Dancing.

I am fascinated by the analogy of marriage. For those of you who don't know it is an analogy between God and the church (not your local church, the church as a whole, all those who profess Jesus as their saviour, and pursue Him). Anyway I was out walking today in the snow, trying to think of who exactly I was in Christ. We have an identity in Christ, and was brainstorming what exactly that means. The first thought that came to mind was that I am loved by God. I forget that a lot, he tells me time after time, but I still forget. I guess I don't forget, I know it's true in my mind. But I forget in my heart that it's true. That's why I sin, time after time. (Quick note, I am about to into sensitive ground for a lot of people, talking about the roles of men and woman in marriage. I would love to here you thoughts, but I would hope that you would see the raw beauty that comes from the way God made us for each other. ) Ok, so I was thinking about how I forget a lot about the Love that God has for me. Trying to bring my thoughts down to earth, I thought about how married women desire for there husbands to both show and speak love to them. Men are awful at this. We are supposed to be constantly showering them with Love, telling them in ways that we only know how, because we know them more then anyone else does. Not only are we supposed to show our Love, but we are to be their protecter, their provider. Anyways as I was walking by to my dorm in the Snow I realized I was like a insecure wife. I keep forgetting the Love my Saviour has for me. "What am I to do", I thought to myself. Nothing. Those where the words that came to my head. He will do everything. In dancing it is the Man who leads. He steps first, the woman follows. The music starts and the steps blur together in a beautiful dance. The woman spins and twirls, she is tossed into the air and caught, and all the while the man remains at her side leading her next step. All she must do is trust him. It is the same way with us and God. He will do everything, all he asks of us is for our trust. If you trust in God you will find yourself staring in the eyes of your creator, yourself spinning and twirling to the music, even though you have no idea how to dance. And all the while he is whispering in your ear, "I love you". Isn't this marriage too? The woman trusting in the man whom she loves with all her heart, and the man leading the woman in the dance of their lives, spinning her all the way, throwing her up in the air, yet making sure that she lands safely in his arms. And all the while he is whispering in her ear "I love you". Beautiful.