Guidance - God, You and I Dance

Guidance:  God U and I Dance
The
version included below is the one I remember writing …It was written
when I was doing a self study on dance worship… there are several on the
Internet that have a pray at the end…that I do not remember.  It was
written as an email to my sister sometime between 1999 and the fall of
2003, at first I thought it was from the middle to the late 1990’s. 
After giving it some thought I realized it had to be between January 27th
1999 (When my husband died), and the fall of 2003 when I sold my home
on Lake Coeur d’ Alene.  I remember writing it at my desk on the lake,
and it was after my husband had died.  In 2003 one of my cousins,
Earlene, sent me a forward she received and wanted to share.  When I
started reading it, it was like déjavu.  Yesterday May 15, 2007, I came
across the “Guidance…God…U…and…I …dance”, so I did a search out of
curiosity.  I could
not believe what I was finding…how far this had spread.  I called my
sister and ask her if she had forward the email on to anyone…she did not
remember doing so. She said she did share it with her pastor…but as a
print out copy, not an email.  She is going to search her files for the
original.  I hope she can find it, because I don’t remember the exact
date, or wording.  I don’t remember sending it to anyone but my sister. 
I have been trying to trace down from the different websites, blogs,
etc. How they first received this.  I have two reasons for my inquiry… I
know God shares the same insights with many in His body… One, is this
what happen, or two, is this all from my original email? It has been
humbling, and sad to me.  Humbling to extent of how far this has
traveled, and how many it has blessed.  Sad, because God gave me
something precious and I didn’t recognize its worth to others.  My
sister said I should have had it
copy written…I said, “no”…it is not mine, but God’s, He just blessed me
with it. She whole heartily agreed.  I have a problem with
people commercializing things given to them from God. If there is any
credit due to an author of this it has to go to Him.  I humbly pray that
from this day forward, I will do more with the treasures my Father
shares with me.  Blessing, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem …His servant,
Jean Rhodes  
 
The version that is the closest to what I remember…
“When
I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing “dance” at the end of
the word.  I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like
dancing.  When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.  The
movement doesn’t flow with the music, and everything is quite
uncomfortable and jerky.  When one person realizes that, and lets the
other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music.  One gives gentle
cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing lightly in one
direction or another.  It’s as if two become one body, moving
beautifully. The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness
from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other.  My eyes
drew back to the word Guidance.
 
When
I saw “G: I thought of God, followed by “u” and “I” dance.”  God, you
and I dance.  As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I
would get guidance about my life.  Once again, I became willing to let
God lead.”
 
When
I was thinking about the part when one leads and another follows in the
dance, I remembered when I went to my first teenage dance…I didn’t know
how to dance, and my partner was trying to lead, but I was also.  It
was a disaster … I stepped on his toes, he stepped on mine, and neither
of us were keeping step with the music.  It has always fascinated me,
after I learn to dance…how you can have two people moving together with
such unity, when the one doesn’t know what the leader is going to do
next.  You come into a oneness that you sense the others movements in
the nanosecond before it happens.  We are so awesomely made.Jean Rhodes