Rolling In the Kingdom of God

On Wed. evenings the Covecrest community has Kid's Praise, a much anticipated part of the weekly schedule. The entire community gathers on the Lodge porch or, if its raining, inside one of the meeting rooms to sing praise songs chosen by the kids. There are a bunch of different possibilities, all have hand motions and require active participation. Its really quite a work out. The best part though is that the entire community, adults and children alike, is enthusiastic about this and fully participates. One of the songs is "Dancing in the Kingdom of God" and we all dance around in a circle while singing. The lyrics are simple: "Dancing, dancing in the kingdom, dancing, dancing in the kingdom, dancing in the kingdom of God, cause we want to glorify His Name." After dancing, someone shouts out the next thing we'll do in the Kingdom, anything from spinning to skipping to marching and everyone does that. This week we rolled in the Kingdom of God, and let me tell you, the sight of 15 adults rolling around on the floor is one funny sight. And we all do it, gladly, because its a chance for us to be witnesses of our faith to these children. Its a chance to totally make a fool of yourself for God, and I think of David telling his wife, who had just reprimanded him for dancing and singing in front of the Ark and all of the Israelites, that he was making merry before the Lord, and that he would continue to do so, even if others thought he was silly.