Inspiration from Petra Pierre - Robertson

  Luke 10:33 And when he saw [it] he had compassion Long hard fall The urgent call caused me to stop what I was doing.   I poked my head out of the window and looked down into the backyard.  “Come see this!” Mere seconds before I had heard a soft thud.   I raced out of the room, headed for the back  door, and ran into the yard.   I gasped at the reason for the soft thud and the urgent call.     “I just happened to glance down. I don’t usually look in that direction. What if I hadn't?” Displayed before my eyes was a baby bird in a plant pot. It had suffered a long hard fall from its nest, high up in the tree.  We immediately sprang into action. A rescue plan was needed. With utmost care he took it up, placed it temporarily in a box and gave the box to me.  Then, he got a ladder, climbed to the tip of the leaned limb, but strong tree, and, at peril to himself, he sat atop the ladder, which was precariously perched on bricks, to afford...

Sing among the branches Psalm 104:12 (ESV) The birds of the heavens...sing among the branches.   "I thought birds sang sweetest in the morning. But I was wrong. They sing all through the day. I just didn't hear them since I was never home to listen...and even when home, the noises - cars, people, movement- crowded them out...but now...I hear them. They do sing...all through the day... #StayAtHome" (Petra Pierre - Robertson, April 23, 2020)   Ironically, exactly one year ago today, I came to this startling realization as I ‘worked from home’ in silence, during the height of lockdown, because of rising cases of COVID-19. Birds always sing!    They don't only sing when they are happy,  They don’t only sing only when they are free…   Singing a regular part of their daily activity They sing when they are working They sing when it is raining They sing when clouds are dark They sing when big dogs bark And although the songs differ based on the emotion or sit...