Among all the bugs dancing, the very best one was the centipede.  Whenever the music started up, he began to boogie.  Until one day, the ant asked him, “Charlie, you have over 100 legs, how do you know which one to lift first?”  Just then, the music started up, but Charlie  hesitated.  He looked to his right, dozens of little legs under him.  He glanced to his left, 50 feet all in tiny dancing shoes.  He worried that he would pick up the wrong foot, and just then, it seemed easier to stand still.  No more centipede dancing that day.

Peter has the same struggle. (See Matthew 14:22-33)  When Jesus walks on water, Peter follows but when the wind rises up across the lake, Peter fears, he doubts, he sinks.  Jesus catches him as he falls and gently asks, “why did you doubt?”  When we look down at our feet, we forget how to dance.  When we look up and listen to the music, we soar.  When we look down at our own human frailty, we sink.  When we look up and out to the Lord, we find ourselves in the midst of a miracle.

Lent is a season of drawing closer to the Lord. The more frequently we seek him in prayer, the more consistently we heed his wisdom in discernment, the more honestly we come before him with wide-open hearts, the closer our walk in faith becomes. By his grace, we might even walk on water.  In his joy, we might even dance the 100-footed jig, with no worries of which foot to set down first.