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When
Alicia and David first started skating together they
were quite awkward. Alicia used to have another partner and she thought
she and David should do just as she and her
championship partner had done. She grew quite frustrated with David because
he ignored her suggestions and kept doing things
his own way. Finally, they were beginning to think of either looking for
new partners, or just skating as singles.
Their coach also had his own way of thinking and leading.
But one evening when Alicia arrived at the rink, David
was already there, skating alone. He did not see her as she silently watched
her partner perform. She thought, "I had forgotten
his commanding presence on the ice and how masterfully he executes some
of the most difficult moves." These were
the reasons she had wanted him as her partner in the first place. A tear
slid down her cheek. He looked up as Alicia approached.
"David, I'm sorry," Alicia said. "I would like for us to
give our partnership another chance. I realize I have not appreciated you
and I have expected you
to be like someone else rather than being yourself. What would you say to
beginning again with a new
coach...someone who is more expert at teaching couples to work together
with greater unity?" Her attitude of humility and
cooperation caught David off-guard. After a moment, he spoke, "Yes
Alicia, I agree. I am sorry too. Let's find a coach who will help
us learn to dance together as one."
Their new coach was great! Where he saw a weakness
in one of them, he suggested a move that emphasized a strength in the other
and vice versa. He knew the right music, the right moves,
the right everything, to make them look good as a pair. And David and Alicia
became more sensitive themselves to the
way the other thought and moved, and they began to anticipate and yield
to each other without even thinking about it. Soon
appreciation replaced resentment. Then, mutual admiration began. And, before
long, admiration became love. With love ruling, and
under the constant tutelage of their awesome new coach, David and Alicia,
who had almost given up on ice-dancing
together, became Olympic material.
Moral: Who is orchestrating your
life and/or your marriage? Why not turn it/them over to the
One who was their initiator in the first place? He said He has
not left us alone without
a Counselor, (the Holy Spirit)...Whom He said will "Teach you all things..." John
14:26.
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