Great Metaphor
from a Grace Project sermon called, "Free to Love"
In dancing the follower's job is to be the lead's shadow.
On a lark, I checked out a ballroom dancing website. Why? To be honest I was looking for the terminology for the woman. The man is called the lead, how is the woman referred? Anyway, here was something I found very striking. Number 5 to be particular (there is PLENTY of room for latent legalism in the other aspects, which isn't the point here).
General Rules for Following
1. Whatever you do, don’t lead!
2. Be alert to your partner’s lead.
3. Support your own weight.
4. Take straight steps, either backward or forward as the case may be.
5. Try not to anticipate your partner’s lead.
6. Become familiar with the basic steps a partner is likely to lead.
Trying to anticipate smacks of presumption, something we are most apt to do. But in this dance called life in the True Life, Christ, guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit, we can really flow when not presuming but in restful relaxing submitting to masterful twirling and zagging of the Lord of the Dance....[who is not Michael Flatley].
In dancing the follower's job is to be the lead's shadow.
On a lark, I checked out a ballroom dancing website. Why? To be honest I was looking for the terminology for the woman. The man is called the lead, how is the woman referred? Anyway, here was something I found very striking. Number 5 to be particular (there is PLENTY of room for latent legalism in the other aspects, which isn't the point here).
General Rules for Following
1. Whatever you do, don’t lead!
2. Be alert to your partner’s lead.
3. Support your own weight.
4. Take straight steps, either backward or forward as the case may be.
5. Try not to anticipate your partner’s lead.
6. Become familiar with the basic steps a partner is likely to lead.
Trying to anticipate smacks of presumption, something we are most apt to do. But in this dance called life in the True Life, Christ, guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit, we can really flow when not presuming but in restful relaxing submitting to masterful twirling and zagging of the Lord of the Dance....[who is not Michael Flatley].
posted by GBT at
Friday, July 29, 2005
