Selling a field

After Acts 4:36-37

He heard the report

of the apostles, a release

miraculous from prison,

and he lifted his voice

with the others to sing

the psalm of praise.

He prayed with the others

and sang, his heart

overflowing with a grace

previously unexperienced.

He heard the teachings;

he saw the need. He sold

the field he owned and

laid the money at their feet,

his gift to the fellowship

and his gift to God.

A Cypriot by birth, his name

was Joseph. The apostles saw

him as a son of encouragement

and called him by another name:

Barnabas.

Photograph by Tobias Stonjeck via Unsplash. Used with permission.