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January 08, 2007
More submission thoughts
Fueled on by the slightest of input, I will now wax eloquent...well, I'll think aloud some more on the topic of submission.
When I was folk dancing, I was a vital part of the male/female dance unit. The pair flies around the room in a tight polka, and have to hold on tight to fight centrifugal force. I mean, I had to hold on to the dude's shoulder! None of this namby pamby ballroom frame...I had to be there and maintain:
*rhythm
*momentum
*balance
...all while following his lead. That's right: I'm doing the same steps, in heeled shoes, going backwards and spinning. Yep. And when I didn't dance with Aleks (he was my favorite dance partner, cause he was good and a good leader), I had to adjust my following-technique. (Being a good dancer myself, the adjusting was mostly intuitive.)
I think s. is like that. No rag doll business! Gotta be a strong, firm dance partner. Gotta follow his lead. Gotta know the steps. Gotta have a leader who will communicate (that's COMMUNICATE) with you! Gotta keep the counterbalance going, the momentum, the rhythm of the dance going.
Ooh, ooh the metaphor gets better when you add the other couples in the dance. We wove and danced in big circles and little circles and did the Grand Chain and spun polkas with other partners and finally ended up back at home base. That's a thought on the Body of Christ.
And rehearsals. We worked hard. We'd work a particular section over and over, and then speed the tempo up, then did the whole dance together. We kept going when someone stumbled. But we had to work hard to make the performance beautiful.
AND the spectators thought they were getting the most beautiful show, but I knew better. We had the most fun. We had the sweat and challenge of the rehearsal, the fun of finally hitting it and dancing it again because "We finally got it!" We had the pleasure of weaving in and out and spinning and going and being carried along by the tempo.
Whew. All that to say that s. is not for ragdolls. It's a co-worker's activity. Not just like "Co-captain" but truly a parallel, a fellow, a comrade (in the strictly non-USSR sense).
AND s. is not just for wives. It's the way we are best able to show our love and devotion to our Lord Jesus--by respecting and s. to our husbands--but other non-wives are certainly able to take part in s.
Wifery | By The Newest Worker | 11:45 PM
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Whoa! A little feedback brings on such an awesome metaphor? I'll have to pipe in more from now on- that was great! Well done.
Posted by: WonderGirl at January 10, 2007 10:25 AM
Hear, hear!
Posted by: funke at January 10, 2007 10:31 AM