Glorious Summer Sunshine

The weather has cooled down enough to have my windows open

and sun shining in a bit;

love how the sun is on my year round Nativity set.

Did you know that the Icon of the Nativity is by the place

in the Altar that the Priest prepares communion?

We always celebrate Christ's coming among us

and His Resurrection...

I applied to another job!

Whew.

Sometimes I think I will never get done with the application

and then it is over...

It is another bilingual job so no promises but worth the try.

Still reading

Wounded by Love

and as I was taking pictures of flowers this morning

I thought of how the hummingbird

taught Elder Porphyrios

of how the singing of the bird

alone in the forest

is akin to how we are called to pray in secret,

to love Christ while we are

and of hiddenness.

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It is such a marvel,

each of these flowers

so beautiful and so many of them unseen.

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Another one of my friends has found work;

I have two more job applications due in August

and I am going to be making a more

comprehensive job searching strategy this coming week.

One of the blessings of living in Canada,

which has a bit more (government funded)

social support than some places,

is that I have a professional I can go to for help

with interview preparation, job strategies, etc.

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I fail so often at being thankful

and sometimes have to drag myself from greyness

by slowly naming to God things

I am thankful for;

having the support I have is one of the things

I am thankful for.

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Another is that tomorrow is my Church's picnic, Lord Willing.

It is the high light of my summer in many ways,

especially as I don't think I am getting any official summer holidays...

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May God keep us all in His hand and support us

in all the battles we are in.