PEARL'S PEARLS

[PearlB]

MY LORD OF THE DANCE

Through the fast swirling crowd
I catch sight of his face,
And I’m awed by his power
And his masculine grace.
See, he approaches
With love in his glance;
Stretches out his strong arms
And invites me to dance.
Trembling, I rise,
Reaching out for his hand,
And we take to the floor
In a slow saraband.

He leads and I follow
As we move to the beat
In stately progression
With light dancing feet.
The tempo increases,
My spirits are high,
As with joyous abandon
We twirl and we fly,
Moving together
We cover the floor;
Hearts and bodies attuned.
The pace changes once more.

His arms now enfold me
As we twirl in a waltz.
He’s captivated my heart,
How can I be false?
To him, my first love
I will always be true,
Each morning with him
I will find something new.
The Lord Of The Dance
Is my lover and friend
And together we’ll dance
Till eternity’s end.

 

[PearlB]

A FORM OF FREEDOM

One summer, on a warm and sunny day out in Lytham, I heard some birds singing very loudly. They sounded very close at hand but I didn’t recognise their calls. I stood up from my place at an outdoor table and peered into the nearby trees but could see no sign of any birds. After puzzling about it for a few minutes I became aware of people pointing and on turning round in my chair I saw the unbelievable sight of two beautiful cockatiels sitting on their perches in a cage which was being transported in a small home-made trailer attached to the back of an old bicycle. The birds’ owner had parked them up outside the bank whilst he conducted his bit of business and they were drawing quite a bit of admiring attention. These birds were obviously happy to be out in the warm sunshine and obviously felt a sort of freedom; but they were not free. They were not being allowed to fulfil their true potential for flight in the element for which they were designed.
I believe that there are many Christians like that; they have seen the light and enjoy the warmth of God’s love and are quite happily sitting on their perches singing inside the cages they have built, or have allowed others to build, around them. We all have the potential to fly in the spiritual element for which we are designed; to soar like eagles; so why do we settle for anything less. So if you recognise this feeling that you are in a ‘cage’ let me strongly encourage you to remove all the restrictions in your lives that are being allowed to form those cages so that you might fulfil your true potential to soar in the spiritual realms. And we can only fully succeed in this with the help and infilling of the Holy Spirit.


John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.