In our dance with him, the Bridegroom leads
and we, the Bride, must learn to follow His every movement. As we
dance, our intimacy grows and our broken hearts find His healing and His
joy. In His joy, we find our strength to
continue. (Nehemiah 8:10)
The
Bible speaks much about dancing in celebration of our Lord: Psalm
149:2-3 (NKJV)
“2 Let
Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their
King. 3 Let them praise His
name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.”
Psalm 150:4 (NKJV): “4 Praise Him with the timbrel
and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!”
Because of the vicissitudes of life, we experience all the
times Solomon beautifully described in Ecclesiastes 3. When we allow Him to, God brings us through those seasons of
life. While we experience seasons of
weeping, we are to experience also seasons of laughter. When we follow our Lord in the dance, a time
of mourning will lead into times of dancing, both the dance of intimacy and the
dance of celebration.
From
my play Dancing in the Cosmos:
“CHORUS ONE: Truth Seeker took the hand of
Eternal Hope and moved with Him to the music of the worshipers. The sensation in her heart found fulfillment
in the dance of her Beloved. She moved with Him across the valleys and above
the mountain tops.
CHORUS TWO:
The music became the music of the galaxies. The stars sang with them as they danced
within the Milky Way, out beyond the evening star, beyond the Pleiades and the
might hunter, Orion.
TRUTH SEEKER:
Eternal Hope, are there pathways
and journeys beyond this one? Will there be other rivers to cross? Others to
whom I will be vessel of Your love? Will
there be other dances?
ETERNAL HOPE:
Yes, My seeker of truth, there will be other journeys and other
rivers. Each one you overcome will bring
you higher and deeper into Me. Your
destiny, and the destiny of all others, is to climb higher and higher, to cross
over and over, to find greater and greater Joy, to come to know Me even as I
know you.
TRUTH SEEKER:
How many journeys? How many conquests? For how long?
ETERNAL HOPE:
As many as will fit into eternity.
Are you willing still to journey with Me?”
We receive comfort and healing in the knowledge
that as the storm continues, so does the dance. In spite of our tears, we can choose to dance in the rain.
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