Storm-dancer

This is my first creation.

It was some weeks before driving home after a prophetic conference that I had seen a dancer above the clouds, in my mind’s eye … her beauty and freedom moved me and somewhere deep within I wanted to create her, to keep or show others. However, so far removed was the the idea of being able to transfer this onto some sort of comprehendible medium that as soon as the thought came, reasoning arose like sluices and she flowed away into the vast ocean of many other unachievable ideas. But GOD had other ideas, and I guess it is a testimony to us all that He knows us intimately and how to get us motivated. So He took the unachievable from the bottom of my seas of dreams, and showed me step by step how to prepare myself for painting at the “Loved to Worship” event … all I had to do was step into what He was showing me. By now I was getting excited about things, anticipating something fresh for me from the Holy Spirit.

The evening of the event came round and not only was I able to do the painting He had shown me but I also had a poem to read out … what an awesome change had occurred, and if it happened to me I am absolutely convinced that God is able to do something out of the ordinary in your life too!

Storm-dancer

“Take cover and hide”, the shout goes out, “the storm clouds are coming” –

the sounds of thunder mumbling inside the dark grey clouds, growling and grumbling,

like belly-ache searching for a remedy.

It’s rage imminent as souls shudder from the here-and-now, caught up in the chaos and trepidation.

Noses pressed against glass forming dew and eyes heavenward waiting.

Our senses make connections through the double glazing and warm interiors to the eerie force of nature.

And here, at the window, if I let myself go and fall into the arms of God,

forgetting the restrictions of flesh and blood, the inner eagle rises and soars, taking it’s place above the darkness.

Beating wings and beating heart, shafts of light shimmering on primaries stretched out gliding.

Riding on the currents, basking in the thermal updraft and with ease and freedom dancing on the storm clouds.

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About the Creator

Ella Haselden

Sat on a bed at the Premier Inn during a few days break I felt so tired, not just tired but weary … sound familiar maybe to some! The thought of attending a praise and worship evening Called “Loved to Worship” the following Saturday felt like an impossibility and I was already working on a good reason not to go. So no one was more surprised than me when the following Saturday came around I was stood up at the front of church with a canvas and brushes, painting live as the band filled the auditorium with music. Looking back I was clearly moved by a force much greater than myself to bring such a change of heart in a few days, and stirring up in me a gift that had laid dormant for so long. So it was at this music event in March 2024 that the first of many prophetic paintings came into being; life and colour flowing through my paintbrush from heaven’s chambers; making marks on canvas poured out from the presence of God. Hence, I returned to pencil drawing and paintings using the medium of acrylic on canvas … this was after a break of over forty years. I rec-connected a fresh through creativity to “beautiful things” and the excitement and childlike wonder that had laid dormant. I had always been awestruck by the beauty in the world around me; whether that be a breezy day at the seaside; a bubbling stream in the woods; the freedom of a bird flying or someone losing themselves within music and movement – and now I have been able to capture some small part of this through my art.