Koros Spirituality Group
 

  

Come join us

And dance with us !

Our group meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Youth Room at Saint Paul Lutheran Church.

The Koros spirituality group resumes on Thursday, September 11. We will begin a new Bible study with the book Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding
Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver.

This book is about living life in balance. It is an invitation for every woman who’s ever felt she isn’t godly enough, isn’t loving enough, isn’t doing enough.

Questions? Call Pat Pape at 668-8710 or 668-9029.

Our name, Koros, comes from the Greek word for dancing. We named ourselves this partly based on the song I Hope You Dance made popular by Lee Ann Womack. The song is about not taking life for granted and living life to its fullest including developing your faith. Some of the lyrics are as follows:
 

I hope you never take a single breath for granted.
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens.
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance.
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!
  
FOOTPRINTS...A New Version

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends! This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps.

Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints they have become one.

This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints. You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends.

Now you pray: "Lord, I understand the first scene with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But you walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with you," " That is correct."

And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps; followed you very closely." "Very good. You have understood everything so far."

"When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like you in every way." "Precisely."

"So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first." There is a pause as the Lord answers with a smile in his voice. "You didn't know? That was when we danced."


To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to weep, a time to laugh, A time to mourn, and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4.