Dancing with Miriam

During a wedding reception recently, I had the privilege of dancing with my granddaughter, Miriam. We had fun! She was beautiful in her dress and her smile lit up the dance floor. She moved her feet and she twirled and twirled. I would not take anything for those few moments with her. For those few minutes, it was just the two of us and the music that played. We enjoyed each other’s company and we made a memory.

Dancing—why do we dance? Dancing is fun. Usually we dance with someone we know or even love. Dancing is a way to interact with one another and to experience music together. To be a good dancer, one must have rhythm. Rhythm allows one to interact with their dance partner and with the music in a smooth, organized, and even a beautiful way.

Life is kinda like dancing. Though it can be fun most of the time, there are times when it ain’t so fun; however, if we are fortunate, we can experience it with people we know and love. In life, we certainly interact with one another and we experience it together. To be a good life live-er, we need rhythm. The rhythm we need for life is the understanding that life is a precious gift and that it has great purpose. No one understands a music score better then the composer. The composer can explain the rhythm of their piece better than anyone else. The composer of life is God. No one can explain life and the rhythm we need to live it better than Him. In Christ, we can find the rhythm we need for a beautiful life.