Man, Did I Dance!

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by Doug Nichols


As a non-Christian in junior high and high school, I beganto dance.  Man, did I dance!  Anytime there was music, I was dancing – rockand roll, waltz, you name it. 
As a senior I was invited to the Girls’ League Ball (whichthe girl invites the boy).  This was thebiggest event of the year, fancy dress and all.
My date picked me up in a chauffeured-driven limousine.  I was really dressed up.  I even wore shoes!While I was dancing with my date, who wore a gown with afull petticoat, asked if her slip was showing. Jokingly, I said, “Oh, yes!  Itshows about a foot.”  Just about thattime, the whole thing fell off!  Insteadof slipping out of the slip, picking it up and going into the Ladies Room toput it back on, she scooted all the way across the dance floor to the laughterand howling of everyone there.
Needless to say, she did not take me home that night.  I had to hitch a ride.  Was she ever mad!
When I came to faith in Christ, I gave up drinking beer,whiskey, rum and vodka. Dancing also went, not because of it being sinful initself, but because of where I went to dance and with whom I danced.
Yes, dancing is in the Old Testament in worship, but neverin the New Testament or in any description of activity in Heaven.