To make plans

After Hebrews 11:32 and Judges 6-7

To make plans

and implement them

and then they come swarming,

devouring, destroying what

good hands have made, mocking

and taunting. Is obedience

subservient to power, he asks, he pleads.

Silence for a time.

Loss of faith for a time.

Fear for a time.

They come again, ravishing,

with superiority of numbers

breeding the arrogance power.

The band, the small band,

with no power but faith

and obedience, strike

when they are told, destroying

the arrogance.

Photograph by George Hodan via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.