Surrounded

After Acts 4:23-31

Surrounded by evil

and destruction,

the people gathered 

together, seeking

the safety of oneness

and the safety of the rock,

as the nations gathered

around, raging, plotting,

assembling as a force,

a force for obliteration.

Surrounded, until

the voice rose together

a unity, a oneness,

together in assurance,

together in deliverance.

Photograph by Tim Marshall via Unsplash. Used with permission.