Satirday Devotional...DANCE!

DANCE!

 Sisters and daughters
of Deborah

you who have
God's rhythms

in your limbs and loins

come to the battle

with your dance.
Sound your finger cymbals.

Wave your banners

to the Lord on high.

Be His dance of victory

against the killing and abuse

that threatens to steal

 more lives and joy.

Stand up tall and dance

carrying your banners, wearing

your brightly colored skirts and shirts…

chartreuse,

ruby red,

teal and turquoise,

amber and golden yellow,

purple like the petals of the lilac.

Dance, Dance, Dance

your gyrations of praise. 

Dance, Dance, Dance.

Let your movements stir the air

in the heavenlies and on earth

to bring a change and a healing.

Dance, Dance, Dance,

You handmaidens and women

descending from Deborah. 

Dance, Dance, Dance,

Your bodies slicing through the air

with lovely grace,

slicing evil in half you are admitting good,

slicing through the death and darkness,

raising up those who were

thought to be dead.

Dance

all you daughters and sisters of Deborah.

Dance

with the newly risen who now have hope.

Dance

ask our Creator to show us what to do,

so that we may save

the wounded and slain,

those who perished from

the abounding evil.

Show us how to help them hope.

I will dance

to help push back the dismal clouds

of your despair

and mine.

I will dance for you.

I will dance for me.

I will dance for my God.

All you sisters and daughters of Deborah,

come let's dance!

You can find the story of Deborah in Chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Judges.Chapter 4 contains the prose narrative and chapter 5 contains the story in poetry. From these accounts can discover much about Deborah, who was a judge and prophetess. We can learn a lot from her and adopt some of Deborah's life stories and her characteristics to make a difference in the world we live in today.

Written by
Corinne Mustafa (C)