~ Darlene Schacht ~
“The Mom Complex”
When I read the above quote for the first time, the song “ I can only Imagine…” by MercyMe came to mind…I don’t know why, but the lines “Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still? Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?” give me a picture of ‘perfect’ worship…pure and true adoration. When we get to heaven, we will be able to worship without interruptions. Without being smiled upon because we dance for Jesus…
One thing I like to do is, after confession, receiving forgiveness – I like to dance while singing. You ask why? Let me tell you… There is nothing more exciting for me. I am free, because Jesus paid the price for my short-comings. Not that I want to sin, I just do. No matter how good I try to be – I am still sinning. But Jesus knew that I couldn’t keep the law in its entirety. Because of His great love for all of us who trust in Him, He still paid the penalty.
Do I dance all the time. Actually depends on the ‘service format’. If contemporary – yes — traditional – nope. I am afraid of what my co-worshipers think of me. You see, there is a problem. I let the world influence me — yeah even the Christian world. “You have to be reverend” I am told. If I were a little girl, people would say “How cute”. Since I am a 40-something-woman “I am weird”…
Yes – I would love to be my Heavenly Father’s little girl here on earth when it comes to worship, but I guess I have to wait until heaven…
Lord of Heaven & Earth. Although I might not be dancing in the sanctuary, but You know what my heart is leaping every time I hear the word forgiveness. Lord, sometimes I will still be dancing — no matter what the world around me is thinking. In the precious name of my Lord and Savior ~ Amen…
Blessings on your day and as always…
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I am with you, depends on the service format or if I am in my own home =) There is nothing like the feeling of forgiveness, nothing compares! That my friend IS something to dance for.
blessings. Great quote and thank you for hosting…
That is one song that almost never fails to bring me to tears of awe. I sing it and when I get to the chorus about “What will I do when I am face to face with Jesus, the securer of my soul, etc., how will I react?” I can’t help but tear up and get all choked up b/c I think of the awesome beauty of that day when it comes. Thanks so much for hosting this week’s IOW and for using that quote. I have been struggling with an issue in my life and this week was the perfect quote/writing exercise to help me work through my problem to a Divinely Inspired answer.
Iris that was so beautiful. I had tears in my eyes thinking of my friends funeral this past year. When we sang that song, the Spirit moved in me. I feel different since.
Beautiful post Iris! I love that line in the song too.
I think that IF I ever get over falling on my face before Him when I get to Heaven, I will get up and dance in worship. =)
hehe, I’m dancing on the inside too! Great post iris!
Hi Iris, I am indeed dancing for joy and in praise right at this moment because Jesus healed my dear Keira. We are back home after a week’s stay at the hospital. I’ve posted about our ordeal and how Keira is doing now. Come by when you can. Thanks so much for your prayers 🙂
I can completely identify with what you are talking about. In my mind, I’m dancing like crazy, but in person I am doing all I can to keep just my foot tapping!
Heather at Faith Lifts just wrote a post today about that MercyMe song. It is so powerful. And has so many different perspectives.
Thanks for sharing and for hosting!
Blessings,
Elisa
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What a great quote……Thanks for sharing
Dance away girl! 🙂
during worship i often close my eyes so all i see is my God, and often i see us dancing together, and my face glows. my new church is much more open to demonstrative worship 😉 i like that 🙂
to dancing . . . for Jesus . . . with Him 🙂
Great post Iris! I’m (slowly) learning not to worry what others think if the dancer inside me comes out during formal worship. I wish I could just worship with abandon.
Wonderful quote! It is so easy to let “propriety” get in the way of passion. I’m at a very traditional church and raising your hands during a song (something I would do if alone) is not cool. When we have prayer vigils, I always take a middle of the night spot so I can just pray, sing, play piano, as I wish to worship in my own way. I guess I have something in common with Nicodemus! 🙂
Wonderful post Iris. I agree with you. The song is my favorite and I too wish to fall to my knees and worship but wonder what people will think. I long for the day when we are free to worship God in that way.
BLESSINGS!!!
Great post, Iris! I’m so glad that God loved me so much to forgive me. In my church people are pretty free to worship how they will. Some have even run the aisles at times. But I sing at churches outside of my own. And I’ve run into churches where they wonder why I raise my hands and worship as I sing. But I have a God worthy of my praise. He saved me from an eternity in hell. And I’m gonna praise Him no matter what those people think!!!
Just beautiful Iris. I love that song too. Such freedom of joy in the Lord.
Being Big Daddy’s little girl is a constant choice I have to make. Most of the times I am, but sometimes I am not. But this I know, that He is still my Dad when I don’t behave like His little girl. Being His girl increases my trust in HIM exponentially and makes me adore HIM.
Great thoughts, Iris! If anything should cause us to dance for joy, it should be Jesus! I love your unbridled joy.
This is my first time to participate in “In Other Words,” so be gentle with me! 🙂
Well said, thanks for sharing such lovely thoughts.
Though your fellow worshippers may be shaking their heads at your dancing, I can’t help but imagine God smiling, thinking, “That’s my girl.”
Thanks for hosting.
He he he, I have a confession to make, I dance too, well its more like a sway. I’ve gotten some odd looks from the patrons at our church. I’ll even dance while listening to our local Christian radio station when I make supper. My hubby and kids think I’m funny, but you can usually catch them moving along too.
I loved this quote. Thanks for sharing it. Your thoughts on it were especially touching as the song, I Can Only Imagine, was our son’s favorite song, and a portion is on his gravestone. It gives a new look at it. Thank you!
~~Loni
Thanks SO much for picking this quote! Like my post says, I have REALLY been working with this lately…coming to Him like a child and making that conscious effort to slow down and just be with Him without all the Life stuff gaking up our communication.
I enjoyed your post about dancing. My kids and I dance together to worship music, but that’s as public as it gets for me. 😀
God bless and have a wonderful week!
Wow, Iris, this is a very powerful post. Made me stop and think… I tend to be very reserved in worship; I dislike calling any sort of attention to myself. That “Daddy’s little girl” question really hit me. I don’t think of myself in those terms. My own father was not a good man – in fact, he was a very poor father – and I have always struggled to think of God as my Heavenly Father in light of the example I grew up with. Gee, I hope this wasn’t a pass or fail test…
DK