The other night at a
swing dance lesson, the instructor mentioned three relationships a lead must have while dancing:
- with the floor - without this foundation the person you dance with will not be able to follow
- with your partner - even dancing with few steps is fun if you have "connection"
- with the music - musicality and styling make a dance interesting and unique (as well as fun)
I thought about how the same is true with my spiritual walk:
- the written Word - the foundation that enables me to have genuine and secure communication with God
- the living Word - having the God's Spirit in and with me makes life fun
- the work to do - each week is different because God asks me to do different things; life is interesting (as well as meaningful from having connectedness with God's Spirit)
Moreover, the difficulties are also parallel:
- it is tiring to be constantly using a deep foundation -- laziness and weariness are problematic
- when doing a new step it is easy to panic and lose focus -- this destroyes connectedness
- when in a new situation we fear change and new styling -- the fear of looking foolish has us be bland and ignore the differences in opportunities
