The Kyries

[HelenaZF]

That story shows me that you also have a gift for teaching, as you are able to isolate the things that give you the movements you envision. And not only that, but a gift to describe them in a way that can be grasped. And who says a great, lumpen woman can't be an artistic feature! The culture, that is who.



I'll tell you a story about a dutch woman who was part of the volunteer staff for the Feast celebration in Jerusalem. She was enormous in body, so much so that she could barely walk. The Lord spoke to her that she was one of His dancers. When she shared that revelation with other skilled and beautiful dancers she was working with, you can imagine what kind of reaction she got. But she knew that the Lord had spoken to her, so she began to pray.



She started to see pictures of an altar and an incense bowl, and as she prayed and worshipped, she moved the only part of her body that she could still control with grace--her arms and hands. She began to put together worship pieces. She would beautifully garment her upper body. She would come and sit behind a small altar that she had carefully adorned with whatever was needed for interpreting the song. And she danced with her hands--incredibly graceful, incredibly moving, and incredibly anointed. People forgot that she was stationary, the mass of her body hidden behind the altar, and were mesmerized and ministered to by her dancing hands. And I'm sure God thinks she is every bit as beautiful a worshipper as the young, lithe ballerinas who had trouble restraining their disbelief when she had announced her call to the dance.