In Sunday's message at FOTP I quoted the words from a Garth Brooks song called The Dance.  I was making the point that while we sometimes wish for a life with no pain or trials, if we had a life like that we would miss those "divine embrace" moments.  A divine embrace moment is a time in our lives when our longing for God intersects with his longing for us.  It is a transcendant moment that often results in tears.  My experience has been that most divine moments happen during difficult times and not during those times when everything is going smoothly.

According to the song:

Now that it is over I am glad I did not know

How it would all end

Or where it would all go

Life is best left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I would have missed the dance

Of course we know that life is actually a divine plan that God orchestrates that includes times of joy and times of pain.  If you would like to watch the video of the song here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxiJJBvZnRI  provided by one of our FOTP members.