Meaning of dance: series of movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music:

The word dance (including danced, dances, and dancing) is used 27 times in the Bible.

This word dance popped into my head and moved rhythmically through my mind. Such an odd word for Holy Week?  

Dance or dancing has been an art form since the beginning of time...Dancing has been used to celebrate many of life’s milestones. It has been used in healing, entertainment, grief, and great joy. 

I do believe there is a rhythmic pull on our souls... Do we hear our Father's love song calling us home... Are we tuned into His frequency? Are we even listening? 

How and what does dancing have to do with the Bible?  I have found that many religions even look down upon or even forbid dancing? 

Do you ever wonder how a blind person can dance? They FEEL the beat of the music in their soul... hmm 

It has been recorded that some Biblical characters even danced before the Lord. So what type of dance do you think it was? Freestyle, Ballroom, Line Dancing ... Hip Hop? Hmm, How about that beautiful waltz. Is dancing in adoration for God a lost art form? Do we worry about what others might think or say? 

I do believe dancing with Him even metaphorically depends on our relationship with our Lord and Savior, the amazing Lover of our souls.  

Do we take His loving hand and glide through this life? Are our steps in sync with each step He takes? Or are we even listening to the same song?? Or are we sitting this one out??  

Then I remembered when I studied World War I, we were taught that at social gatherings many women had dance cards. And the gentlemen would place their name on a women’s card just to have the honor and privilege to dance with her ....  And as the evening progressed they would get a turn to dance with their chosen one... Did their heart flutter with excitement to be in such close contact? 

Wikipedia says this: in modern times the expression "dance card" is often used metaphorically, as when someone says "pencil me into your dance card," meaning "find some time to spend with me". Conversely, claiming one's "dance card is full" implies that even though they may be interested, they have no time for another person.

So I ask you is Jesus on your dance card? Is He penciled in? Are we truly dancing with Jesus or are we just dancing around Him ?? Who are we fooling?  

We must fill our dance card with Jesus... He is the most amazing teacher of this dance we call life!!!  You won’t want to miss a beat... Get your dancing shoes and join me and let's celebrate Him today!!! Let’s celebrate His life! Let our feet glide through life with Him... Let Him lead us on the most amazing journey we will ever encounter. 

It's Him, It’s always Him... He is such a romantic...

“Break forth with dancing! Make music and sing God’s praises with the rhythm of drums! For he enjoys his faithful lovers. He adorns the humble with his beauty, and he loves to give them victory.”
Psalms 149:3-4 TPT

“And David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet

2 Samuel 6:14 NASB

"Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.”

Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced. And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.””

Exodus 15:13, 20-21 NL

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