Circle Up

Circle up, circle up around the throne,
Old and young, saints of every history
Great and small, angels all, and seraphim,
Grab a hand, twirl a dance,
Circle up and worship Him
Grab a hand, twirl a dance,
Circle up and worship Him.
--Chris Rice

How awesome it will be to see "saints of every history" dancing like children around the throne of God! Former drug dealers twirling with Sunday School teachers; alcoholics and prostitutes clapping and rejoicing alongside "church ladies" and deacons. What a source of joy to our Father! How He must long for the day when His family is complete and home! We can only look forward to a misty notion of what we can imagine that day will be like, but God . . . God already knows every detail--the reaction of each person, the expressions on each face, the music, the menu for the wedding feast--how much more is His delight in seeing come to pass this event that has been centuries in the making!

Won't it be an amazing, joyful time of praise and wonder when we finally see one another as God has seen us all along--as He created us to be. Without the wounds, weights and warping that we received while living in this fallen world and wrestling with our own sin nature. The shy and the shamed will both be free enough to dance around the throne. We will be light of heart and light of foot as we rejoice before the source of our salvation, redemption, restoration, healing, wisdom, adoption and wholeness. No one will sit out this dance; there will be no wallflowers. No steps to learn, just a spontaneous reaction to being at last in the presence of Him who loves us so completely and passionately and without reservation.