A Holy Dance

Pirouetting on full point 
She was a whirling top 
Held position in her place
Until the spinning stopped 

With graceful leaping far from it 
Arching high into the air
Flying free, loosed from her trap 
Where she had entwined there 

Such abandon was the dance
From winding into free
Energy swirled tightly close
Then flung out joyously 

Reflection of earth’s tensions felt 
Healing’s joys of glad release 
The dance portrayed reality 
Hurts into grace poured free 

For most such precise
exercise
Would drain them full to stop 
Not so the dancer’s entity 
Dance filled her to the top 

Dance on, oh dancer, joyously
Fling bright to heaven’s sky
Waves of blessing flowing long 
Dance praising God most high 

Dance gloriously, rejoice again 
Salvation o’er death won
Let beautiful expression given 
Devotion in dance spun 

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Psalms 149:3 NKJV
“Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.”

Psalms 30:11-12 HCSB
“You turned my lament into dancing; You removed my sackclothand clothed me with gladness,
12 so that I can sing to You and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise You forever.”