Preparation time

After Galatians 1:11-24 

The star for the prosecution

show, transformed, became

nothing, disappeared from

the stage, vanished into 

the deserts of Arabia and

Damascus. No stage,

no spotlight, no star billing.

A few conversations, and

then a renewed time 

of quiet, reflection, fasting,

and preparation, listening,

not speaking, my fame

once spoken of and revered 

or feared now vanished

into the mist, except for

a word here, a rumor there.

The prosecutor is now

the preacher, occasionally

and quietly.

 

Photograph by Angel Mendez via Unsplash. Used with permission.