Dancin' on Waves

There are two things I can’t live without: children and Christian hip hop music. Both are so danceable…

Two boys in my class were practicing phonograms (foundation to reading) and wanted to know the meaning of vvv… vivid. I told one to get the dictionary.

He leapt to the challenge, grabbed the book from under a swaying pile of other books, lifted it up to the ceiling a la Lion King, jumped with it still stretched high, spun a few times, and landed with knees bent in an 80’s rock dictionary/guitar slam.

Do we still need to define vivid?

Yesterday, I visited old friends and their five children. When I got to their house, the dance party began immediately with two of the little girls. They escorted me into the house with Irish jigs, a little swagga, twirls. Totally uninhibited.

They were learning to read too. One of the girls got her inflated microphone and swayed as she sang me a beginner paperback while her sister echoed each word displaying pages from her unrelated princess book. I really got the full picture.

The Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae also makes me dance with his vivid pictures. A professional dancer friend introduced me to his song “Walking on Water” a few years ago.

“Hey I'm Lecrae, but you can call me "Crayola"

Not because I'm in the kitchen whippin' up the soda
But because I'm here to paint a vivid picture for 'ya
…
I've got the hope, boy, I'm the middle-man
Let me show you my Supply, yeah you need to know 'em
He got me walking on the water when the wind's blowin'
And when the storm's brewin', and when the tide's high
That's when I lean into the truth that I abide by”

“When the storm’s brewin’”…that’s when I need to dance the most. With Him leading as I hold fast. He keeps me close with centrifugal grace as we spin through the night, walking on waves.

Thank God for the middle men, and little men/women, who bring me bright, dancey reminders of hope and freedom.

"Some people call it perseverance 

Some people say endurance
But I know for sure it
It's got me secure…"