Someone To Dance With Me

This morning I am thinking about what a great time I had listening to live jazz on Saturday night.  The band was incredibly good, with an almost palpable energy and connectedness between and among the musicians.  Their captivating rhythms enticed one couple after another out of their chairs and onto the dance floor.  Honestly, there weren’t exactly any contenders for Dancing with the Stars.  One couple moved as if they were listening to songs that were just a half beat off what everyone else was hearing.  Another couple moved rather stiffly, like two mannequins that had suddenly come to life.  Yet the only thing that seemed to matter to them was that they were dancing together.  I sat and watched all of the couples twisting, turning, smiling, and holding each other.  And I allowed myself to embrace a vision of how awesome it would be to have someone to dance with me.  Today my thoughts have taken me beyond the sights, sounds, and limited space of the room in which I was seated on Saturday to a much larger venue.  The metaphorical dance floor I envision is the wonderful life of love I desire.  The scene playing out in my head is one in which my partner finds me here, waiting.  As we speak to one another, it is clear that we are both hearing the same song…the same melody.  So we dance together, our eyes fixed on one another.   We both know that from now on there will be no more switching partners.  To some looking on, we appear a bit odd, somewhat out of step with those around us.  But it doesn’t matter because we know that together we are made for more than mere conformity.  We are masterfully choreographed and synchronized, each complementing the moves of the other.  Twisting, turning, smiling, and holding each other, we dance to a soundtrack uniquely written, arranged, and directed by our Creator, just for us.  This morning, one special prayer of my heart begins where this beautiful daydream ends.  I will go forth with a soundtrack in my spirit, listening for the one who hears, ready to begin the dance.