[image credit: Anne Peterson]
I recently saw this image by Anne Peterson
so I had to share for my 2025
One Word
and then
you might be thinking
TRUST and DANCE?
{yes, they're very related & the partnership & process of TRUST & Skating, too}
but the above image & message may or may not be
I'll let you decide.
| "Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship, and in The Dance of Trust, you’ll learn how to strengthen it step by step. This workshop focuses on creating safety, openness, and reliability in your partnership, helping you build a connection rooted in mutual confidence." |
Dancing for TRUST
about
| "TRUST is a crucial element in DANCE partnerships {skating or any, for it to work} as it enables smooth and connected movement. It's a reciprocal process where the leaders must TRUST their partner to follow and the follower must TRUST the leader's guidance." ... |
I hope you can see the same spiritual correlation that I see in the above.
| "... Building TRUST in DANCE requires practice, communication and a shared understanding of roles and responsibilities." |
I discovered an acronym for the 5 Principles of DANCE
| "In essence, TRUST in DANCE creates a framework where physical and emotional boundaries are respected, communication flows freely (both verbally and non-verbally), and dancers feel empowered to explore, create, and perform |
Whether you agreed with me or you decided to as you read my "proof" that "Yes, TRUST and DANCE" relate, connect and are deeply intertwined and hold spiritual significance as well as lifetime lessons as you work on the process. DANCE became a beautiful & wonderful expression of my love & TRUST in the 90s and though my body has aged, the rest of me still senses much through DANCE and as you can see throughout this blog, a high interest & value to me, even if I can't leap or spin or move quite the same - there is always the aMazing GRACE from God! 💙
Through this week in our focus on "the DANCE", I'm sure we will see through Scripture and Readings that God is very much in tune with the movement & involvement of DANCE and building TRUST. {Perhaps "Stance on Dance" may further your interest or any of the links in this blog post to be convinced the important connection between God, TRUST & DANCE! 😉
October 2012 [this one has different Scripture readings than  on some]
April of 2015 [this one does not have the same Scripture readings in the same order as ]Interesting addition - *Journal question(s)
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"My darling, I know the road feels long, that the pace seems fast, that the future feels so uncertain.
ReplyDeleteMy darling, let’s just start here: I see you. I know you. Can we just pause . . . for just a moment?
There is a rhythm to our days together—a rhythm within you that I ask you to not ignore. I am looking at you. Right here.
You are the one I have chosen. You are the one I dreamt of.
From the beginning, when I made you, there has been a rhythm. There is a pace I set for you, a pace where you feel most at home.
TRUST that. TRUST that it can be discovered—TRUST that we do things together where you don’t have to race to keep up. If you are racing, it is outside of the rhythm I have placed within your heart.
TRUST my pace for you. Pause to find it so you can find it and walk into it: my whisper, to the right, to the left.
I show the way, and I set the pace.
Deep breath, my love.
My gaze is on you. Pause to see Me seeing you. That’s the pace, a deep breath, a pause, a watching Me for the pace . . . And when you find Me, the pace becomes a part of you . . . and you see Me . . . and you see how I never turn away." "Heed The Rhythm Within You: He Made You to DANCE" (day 1)~LOOP Gather Min.
"How To Get Through A Day"
ReplyDelete"Watch where the light shines now. Watch Me. Follow Me. Lift your head and stay focused on what I have. It is difficult to stay focused, so easy to get distracted, so easy to forget you are the one I love. I can help.
My daughter, it is a fight to stay close to Me. It is a choice you make each moment. Pay attention to the rhythm of your days, the way you wake—what you do when you first get up, what your first thoughts are, how you approach what is for you to do. Right when you wake, try turning over the plan for your day to Me, first. Before you attempt to accomplish one thing, ask Me what I think of your plan. Can you imagine wiping your list clean, the details scrawled out, and then rewriting it, in my hand, my fingerprints upon the page? Are you willing?
I lead, first one step, and then another. I whisper what is for you to do, one choice, and then another.
Often, there is waiting . . and listening . . . and TRUSTING.
Often, there is stepping out . . . believing . . . risking.
Often, there is looking for my presence in the things you do.
Wait on Me, and listen, and take a step. Look for Me in the moments. These decisions are not too heavy for you to handle; these decisions are not meant to weigh you down. These decisions are not to fill you with worry about messing up and not getting it all right.
Remember how we talked about rhythm, the rhythm of walking with Me, listening for Me, looking for Me? It is the dance. Remember how I ask you to dance? You take a step, following my lead, feeling my arms around you, my gentle pressure to come forward, then step back, then turn, all the while your hand is in mine and I know the way the dance unfolds, and I know how beautiful you look when you dance with Me. This is the best rhythm for you, the one where you can look into my eyes and trust my feet and the subtle movements of my steps prompting you to go here, then here. This is beauty: your stepping where I step, your trusting I know your way. You don’t need to know all the details for the dance to be beautiful and be perfectly right.
Your hands fit perfectly here, the way your fingers curve around mine. Your arms fit perfectly here, the way they reach up and out, bent and strong. Your feet know the steps I teach you. Keep stepping out, ready for pauses, alert and ready for subtle changes in pace, in movement. I love how you do this, daughter. This is a DANCE all our own." day 2, "Heed The Rhythm Within You: He Made You to DANCE", LOOP
{so do you TRUST Him & believe?}
Yes, yes! Amen! Trusting and believing and dancing and singing for the King of the Universe!
ReplyDeleteAmen! 🙌🏼🙏🏼 All for the Lord of lords, our King 👑 above all else!
DeleteThanks sis💚{I actually did DANCE outside this morning}