He looks down at his
princess, His beloved. Lost in this moment, wanting it to last
forever, He stretches His arms around her, seeking a tighter grip. Right
here, right now, His beloved little girl dances with Him, and seeks him out. This
moment is a sliver of time that will pass all too quickly. His love is
reflected in His eyes as He laughs with her. As He holds her tight, He
holds onto the little girl who will grow into a woman before His very eyes.
His love surrounds her as He takes the next step that has been prepared
for her. He leads her into new places, places she has never been before.
In the safety of His arms he leads her into the matters of the heart.
How to love. How to trust. How to give and how to take. How
to dance the dance we call “life”. He holds her and takes another step.
She wobbles and almost falls, but His arms catch her. She will fall
sometimes. She will get bruised sometimes and, He knows that. He
knows that He has to let her grow up. But right here and right now. He
can protect her and He can hold her and He can keep the whole wide world away
while He dances with His princess.
If you close your
eyes, you can hear the ripples of laughter that follow their dance steps.
You can imagine the arms that are holding, protecting, comforting.
Her head is thrown back and she laughs, out loud, with reckless abandon .
Her world is safe and carefree; her steps have been prepared for
her. She dances with her Father. He is always leading, allowing,
holding and protecting. The world slips further away with each
step. With each step the profound love that He has for her seeps into
her, like water on desert sand. With each step she grows more aware of
her inheritance of love. In His arms she is a beloved princess and
her worldly rags fall away. In her Father’s loving arms the bruises
that the world has dealt her are soothed away with the balm of laughter,
acceptance and love.
She has captured His
heart with their dance, with her laughter, with her eyes and with her
very nature. This dance will last forever, as she dances out different
relationships in her life. As she takes this purity and trust out into
the world, she will dance some dances with some partners that will knock her
over. Some dances will leave her wounded and hurt. Some dances will
bring great joy for a season, and great pain in the morning.
She will always have the
security and the safety of Daddy’s feet to fall back on. When the world
licks at her and it is too hard to navigate the next step, she can release into
the relationship of her heart. She can step back up on Daddy’s feet and
let His arms surround her and protect her. She can rest her weary head on
His chest and she can allow Him to lead her out of the circumstances and out of
the pain. Daddy’s feet can be trusted to guide you onto solid ground
again. Daddy’s feet can be trusted to prepare the way for a new day.
Right here and right now, He has you. He knows you will dance away
into the world again. He knows you have to dance in the world. But
for right now, He holds on a little tighter and He loves a little stronger,
because His princess has been hurt, and that hurts Him. Drawing together
you dance out of the circumstances that have bound you, on the safety of Daddy’s
feet. He waits for the day that you will come to Him, take His hand, and
dance with your own feet. He waits for the day that you will be His
partner and you will dance in a symphony of grace, movement and love. But
for now, He just holds on a little tighter and He protects His beloved.
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