# The Dance Day 7 > Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God. > ### Opening Prayer: *My God and Father, Lord of the dance, allow me to see this day and this moment for what it really is—an invitation to dance the dance of life and faith with the One who made me. May I dance this day with joy and passion, knowing that there will never be another one just like it. In the name of Jesus I Pray. Amen. (JLB)* #### Psalm for the Week: Psalm 149 #### Sing to the Lord a New Song *149 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!3 Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.5 Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,7 to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,9 to execute on them the judgment written!This is honor for all his godly ones.**Praise the Lord!* #### Scripture for the Day: Psalm 150 #### Let Everything Praise the Lord *150 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens![a]2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!Praise the Lord!* #### Reading for Reflection: *Once I applied my personal rhythm of response to my prayer life, I felt a profound sense of release and relief. Not only did I naturally respond to God’s love from the rhythm of my own way of relating, but now I had found the way that would last a lifetime! My own natural “discipline” was deeply planted in my own inner uniqueness. I had just never bothered to look at my uniqueness and respect it. I did not have to “take on” or “enter into” anything. I had only to observe the way my most fulfilling relationships worked and respond in that way in my relationship to God.* ​ *For me, this new approach meant that I could pray sitting down and meditating in depth, or I could talk to God spontaneously through the day. I could pray for five or ten minutes instead of an hour. It was all right if I prayed after lunch or late in the evening instead of before breakfast. I could walk in silence with God, listen to music with God, or exercise or dance in my living room with God. (Feed My Shepherds by Flora Slosson Wuellner)* #### Reflection and Listening: silent and written #### Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself #### Song for the Week: Canticle of the Sun *The heavens are telling the glory of God* *And all of creation is shouting for joy* *Come dance in the forest, come play in the field* *And sing, sing to the glory of the Lord* ### Closing Prayer *Lord God, draw me out on the dance floor of life this day and fill my ears and heart with the beautiful music of Your great affection. Give me such an awareness of your presence that my feet just can’t be still. Dance with me as I dance with you. Amen. (JLB)*