Let Us Dance Together

We are back from the break, and happy to be back81, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 12/8/2022)                                                                                    Returning from November hiatus.1.     The why2.     The rest3.     The rethinking4.     The result5.     The prayingOur first poem is titled      ONE SUNDAY IN CHURCH     Let the little children dance to the Lord,     And in doing so find the lost chord.     May they dance a song of joy     With love for God’s baby boy.     The congregation will sing     And the children will bring     The pleasure of their smile,     Leading us through our miles.     May we all be that child     Whose heart is so  mild,     That we will sing and dance     When given the chance.     Yes, the children will teach us     To be happy with Jesus     As we sing and pray     Each and every day.     Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me      and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the      kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14 ESV)     11/27/2022,. Tim CarterDiscussion:The church I attend has chairs instead of pews and the music is mostly songs writtenmore recently than the hymns Dave and I were raised singing.  I have seen some of the younger children dancing as the songs are sung.  They have big smiles on their faces and some times the mothers join them.  After seeing this, the dancing and the smiles on the girls and mothers faces I was moved to write the poem.  I never thought this was inappropriate, but I realized that Sunday the children were dancing for God, for Jesus, and as they grow older that joy of dancing will follow them in their faith and the joy of celebrating the birth of God’s Son, our Savior, Jesus.  I then knew that they were experiencing worship more deeply than I did as a child when I had a coloring book and crayons, and sat on the kneeler with my coloring book on the pew.  I was, for the most part, unaware of my surroundings.  So, yes, let the children dance to God, to Jesus as we sing our songs of worship.I made a card with the poem to give to the mother’s of 2 of the girls.  My 7 year old granddaughter, Aria, drew the picture.The next poem is from God’s Rhyme, page 134.  It was written in 1984 and was our Christmas card that year.THE WONDER OF CHRSTMAS (GOD'S GIFT)Oh let us sing...