The Dance of Life

Jesus performed His first miracle at a wedding---and that speaks volumes.  A wedding is a celebration of two persons who love, and their love extends outward from themselves to a whole circle of family and friends.  The love of family and friends extends back to support the fledgling love of the couple. 

At the celebration, first the couple dance together; then, each dances with the parent of his/her partner; then, everyone dances, from the 2-year old to the 92-year old.  All join in the dance of life.  There is wine; there is food; there is dance; and there is love.  All is metaphor; all is truth.

People are fond of saying, according to C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, that "God is Love."  But, as Lewis says, those words have no real meaning unless there are at least two Persons engaged in the dance.  Love is the energy, the communication, the flow between [at least] two persons.  If God is only One Person, then before the world came into existence, God was not love.  But Christians hold that from the beginning---no, from all eternity,----the living, dynamic dance of love existed, and from that dance, everything else came into being. 

At a wedding, at a public celebration, all enter into the energizing spirit; those who cannot celebrate must either get drunk to remain alone, or leave early.  The Spirit of Love between Persons flows out of God to embrace all those who are present and invited to the feast.  Either we enter into the Spirit and celebrate, or we remain on the outside looking in.  At a wedding, there is no distinction between beliefs or those who are good enough---there are only those who are friends of the bride and groom, or friends of the family.  There are only those who are willing to come and those who exclude themselves from the celebration.

Shall we dance?