Dancing Duo (Part 2)

Yesterday afternoon (following my run with the dancing duo) ~

I sat with Bible and notebook open, cup of hot tea steamed beside and children raced in and out and they crashed through smashing doors and the laughter (and the questions) come in steady stream.  But amidst the hustle and the bustle of our blessed home He sat quietly beside and He lays healing hand and gently wraps the wounds of the raw places.  And the raw places?  Were not quite so raw anymore.

I repent of a few things and He explains some of the others.

And I ask again how do I wade through this stormy life?  How do I forsake all others and take up my cross?  For their scorn burns deep in raw flesh.

And the Truth sits aside me and is alive and well within me and He guides me ~

John 5:44 ~ "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?" 

Jesus said that, "How can you believe?"  And this truth smarts a sinful soul and I bow the knee in repentance. I have lacked faith because I have sought glory from others and I have looked to sources which can not supply.

How can I believe?  I have not believed, not believed that He is all sufficient to meet my every need and to bring life and life more abundantly.  I have not believed that He is Friend and Protector, that He is the Source of all, I have not believed, for I have looked for glory in another.  "What if they all turn away?" I ask.  "What if I am left alone?  What if they ALL scorn and scoff?  What if the pain cuts to deep and I split clean through?  What if?"

I repent of my "what ifs?" and of my faithless heart and in desperation I plead, "Make me something entirely new, make me something like You."

I quickly begin with another round of questions ~ How do I seek this glory from only You?  Where is this glory of Yours found?  How will I know?

And my Friend, He patiently waits through my rambling and then He answers ~

"My glory?  And your dancing duo?  They are one in the same; you see ~ you and I are the dancing duo, you swim side by side with me and we dance and we weave and we arch heads high and break through surface together and we cascade down intertwined.  That is My glory in you ~ that as your con-caved lungs gasp and grasp and for My life giving air I gently push you up and you break through.  That is My glory and that is your glory ~ we dance a duo down the corridors of time.  And we dance a dance based solely on My grace and we will dance into eternity and forever and beyond.

Let them scorn and scoff, let them chide and turn away, for Jennie, your only glory is that you dance a duo with the King of All Kings."

My Friend said these words to me and I ask these words of you ~ who do you dance your duo with?  I am not asking whether you go to church or prayed a prayer once upon a time, I am asking who do you crash through the waters of life with?  Constantly and continually who do you arch and break for air with?  It is not a question of religion, denomination, education or connection, it is a question of full surrender to the only One who deserves glory.  Things of this world are fleeting, they do not have the endurance, nor the power to dance you into an eternity with no tears, only the One, the God Almighty, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit of the Living God can offer you that.

Call it what you like ~ a race or a dance ~ but either way it is colliding full speed with your eternity.  Are you certain of who you are partnered with?

Unsure?  Then bow head to God and knee to Jesus and surrender all.

My race today is run with quiet whispers and plenty of pleading with my Partner that each of you would couple with the Champion, today.