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ISSUE TWO | SEPT/OCT

and friends). And for a while, we spiders attempting to colonize opportunity for the defilement,
made some headway. As long as the house with their webs, dirt on destruction and death of whatever
we were in the house when the the floor. Then we spotted some God is doing and building. It is the
Bigoos came by, we would chase thick, black splotches around the authority that both Eve and
them away and gain the little balcony doorway and wondered if Adam gave to the serpent, that
Prakchus some peace. The little the little birds had been afraid to allowed for everything under their
Prakchus actually got to a point of stray too far from the nest and had watch and care to be completely
confidence, not flying off when we resorted to leaving their droppings corrupted in their very nature.
had the door open, as if they knew nearby. A closer look, however, Including mankind. A brutish,
that they had protection. We gave revealed the worst. A fierce battle vicious, territorial nature took over,
them grain and water, so they had taken place in our absence. redeemable only by the Blood
wouldn’t have to travel too far from Three little dead baby birds, upon of the Last Adam and effected
their nest, in order to make things our doorstep. No more sweet through the righteous interventions
a little easier on them. Though, songs of melodies pure and clear. of His Saints. Such interventions
that probably made things worse Every little thing was definitely come when the righteous stand
for them because of their envious NOT alright. In the face of such in their places as provided for by
enemies. hopelessness, SURELY the fight Christ Jesus, willing to do whatever
was over. But no. These plucky God wants to ensure that God’s
Then, while we were away for a little Prakchus were still around, Kingdom comes and His will is
short trip, the Bigoos launched still doing something, still done on earth as it is in Heaven.
another deadly attack and when persisting. I have never seen No matter what. But when they are
we came back, we found another anything like it. They just picked unwilling to do their share, then
tiny little egg cracked and broken up and keep going, even in the things will, inevitably, take a turn
on the ledge of the balcony. This face of great evil and loss: five for the worst. Sometimes what is
time the ants had clearly already members of their little family, required from them involves the
finished their business, meaning gone. Eventually, though, they did possibility of facing great loss and
that the devastation probably took choose to relocate, popping by finding the mettle to push through
place shortly after we had left. I weeks later to check if they could and begin again and again... and
couldn’t believe my eyes. I didn’t rebuild. I took down their nest yet again... that the cost of not
understand the viciousness and though. The pain was enough. beating back the darkness is even
aggression that was taking place. worse. That’s why the Cross. That’s
For a time, it seemed as though The God allowed this drama to take why the us. God’s great army upon
Prakchus had thrown in the towel place on our small balcony in order the earth.
in the face of such devastation. for us to get a bigger message.
I didn’t hear them sing or see This is part of what I learnt. The This is a lesson for Afrika. The Afrika
them flying in or out. I thought story of The Prakchus and The which has been so blessed with all
that maybe the intimidation of Bigoos is simply a modern-day that God can give a continent but
the Bigoos got to them. The nest metaphor for the condition the which still lives in the limitations of
was silent for a long while. But, world is in. The big and the strong her own wrong choices and selfish
one day, just as I was reaching and the evil just won’t let their patterns. To come out of this malady
out my hand, to dismantle their brothers have a bit of peace to that Afrika has found herself, we
‘deluxe apartment in the sky’, build and enjoy their lot in life. must ask ourselves, have we
one little bird flew out in alarm. They have decided that one way been our brothers’ keepers, have
I stayed my hand and waited, or another they must, despite we watched over the weak when
because clearly God wasn’t done having their own thing going, try we find ourselves in the place of
yet. Over the following few days, and claim what is their brothers’ strength, have we given all it takes
the resilient little birds continued for themselves and dominate all, for everyone to thrive in peace and
their activities. Things seemed to at the expense of the innocent. not one man taking it all for selfish
have settled down, and apart from It’s a story that began before reasons, have we allowed God
a few incursions by the Bigoos, time, when iniquity was found in be the true centre of our lives and
which we quickly challenged, one, who was then cast down to common unity?
things were pretty uneventful. destroy what God had built.
The emancipation of Afrika lies
Then we travelled once again, He began with the Fall of man in in the accurate answer to these
this time for two weeks. Upon our the Garden in order to create a questions.
return we found the kind of dirt portal that unleashed an evil upon
one would expect in the windy the world that persists, and that There is not much time left.
neighborhood we live in. You know, is constantly seeking out

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