The floor is littered with legos and spy gear.
There is a constant streaming of Minecraft strategic dialogue.
These boys of mine. They sweat, they play, they wrestle, they create.
And somehow according to God’s great design….. a little girl, dressed in pink leotard, with frills, and beads, and high-heeled shoes DANCES. She dances oblivious to the fact that her brothers have set up cameras, lights and alarms to spy on her. She just dances to the song she sings because that’s what she was created to do.
And she beckons mama to come, and sit, and put her phone down….to watch her dance.
She dances with focus and abandon. I smile and think, “when was it that we stopped dancing? When did we get too distracted by the spies around us who were competing for the spotlight? When did we lose our confidence?”
What would it take to dance again? To be free? To pirouette and twirl to the beat of our own song?
Because I think that inside everyone of US is a little girl with a desire to dance- to be celebrated-to be accepted-to be championed for shining in the ways God made her to shine.
Could we do that for each other? Rather than being jealous or threatened when we see each other succeed, could we clap and cheer each other on?..
My thoughts are interrupted as the song ends, and a little girl with blonde braids curtsies. I applaud and she smiles. Her mission is accomplished. Someone watched her do her “thing” and affirmed her in her gifts…she is satisfied and the day can go on.
My mama’s heart was full watching my little angel dance that day. And God reminded me: He, our Abba (Daddy) God loves to watch His precious daughters dance too. He dotes over us- these babes of His flesh, and He delights in applauding us when He sees us DANCE in all our glory.
So dance, sister knowing there is a God who DELIGHTS in you just as you are. Dance and we will cheer you on.
“He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. ” Zephaniah 3:16
-Alyssa
As I read this I look up at my toy littered living room floor to see my baby girl dancing in her leotard! I smile and happy tears fall! Thanks for the reminder this morning Alyssa… Love your sweet heart!!
Ahhh, you present a compelling picture of what God REALLY wants to see in us. Thanks for reminding us to celebrate the simple pleasures 🙂
Precious words, Alyssa! This makes me think of my less-ladylike Mallory who sang at full volume, unashamed, while doing her thing on the toilet –during small group last Sunday. I hope she never stops doing that.