A Dancing Girl

This morning, during our devotional time, we were reading in Proverbs 19.  As we go through the reading, I give the children each a turn to talk about a couple of the verses each morning.  When we got to verse 21, it was Sissi's turn to "talk about what that means to you."

Here is verse 21... "Many plans are in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord will stand."

Here is what she said... "It means that I can have all kinds of plans for what I'm going to do with my life, but I need to listen to what God wants me to be."

Wow, good job girl!

So, I said to her, "Well, what kinds of plans do you have in your heart?"

She told us that she wants to be a dancer, but she's not sure that God will let her be one because there are no regular dance classes here for her to take.  I asked her, "What do you think God would have you do?  Why do you want to be a dancer...is it for Him?  Do you remember Proverbs 16:2-3?"

Sissi, "Oh yes, God knows our motives and wants us to commit our plans to Him so that He can establish them.  It's also like our Hebrews 4:12 verse, isn't it....the Word of God, Jesus, knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart!"

Well, Yes!  Yes, He does!  He knows why we want to do, what we want to do.

So, then I asked her how she could commit her future dancing to God.  She told us that she'd like to travel all over the world and give dance classes to people that wouldn't normally be able to take dance.  This way they could dance for God when they sing to him, and if they didn't know about Him, she would tell them all about Jesus.

So, I'm wondering if I have another future m*ss*onary on my hands.  Guess we'll be signing her up for those dance classes as soon as we get settled this fall.  She's got a plan, she's committing it to Him, and we're going to claim Psalm 37:5 as well, "Commit your way to the Lord, trust Him and He will do it."