The ’seek and scan’ game
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 SillersI 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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Comments
You have discovered a precious truth that sadly most men and especiallyhristian men do not get.
I say Christian men because from what I’ve seen in my 40+ years as a believer, Christian men seem to be especially prone to what I am about to say.
Men seem to have a “maybe something is better over the hill”when it comes to marrying.
I have a friend who went through this with a Christian guy who was a cast member of a hugely popular sitcom years ago. That was his claim to fame. He kind of wanted to marry her but felt there might be someone better and prettier in his future. So, wisely she dumped him.Later she found someone who is much better looking (at least IMO).
And what happend to the other guy? After the series went off the air you never heard of him again.He tried his hand at singing and I think now appears at Branson with the revived Lawrence Welk show. He would be in his 60’s now.
I don’t know if he ever married.
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