PSALM 30:5, 11-12 THE DANCE OF JOY (From Mourning to Morning)

Greetings Dancers...

"For His anger is but for a moment...His favor is for life; WEEPING may endure for a night...but JOY comes in the MORNING." (Psalm 30:5)

"You have turned for me my MOURNING into DANCING; You have put off my sackcloth (the sackcloth of my MOURNING) and clothed me with GLADNESS To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever." (Psalm 30:11-12)

As I have alluded to in previous Psalms...back in the day...we would sing the Word. These two passages were two separate songs that we use to sing quiet often.

Weeping and mourning are emotions that we have to encounter throughout our journey. When the Lord is angry (pre-conversion and/or post conversion)...it feels like an eternity when you are in the middle of it. But compared to the favor that we experience...when we repent, have a change of heart, mind, attitude, direction...it is but momentary. We are translated from that place of MOURNING...SACKCLOTH...ASHES...into a new dawning of MORNING...and we begin to DANCE with JOY and GLADNESS.

I guess the problem comes in my life...when I languish in the MOURNING SACKCLOTH...and never enter into the DANCE. He has invited me to be His dance partner...but for whatever reason...I choose to stay against the wall like a wallflower and not reach out and take His hand. I choose MOURNING versus GLADNESS...SADNESS versus JOY.

NOTE: Back in the day...the only dance that we could really do...was a thing called The Holy Ghost Shuffle. It was like an alternating kicking of the legs while coordinated with the lifting and lowering of the hands...or that's the way it seemed. Now...at the church where I go (Springhouse Worship and Arts Center...we have a dance team called PRAISE IN MOTION...an anointed troupe of dancers led by the Dancing Queen, Claudia Peterson). I love to see those who just show up on the floor and attempt to follow the moves.

QUESTION: If someone who leads us in song/Psalms are called Psalmists...would those who lead us in the dance be called Danceists?

They are very choreographed but still flowing in the Spirit. Even some of the men break lose in the dance led by Pastor Ronnie Meek. Of course...the Lord does not limit the dance to The Holy Ghost Shuffle or choreographed perfection...but allows you to just CUT LOOSE and dance unto Him to the point of embarassement....not embarrasing to the Lord...but maybe to others as they tell you to calm down.

I like the way that this Psalm ends...with a CHOICE. "O Lord my God, I WILL give thanks to you forever." (Psalm 30:12)

Listen...He's speaking to you now..."May I have this dance?"

Love and Joyful Kisses
Rodney "From Mourning To Morning" Boyd