Life is hard, God is good, Let’s dance!

I used to own a t-shirt with this written on it (many years ago) … it became my life’s motto … God (Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit) invites us (as the image-bearers of God which God created all humans to be) to enter the eternal embrace, the dance of love! I created this graphic today because I needed to remind myself of these things 🙂

Zephaniah 3:17 (NRSV) – “The Lord, your God … will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing”

Psalm 149:1-4 (The Message) – “Hallelujah! Sing to God a brand-new song, praise him in the company of all who love him. Let all Israel celebrate their Sovereign Creator, Zion’s children exult in their King. Let them praise his name in dance; strike up the band and make great music! And why? Because God delights in his people, adorns plain folk with salvation garlands!”

1 John 3:1a,2 (NRSV) – “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are … Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.”