Some would say its foolishness...

A couple of days ago I was reminded of one of my favourite stories in the Old Testament in 2 Samuel where, "David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might," and when told he was acting as a disgrace and a commoner he replied,

"It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord's people Israel - I will celebrate before the Lord.  I will become even more undignified than this"

And I think that was a timely reminder that the ways of the Lord sometime's call for an undignified response of forgetting ourselves and all we strive to portray in order to fling ourselves into wholehearted worship, or to cry on our knees for the lost, or to be ridiculous with that friend who is lonely. Last night I read back through my latest journal and it half made me laugh at the random and ridiculous things I talk to the Lord about but it was also just crazy to see together how the Lord has been relentlessly pursuing me and speaking his love over me.  A love that requires more than a dignified appreciation;

[I will dance I will sing to be mad for my king 

 Nothing lord is hindering the passion in my soul  

And I'll become even more undignified than this 

Some would say it's foolishness but  

I'll become even more undignified than this].

Soli deo Gloria.