Ballet Slippers

I always wished I could be beautiful and graceful like a ballerina. I love to dance (only around my house where no one can see me and laugh) and I would love to glide across the stage like Ginger Rogers. Well, the dancing genes were never given to me, but my niece Emma is a ballet dancer, she is only for, and she had a performance this past weekend and I was able to go and watch her on the "big stage" (I just love the way she describes things in life) dance like a pretty dancer. As I watched her dance a thought occurred to me that so much time and preperation goes into each dance that these beautiful ballerinas dance. Emma works all school year long on only learning two dances that she performs in May. so much work goes into each number and the dances last a little under three minutes a piece. As I watched her dance, I wondered if there was anything in my life that I was that dedicated to, something that I spent from September to May learning and mastering. My conclusion almost freightened me, there was nothing that came to mind. Surely as a Christian, I have learned to be diligent in Bible reading and Scripture memorizing... no I can not truthfully say that I have. Have I learned and studied all that I can to do the very best job that I can (I am a Christian, wife, friend, and keeper of my home) so that I can have a successful life in Christ? Again, I can not truthfully say that I am.That thought is scary. I want to be more diligent, more studious, andlearn more about HIM. Oh LORD, help me to be diligent. LORD, make me into a beautiful ballerina. :)