I get a lot of questions from young, aspiring dancers asking HOW to become a professional ballerina. It’s hard to know where to start with that question. Eeeeek….it’s a BIG question. Not that I am going to attempt to completely answer it in this one post, but if I were talking to myself as an 15 year…
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16 I have a fresh scoop of hope for your heart today, and I am speaking as much to my own heart, as I am to yours. Writing these devotionals has become a way…
“a time to dance….” Ecclesiastes 3:4 Just over a week and a half ago, I thought I was done dancing professionally. I was trying to convince my heart that I was. I was trying to be okay with it. Some days, I was fine….happy to be free from it….but lots of days, I felt the…
“In repentance and rest is your salvation. In quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 Sometimes in this frantic world, we feel too busy to stop and pray, as if when we stop, our world, our calendar, and our schedule will unravel. So we keep plowing away at our to-do list, as if constant…
If I wasn’t WEAK, I wouldn’t know His STRENGTH. If everything in my life were PERFECT, I wouldn’t know the power of PRAYER. If I didn’t NEED HIM, I would miss out on HIS LOVE. If I was always CONFIDENT, BOLD, and STRONG, I would never need to ASK GOD FOR HELP. If I never knew…
TO THE YOUNG, ASPIRING DANCERS: I know you dream of big stages, lights, and beautiful costumes. I know you dream of leading roles in big companies. I know you get giddy over new leotards and shiny new pointe shoes. I know you love the feeling of flying across the floor during grande allegro. I know you…