Spirited dance rather than a dogged religious plod
Tuesday June 21st, 1 Thessalonians 4: One final word, friends. We ask you--urge is more like it--that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. The walk with God is more of a dance than drudgery. It is living in a relationship with the creator who created you out of love and for love. It is living in harmony with the creation from which you were created. It is living in concert with one another. When Christianity becomes drudgery, we may have lost the rhythm; we may be out of sync with the creator, creation and creature. The way to get back onto the dance floor is to spend time connecting with the creator through word and prayer. It is by letting the spirit of God flow through you into the world, and everyone in it. Soon you again will find your toe a tapping and your head a bopping and your feet a moving. Soon again you will feel the spirit.
posted by Dan at 3:26 PM
4 Comments:
These words are a good reminder for me. It sort of ties in with the drudgery of parenthood...wanting perfection from children who are not even close to being done learning about life. What would they need us for if they were "done"? I guess it is like that for God and me too! It is not through HIS lack of interest, but my failure to listen. be aware of God's arms wrapped around me. and connect through prayer. I know when I do, God is pleased and MY spirit dances.
These words are a good reminder for me. It sort of ties in with the drudgery of parenthood...wanting perfection from children who are not even close to being done learning about life. What would they need us for if they were "done"? I guess it is like that for God and me too! It is not through HIS lack of interest, but my failure to listen. be aware of God's arms wrapped around me. and connect through prayer. I know when I do, God is pleased and MY spirit dances.
Oops...operator error on the double post.
Maybe an operator error and then again maybe through your dance with the Spirit, the Spirit just wanted us to hear this more than once. Thank you for your comment.
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