Go ahead and strut. Walk that walk! Keep your head up, but not too far up that you can’t see where you’re stepping. You might fall into a ditch or something. Feeling pretty good about yourself, aren’t you? You have got this singleness thing licked. You are on top of the world.
POW! WHAM! (In tribute to the tv classic “Batman"). Then suddenly life is not so great anymore. You refuse to be defeated, but your walk is a bit more unsteady. You try to play it off, but we both know the truth. That ain’t no bop!
Bop is a style of walking that exudes confidence. It usually includes a little dip there, a lean here and a sway somewhere. But between you and me, you aren’t really feeing all poised. What was it this time? Loneliness, sexual frustration, disappointment, another special day spent without someone special, a broken heart, a misunderstanding of God’s purpose or people just being people? For now your bop has taken a temporary leave of absence.
Sure you can keep moving. But that don’t look like no strut! Just because you have a limp from where your singleness kicked you in the shins, doesn’t mean that you are defeated. Stay faithful to God and He will help you get your bop back. Sometimes He allows us to limp through until we are able to regain our stride.
You don’t have to fake it with me. I know what it is like to stumble through a valley or two. Once I caught a reflection of myself trying to jive walk my way through another bad singleness day. But the image of me limping made me realize something and I share that realization with you. That ain’t no bop!
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