Can we dance?

Can we dance? 

by Joel Howard

I was in the kitchen

Overwhelmed by circumstance

Kicking myself

Like only I can

Beating myself up 

Thinking I'd lost my last chance

When the Lord said to me

"Can we dance?" 

My fears had crept in

Bothered by what I don't have

Shame, my best friend, said

I'd failed at last

What can I do

Now that I lost what I grasped? 

The Lord said again, 

"Child, can we dance?" 

And a heavenly glory

Shone down on my face

As all my persecutors 

Left my gaze

And all I could see

Was the Ancient of Days

There's a heavenly freedom

Here in this place

There's a heavenly freedom 

Here in this place

Now to Jesus I sit

And tell all my woes

All my endless oppressors

I recount to him now

And he silently listens

And whispers again

"Child, can I lead you

From now 'til the end? 

I am familiar with the journey

my friend!"

As we danced in that kitchen

The music rang true

For it spoke of the mystery

Of living with You

If I don't set forth 

The first step that I take

I will never experience 

your grace in this place

I was pointing at yesterday

And all that went wrong

But the future was the theme

Of his beautiful song

This journey ain't over

So now my fears are gone

For, Lord, if you're leading me

I can carry on

Lord, if you're King of me

I can carry on!