Restoration: A Reflection

To be honest, I was a little torn of what to write about in this blog post...God's taught me two very different concepts over this past week, one in a dream and one through Restoration this week. I though that I would use this blog post to talk about what I took away from this weekend, and I think it's something that all of us need to hear and be reminded of.

In case you don't know what Restoration is, it is a show put on by The Wesley Foundation and BCM every year to restore dance back to it's original intention - to worship God. In case you didn't get to read about my experience in the dance last year and want to, click here! This year, God continued to remind me of those things, but I also had a really cool revelation on the day of the dance. 

The day of Restoration is comprised of getting ready, roughly 2 separate hours of prayer time, hanging out, and the dancing itself. In the prayer time on stage before the first show, I remember praying something about that the people would be able to experience who God is by witnessing the dancers. And I remember saying something about how we, as the dancers, couldn't do anything unless He showed up. After that, He showed me something pretty cool. 

I saw the show about to start. The curtain opened, and the first dance took the stage. Except when they all got on the stage, everything stopped. The dancers disappeared, and in their place, in center-stage, was a moon. The moon was reflecting light onto every member of the audience, filling all of the Classic Center with light. 

I remember listening to our mash-up a little later that day in the dressing room, and a part of the lyrics caught my attention like they never had before. Now don't get me wrong, yes these are Justin Beiber lyrics, but God can speak however He wants. The line says, "You shine just like the sun while the moon and the stars reflect your light."

I guess this is something I always knew in my head, but when I got that image, it became real to me. It was more than just a good idea for a day. Honestly, it's how we, as believers, should live our lives. He's the sun, and we reflect His light. Another thing that I thought was really cool though was that there were no individual stars in the image I got. There was one moon from the collective unity of all the dancers in that dance. And that, to me, was beautiful. God was basically saying that as we moved together in unity, a reflection of Him was shining from us. 

And you want to know something else that I realized afterwards too? The theme for Restoration as a whole this year was based on Ephesians 5:8-9. These verses say that we are "children of the light." That means that this message that I thought was Restoration-specific is actually for all of us, every day of our lives. 

He has the desire, as we walk in His light, to shine through us.

"All Around the World"

Megan