Inspiration from Petra Pierre - Robertson

OVERBURDENED! Psalm 57:2 "I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me." I was hoping that branch in particular would survive. Several others had broken under the weight, but that limb in particular looked sturdy. We had pruned the tree the year before. Although it had borne good creamy avocados for years, it was getting old. Its limbs were weak and under attack from termites, yet it had continued to fulfil its purpose and do what it had been doing for years – giving good fruit even while parasites sucked on old branches, old branches sucked on the limbs and the limbs sucked on the trunk. But what of the sustenance of the source of their strength? So we pruned the tree, severing the branches which sucked, as they were being sucked, yet bore little or no fruit. That season we got no fruit; we had pruned when the tree was flowering. The tree flowered again! The next season however, the tree flowered again. Plenty flowers. Plenty buds. Plenty...

Rules of Play: Each player competes for the highest score by utilising tiles in combinations and locations that take the best advantage of letter values and premium squares on the board. 'Star-studded tiles on a rack don't guarantee the expected outcome!' You may have valuable tiles like Q Z X and J on your rack, but without low-valued tiles like U N I, they wont land you a word - far less a seven letter word! Dropping and exchanging are in order! 'Two' many of U and I Conversely too many of U and I on a rack won't work. In fact one I and U is sufficient. U and I hardly go well together well except that lone arbitrator is on the rack with them to either QUIZ, make them QUIET, or cause them to QUIT; again dropping and exchanging are in order! Which will you exchange for the low-valued 's'? The low valued S also changes the game plan and makes the difference between a high and low score. But you will have to exchange one of your big values for the low...

Psalm 34:7 ( KJV ) ~ The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. "A rustling sound. Peach stirred. It was coming from the grass ringing them. Her heart thumped erratically in her chest. Tiger cats? Jade was racing towards her from the direction of the bushes wide-eyed in fear. “I saw a man, in white, standing staring at us.” “What?” Peach asked groggily, waking up ... ... Verbs were left out in her haste to communicate the cause of her fright... Jade squeezed her way in between Peach and Hazel. Everyone was now silent. Meanwhile, down the mountains, across the nation, unknown to them, they were the headline news on Television and radio; News that was repeated all through the night and into the next day. Lost in the Hills … young hikers missing!" From "Lost in the Hills" by Petra Pierre - Robertson When going through scary situations it is sometimes difficult to recognise ...

Stand Still Exodus 14:13 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day... CLIQUES AND CAUCUSES 'Uproarious cheers rose from the various cliques and caucuses who, for once, appeared to be unified: the I work harder than everyone else Black Heron ; the slyly smiling, vulnerable, cry wolf Topi Antelopes ; the calculating, airborne, pirating Skuas who had actually indicated their retirement from the farm, yet were present; the devious, traitorous, usurping Cuckoo Bees who sat in the choicest seats, buzzing uncaringly; the pretentious Brown Trouts who forever wore caked, cracking smiles that stuck on their hard, masked faces; the two-faced, face-biting, over friendly, Sabre Toothed Blennys , who always greeted with Judas-hugs and kisses that those who were too gullible, or too scared to reject, accepted; the too-pretty-for-my-shoes butterflies who assumed responsibility for, stole, and cried everyone’s tears, f...

A hind navigating a craggy rock He maketh my feet like hinds' feet , and setteth me upon my high places. Psalms 18:33 “She couldn’t see the base. … A thick, white mist surrounded them atop the high mountain. “You may have to carry her, Hinds. Visibility is almost zero. If she missteps it can be fatal. I would take her down myself but … I cannot see through … “I’ll get her down safely.” It sounded like an impossible feat. A sudden drop. Rahel gasped. Down was a long way. Was he as sure footed as they claimed? She felt like she was floating. What if they fell? It would be fatal ... Nervousness and apprehension caused palpitations; palpitations bred weakness… She always buckled under pressure... But his (Hinds) feet were sturdy. He knew the track although it was barely visible. And he was agile. He was empowered to make progress on the mountain in the midst of trouble; so that, in the face of her weakness h...