The marriage relationship as a Dance. Part I

Did you know, Dance is universal? Almost all cultures have some form of dance within its tradition, well except for Southern Baptist. On that note, in this blog, I promise not to promote dance in any way that would make/lead anyone to have sex with anyone. Unless, they are married, then, well, they can dance. Ok, a definition of dance will help me explain what I mean by this metaphor.

Dance is a movement used as a form of expression or social interaction often to music but not exclusively.

There are two key points here I wish to bring out. One, Dance is a form of expression. In Eph 5, Paul writes that marriage is an expression of the gospel. That is to say, as a man and a woman are one in love and existence so is this a picture of Christ’s unifying love for His Bride.

Dance is gospel in movement, its love on display. Have you ever seen two, dance as one, with power and tenderness they express life and love? The vision is such that you’re awed and capture by every moment. Grace, openness, harmony, strength Love all put on display. Why do you think we say, “They graced the dance floor?” we saw beyond the movements, through it the unseen was unveiled and the eternal captured our hearts vision. This beauty seen in the dance of lovers corresponds to the beauty of an invisible love. The extent of His love is great. We must not forget the infinite measure of such love extended to us, Love dancing out to make rebels into lovers, the broken wholly human, the sinners newly cleaned, a thing into a person, a orphan into a child, and a whore into a bride. This dancing union of his work and our faith is where all our hurts find hope, dreams find fulfillment, and is a beautifully brilliant expression of the gospel of exchange. And in the love of a man and a woman something of this exchange is seen. I have seen such love in the eyes of lovers, its message spoke clearly of the hope that in a higher love all the isolated find home, unaccepted find rest, the abandoned are welcomed, and the lost are found and guided back home.