This past year COVID cut off most of us from communities and activities that bring us joy. There are times in our lives when joy is in short supply and hope withers. Yet in Babylon he encouraged people to plant the seeds of hope, dancing in the midst of uncertainty. After the destruction of the temple-the center of worship and life for the Jewish community-the people of Israel were exiled to Babylon for forty long years. The prophet Jeremiah promised that those in exile would one day dance for joy. Scripture shows us the healing power of dance. “Even through losing the ability to dance due to finances, due to moving, and due to depression, God made a way for me to find my path and feel like the person he has made me to be.” In the hard times, when dancing with others was not available to them, God was still at work. “God gave me the love for music, meeting new people, and the desire to be in connection.” Through dance, Audrey connects with God, community, and self. “Time and time again, dancing has saved me,” writes Audrey Borden, a second-year student at North Park University and president of the Social Dance Club. I will turn their mourning into joy I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.” “Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry.
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