Dance With Your Spouse … At Church!
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Remember Trinity United Church of Christ, President Obama’s former place of worship? I don’t know what’s been going on over there the past few years, since Rev. Otis Moss III succeeded Rev. Jeremiah Wright as pastor.
But I absolutely LOVE what their Married Couples Ministry did at church a couple of Sundays ago.
I dare you to watch the full video, to study these couples with four to 40 years of holy matrimony and not feel warm and fuzzy inside. Rarely do we witness such beautiful expressions of Black love, and they’re virtually nonexistent between Black husbands and wives.
It doesn’t matter that some are better dancers than others. It doesn’t matter that some look much more comfortable in moving to Babyface’s secular love song. And it doesn’t matter that some churches are absolutely, positively guaranteed to frown upon a display like this, period, let alone inside the sanctuary.
I don’t care. The only thing that matters is the loving glances and gentle touches these spouses exchanged. The only thing that matters is the intimacy they intensified, the emotions they engendered and the flames they fanned. Growing closer to your spouse certainly takes more than dancing, kissing and making love.
But life together is a whole lot sweeter with those elements in plentiful supply!
We haven’t settled on a church home yet since returning to D.C. last summer. However, I know one thing for sure – I’d like to participate in something like this at our future church. In fact, if every marriage ministry did something similar to this, I believe it would enhance the state of our unions.
I can’t wait to enhance mine some more!
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