Chapter 27 
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From Pitiful to Beautiful-The Dance

 
There are times with a grace from heaven, The Lord will draw you to Him so you can experience His love. “Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3c I remember getting up one morning at 3:00am to pack my husband, a coal miner, a lunch for work. After he left, I felt drawn to go to our living room. Usually I would go back to bed, but not this particular morning.

As I stepped into the living room, I felt the urge to dance for The Lord. I just had such worship and praise come up out of me. It was as though it was being drawn out of me from deep within my spirit. So I danced for Him.  I felt His presence, which gave me a desire to dance for Him and make the dance as beautiful as possible. As I swirled for Him, I sang my love to Him. “Your love is better than wine.” (Song of Songs 4:10) It was flowing out of my innermost being, so I kept singing.
         
It was then I could see the Lord in the Spirit. He was sitting on my couch watching me. He didn’t look exactly like the pictures I had seen of Him, but similar. His hair didn’t appear to be golden or as long as common pictures portray. His expression was joyful and loving, not sad or sorrowful. Though the details of His appearance were vague, I knew Who was there! It was my King! I saw His appearance vaguely, but felt the intensity of His presence!
         
He loved my worship. I could feel it. I knew joy was His countenance. I would cry, sing and dance, then cry, sing and dance some more. His presence draws worship out of you. Every bit of love you have for Him effortlessly flows out.

He then got up off the couch and began to dance with me. Shew, I didn’t have time to question if this was actually happening; I just enjoyed it and surrendered to His lead loving every moment in His arms, in His presence! As we were twirling, I sat down on my couch sobbing because I had felt His love for me and the joy He has toward me.  And as I looked up at Him, He danced for me! What?!? This wrecked me!

“He has a strange rhythm," I thought. I had never seen this before. It reminded me of “the stomping of the grapes” I had seen in a movie once. It was beautiful yet strong, there was purpose in every step. He is a magnificent dancer.  I then crashed on the couch, lying there watching Him dance for me, and I was still sobbing. Then, He began to sing! “Your love is better than wine!”  My heart felt like it was coming out of my chest and falling in the floor. I. Thought. I. Would. Die.  Imagine that. Our King says our love for Him is better than wine! Think about this for a moment.  Wine was used as the symbol of His blood at The Last Supper Jesus had with His Disciples.   Wine is often the drink of choice when there is a celebration, such as a wedding. It is usually drunk on a romantic evening with two love birds at an Italian restaurant. Can you see it?   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
​Wine, we can say, is a symbol of love. An intoxicating symbol for an intoxicating love! Love that causes you to be totally wrecked in its presence. As we have communion with Him, as we are intimate with Him, not only are we in the presence of His love for us, but He is in the presence of our love for Him and all He has to say is, “Your love is better than wine.”

As we embrace His cross and the shedding of His blood, as we fall in love with Him and this precious gift of His love, He sings, “Your Love is better than wine.”  With the cross of Christ being the greatest love story ever told, and as we enter in through His blood, our love is the wine He delights to drink! He found you worth the shedding of His blood.
 
          {Lord, I ask that you would draw the people to you in your loving kindness, pouring out your love for  them in song. Drink of His wine and dance!} 

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​Becky Keener, Mountain Momma