Spiritual (& double post!) Sunday

I get these really good ideas for posts during the week, and then I don't have time until Sunday to actually write them. So you get a double posting from me today. Honestly, it will probably be happening a lot more frequently. Once summer term is over, I miiight post during the week. Maybe.

Currently, I am taking an exercise physiology class. We were talking the other day about our Heavenly Father and His knowledge of physiology. He knows how everything works, because He designed it! He is a physiologist. He is also a biologist, chemist, etc. As I thought about this, I realized that God is also a dancer. I get my ability to dance from Him. He created dance. It was something that I had never really thought about, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me. He created dance; He is a dancer. 

I've been on a spiritual high lately, and last night I thought about the rounds that Robbie and I had done during the day. (For those of you that don't know, a round is when you dance each dance for a specific event - i.e. amateur smooth - back to back to music, like you would at a competition.) We had done an American smooth round at practice, another smooth round during a private lesson, and an International Ballroom round during practice. It was hard, but it. Felt. So. Good. I was thinking and praying about it, and I realized that dancing can draw me closer to God. To cap it all off, I attended a mission farewell for a friend this morning that is also a ballroom dancer. He talked about competing at Nationals this past year in the Amateur Smooth final. He shared that he knew it was exactly where Heavenly Father wanted him to be, and that dancing had never felt more spiritual. A friend later messaged him on Facebook to tell him that she had felt the Spirit more strongly than she had in awhile while watching him dance. What an answer to a prayer that was for me!

This is definitely something that I haven't really thought about before, but it is such a special idea to me. I can draw closer to God as I dance. I can feel the Spirit as I dance. And I can help others feel the Spirit as I dance as well. What an incredible realization!

In my last post, I mentioned a man that I sat by while watching the BYU ballroom touring team's performance. It was obvious that he was touched by the dancing. It kept him coming back and coming back. Our bodies and the way that we use them can be an incredible force for good, and I am so grateful for the ability that I have to do that! Our bodies are amazing!

On that note, I am so blessed to have dance as part of my life, and to have parents and other family members and friends who support me in it. It's okay if you don't understand what I'm talking about, I just wanted to share what I have been thinking about lately.