Every day on the commute to and from work, I have a little custom that I love to perform. In order to break the monotomy of a 40 minute drive, I will hit the seek and scan buttons on my radio and allow the radio to seek and scan all the channels for a brief interval of approximately ten seconds per station. When I find something decent to listen to, I will stop the seek and scan until the ‘decent listening’ is over and something boring comes on to where I repeat the seek and scan game. I also do this on long driving trips.

In the mornings, I start off with ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike In The Morning (Golic Rocks!!!) along with the ever so cool Bob Picozzi until I lose the signal. By that time, I press the seek and scan buttons until I come across the Christian radio station that plays Scripture As Told by Max McLean for I love to listen to McLean’s voice. The I hit the seek and scan buttons as required before I arrive at work.

In the afternoons, I play the seek and scan game all the way from work to home.

However, something special happened to me today as I was on the way home playing the seek and scan game. I came across the adult contemporary easy listening station and heard the most beautiful and anointed non-Christian song I had ever heard.

I Hope You Dance

by Lee Ann Womack featuring Sons Of The Desert
written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
I hope you dance….I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’,
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth makin’,
Don’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin’ out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance….I hope you dance.
I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
I hope you dance….I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)

WOW!!!!!!!! And this is not feminized butterfly-kissing Focus on The Family stuff either. The first thing I thought as I was wiping away the tears from my eyes on an Interstate while driving was that this is the stuff that John Eldredge emphasized in both his books Wild at Heart and Waking The Dead along with the aggressive stuff.

Going beyond and taking the risk even if you look stupid doing it. It’s not about dancing, it’s about going against the grain and swimming against the stream when every opposition is against you and the chances of success are little to none in the areas of life we want to conquer but feel inadequate in doing so.

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