The other day at work a co-worker asked me if I did any ballroom dancing, in which I answered, YES! (not all that great though) He informed me that while working in China that thousands of people would be in the parks practicing ballroom dancing before going into work. Well this story led to him painting a wonderful illustration of how a man as the ability to completely change the way a woman thinks about and presents herself. He stated that the man’s role is to lead the woman and make her feel safe and comfortable. The woman is to follow but as she feels more confident with each step she can be led into more dance moves creating an amazing routine. Loving to dance but not being very good I can really relate to this feeling. Depending on who I am dancing with can make the difference in if I feel confident in myself or not. But as he was telling me I started thinking that what if we as a society took this into all relationships. What would happen if men decided to start leading again and no matter what is going on around them made a woman fell safe and comfortable? What if women let the man lead in the relationship? Just maybe the product would be a beautiful, confident and strong woman that looks amazing dancing around on the dance floor but only because she is completely surrendered to the man leading.
Beautifully expressed! Over the years the graceful art of ballroom dancing has been replaced by “dance” that has “physically ” separated men and woman . Unfortunately this separation is exemplified in the downfall of every aspect of the man/woman relationship. As you so correctly expressed, man should lead and protect and woman should follow and trust- all summed up in one word- LOVE- and who better to “lead” us by example than Jesus. Let us all strive to “follow” HIS example in this dance of life!