Listen to the Presence Project podcast, episode 27 here. Here in the Presence Project we’re…
Stephanie’s Bachelorette Party
The Dance
She is my sister and she is luminous.
I have eyes-wide-open watched as the grave opened.
I was witness
as the rock was slowly pried open
and the white putrid cloth,
suffocating life,
was unwrapped one slow turn after another.
Jesus called forceful and she woke up
out of sin-wracked pain
and the rock was rolled away
and His voice,
O HIS VOICE,
demanding the Breath to spark life again:
“She will be free.”
So I celebrate this glowing
golden-haired one.
And he does too, this man who saw Glory coming out of her eyes
and we dance side by side because
joy is celebrating the God-reflected.
Maya Angelou wrote in a memoir a scene
where women from all over Africa were separated from men
and the dancing
o the dancing over each…
celebrating the personal miracle of
wide hips swinging,
skinny arms pulsing strong and tall legs jumping straight powerful arrows-
recognising beauty and God-molded Life in different vases.
So we did. We danced for hours like this,
beat spurring praise,
celebrating that this THIS Beautiful one
is the handiwork, the Glory of God prism-ing out.
Light refracting in color.
She is my sister and this weekend she will be married and
I will dance over her again,
joy heavy with the miracle of this new story.
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Oh, this post is beautiful! Praying for “the dance” – may it be filled with joy and celebration. Glad to linger here with you once again, friend.
Alicia,
Thanks for your visit in such a busy time…keep joy in your writing…God always comes to dwell at your place. And I love the time I get to spend there as well, Friend.
How exciting! I hope you and your family have a wonderful celebration.