These precious wemen taught me how to worship and praise and to just gaze upon His beauty. 11-17-08

I walked into a room filled with worship and praise as weman danced around to the sound of their lovers heartbeat.

I sat down on the floor not sure of what was happening around me but couldn't wait to see what had yet to be.

All of a sudden I could see white clouds fill the room and the aroma of his presence consumed me and I was not sure what this all could be.

I was new to the things these weman held deep in their hearts this secret they had, I had yet to discover.

They had this special lover that romanced them and captured their hearts that all they wanted to do is to just be with Him.

I would watch intently as some would weep and some would keep singing while others would dance as if it were the last romantic dance.

I knew it was not by chance the Lord had brought me there where all these ladies just longed to be with their beloved king.

I could see something was happening to me as I sat in the presence of true worship and praise and I gazed into the eyes of the one they all loved and adored for the first time, and my heart was captured that I soon began to dance and be romanced for the first time.

Days turned into weeks as each day we would meet there was a move that was so unique in the presence of the one I had come to know so much more.

I longed for each time we gathered together to see what he would do next in a moment of worship and praise by the ladies who just loved to gaze upon His splendor.

I was young and tender in the things of what these precious ladies knew, but through their love and grace they made room for me in their special meeting place, to teach me how to seek His Holy face.

This became my secret place of worship, this became my refuge and my strength ,where I began to grow and come to know the one they loved in such a glorious place.

Their faces would shine like the sun because they gazed upon the beautiful one and beheld his beauty.

Worship and praise became the key to unlock heavens door to pour out his love that set me free and brought healing to the deepest parts of me.

These wemen were the ones that truly laid at his feet and sat in the seat at his right hand.

They did not come in with a plan as each day they would meet they would just show up and see as they praised and worshiped and let him be in charge of what he wanted to do in that moment in the way he wanted to move across the room.

Soon I began to bloom even more through every women in the room that gave me apart of who they were through that time and season of seeking Him.

These wemen helped me grow and I do not know if they knew that they touched my life in a special and powerful way.

I wanted to say it is because of these special weman teaching me his ways in how to just gaze has changed me and all of my days.

Dedicated to

Judie Waters.

Marie Edwards

Jeanine Bartley