Born in the Bomb Shelter

In March 2022, as Russian missiles struck Kyiv, a young mother named Mariana went into labor in the basement of a maternity hospital. Doctors had moved their entire ward underground. Above them, explosions shook the walls. Dust sifted down from the ceiling. But below, in the fluorescent glow of a makeshift delivery room, nurses coached her breathing, monitors beeped steadily, and at 3:47 a.m., a baby girl cried out into the world.

Photographers captured the scene — new life arriving in the middle of destruction. A dragon of war raged overhead, yet it could not stop what God had set in motion. The staff had prepared that basement days in advance, stocking supplies, running extension cords, arranging cots. They knew the assault was coming, and they made a place ready.

This is the vision John sees in Revelation 12. A woman laboring to bring forth life while a great dragon crouches, waiting to devour. The threat is enormous and real. But God has already prepared the wilderness refuge. The child is caught up to safety. The kingdom advances not because the dragon relents, but because the Almighty's purposes cannot be consumed by any fire.

Whatever destruction roars above your life today, God is doing something unstoppable beneath it. Salvation has come. The victory belongs to the Most High and to His Christ — born even in the shelters, even in the dark.