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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: MEMORY LANE (04/23/20)
“Donna, are you sure that I have to pay for your recital costume by tomorrow?”

“Yes, mother the costume lady came today, and she told us to tell our moms to send in their money. Then she said she will bring the costumes to us, but you (the moms) have to sew all the sequins on them.” I was adamant and intense as I so instructed my mom. She remained calm as I laid these demands on her, but I had a feeling she did not think I got the story straight regarding the costume. Clearly, at four years of age I did not have all of the facts exactly right. The money was not due for a couple of weeks and one of the costume lady’s helpers would sew on the gaggle of sequins.

With the costume dilemma solved, I was able to have my onstage debut as a little rosebud ballerina in a fluffy pink tutu that sparkled with many sequins. Once onstage the bright lights made it impossible to see anything except a rosebud ballerina on my right and another one on my left. The audience was invisible so I thought I must be too. The little rosebud on my right was not pointing her toe and I had to correct her. The one on my left was crying. I had to console her. Oops, I forgot my part in the dance! No matter, I gave them my best adlib. The crescendo of clapping and laughing that followed was exhilarating, so I took a big ballerina bow and was thereafter ushered off stage by one of the “big girls,” (the older dance students that I aspired to be like one day.)

As illustrated by this childhood memory, God had already started working in me to fulfill His design for my life. He gave me an intense nature, which caused me always to want every detail of everything to be right. He made me a leader and a teacher as well as a comforter. I went on to be a professional ballerina and later a teacher of the art of dance. Before I knew Him, He made sure that I was trained by the best teachers in the entire world. When Jesus divinely intervened in my life and called me to Himself, He showed me the position that He had created for me. From that time on, I have danced only for Him. Additionally, I have had the privilege of teaching many people to worship Him in dance and to share His love with their gifts and talents.

Look at Exodus 9:16 (NKJV) and be encouraged. Though written for the nation of Israel it also applies to those of us who are grafted into the olive tree (Israel):

“But indeed, for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth”.

In hindsight I can see how God put everything together to fulfill His purpose in me. I challenge you to look back and see the miracle that you are. If you cannot see it yet its ok, ask Him to reveal it to you. Surely, He will!





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Barbara Lynn Culler 
05/02/20
What a wonderful history you have!
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
05/06/20
This is a nice memory. It is a goid thing to look back and see God at work in our lives even though we have no clue at the time. The dialog adds to the story but doesn't feel entirely authentic for a four-year-old girl. I'd like to see even more dialog and body language. I laughed at the scene you painted on the stage. I've seen many little ones dance and there's always a little ham. It made me smile. You have a nice clear message too.