Living the Limbo Dance

Sometimes I feel like my life is Limbo dance. Limbo is a dance game. The dancer moves to a Caribbean rhythm, then leans backward and dances under a horizontal stick without touching it. Upon touching it or falling backwards, the dancer is "out".

I hear the terrible news in our economy. Lower the stick.

My local news shares that two local top cops have recently been arrested. One for forcible s*d*my with a child under 15, and the other for s*liciting s*x from a 14 year old. These are local policeman! You know the one's you tell your children, "If you ever need help seek out these people." Lower the stick.

My husband comes home after a tough day at work, stressed with the failing economy and yells at me. I yell back. Lower the stick.

I console myself with brownies. Not only do I feel guilty and physically sick after eating them, tomorrow as I step on the scales I'll feel even worse. Lower the stick.

I continue to go lower and feel worse. If I'm not careful I'm going to hit the floor. I even have the devil cheering me on, chanting "How low can you go? How low can you go?" The awful dance music keeps playing and the worse I feel, the lower I go.

STOP THE MUSIC! I have another voice cheering me on. This voice (The Voice of Truth) says listen to MY words. This voice leads me to Philippians 4: 8, 9 which says "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

God's peace by focusing on the good stuff, excellent and praiseworthy. I can do that. With God's help, it is time for me to raise the bar.

Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you—the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life;
the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.