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"You change your steps according to the beating of the drum"

- Ewe proverb from West Africa.



If we are dancing to a drum beat, we must follow when it starts to

beat a new rhythm. If we do not change, we are left behind, as we

try to follow the beat that has ended!



In the book of Psalms, the singer writes about God:

"You have changed my crying into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sack-cloth."



In every person's life, there comes a time when God asks us to start

to dance to his drum beat. We can choose to stay with our old drum

beat - that is: living our life in our own way, with ourselves at the centre. Or we can choose God's drum beat.



This will give us many new things. We will start to understand the

meaning of life. We will find a real purpose for living. God will

show us his way to be forgiven and to escape from shame, fear and

hurt. We will learn how to love and forgive other people (and

ourselves) in a new way. It can be a difficult dance at times, but it

is a dance of joy. Do you want to join his dance?

Courtesy: SOON.


This is the poster for the mnth of June. May it bless your life, amen

Divine
June, 2012

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