One of the things few people know about me is that I love ballet. I have loved ballet since I was a little girl. I knew taking ballet classes would have never been an option for me… So the best I could do was to ask for the latest ballerina doll, one Christmas. I recall her name to be Thumbelina. You would push down on her crown and she would pirouette. By the time I was 13, I no longer had it but longed to have it back, and the dream of dancing ballet never left me. Later I learned there was trauma behind the loss of the doll, which is probably why I don’t remember where it went, as I would have never willingly parted with that doll.

In my late teens and early twenties, it still was a dream that I kept to myself. I dreamed of taking classes, but at a weight of 125 pounds, I thought myself too overweight to bother. Yeah, I had self esteem issues. But that didn’t stop me from watching ballets, or musicals. It was the gracefulness of the dance that appealed to me. So I eventually learned to imitate a form of ballet all of my very own. Eventually, it turned into a praise dance.

I dance often.

When I was younger, I had more bounce and movement than I do now, but it is my praise dance. No one has seen my version of ballet, but God, in decades. It is something I had decided long ago that it would be reserved just for Him. All my grace in dance, in praise for Him, and for His grace and mercy. I feel that some things you do, need to be done JUST for Him. Set aside, just for Him. Whether it be praise dancing, or singing, or writing… just whatever talent He has given you, use it to give Him glory and set something aside that is just for Him. A song, a dance, a poem… something created and shared with no one but Him. In doing THIS, I believe, it may also help in multiplying your talents.

Consider consecrating one of your best talents and using it to honor Him by setting aside something Just for God. No one but the two of you have heard or read that writing, or seen that art, or heard that song, or seen that dance, whatever your talent. If you do stuff like this, just because, not expecting anything in return, but just wanting to give Him praise; sit back and watch Him pour you out a blessing you cannot contain. Set aside bits and pieces of things that you do well, just for Him, and He will see your heart’s offering and bless you accordingly.


Well…
…at least that has been my experience.

2 Timothy 2:7
    Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.