More glimpses of beauty

I lit all my candles yesterday evening

in prayer for my Grandma's surgery

(have not heard yet about it)

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I lit the candles and had to leave the room

for a minute

and was overwhelmed,

upon returning,

by the brightness of the candle light,

the beauty and colour of the icons.

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While I did not convert merely because of beauty

I can understand why some of my protestant friends

would think otherwise.

Once such beauty is seen,

how can one stay away?!

My new table runner

from Kiev,

gotten from the Pechesk Lavra

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I also have an Icon from the Lavra

that I have had for at least 4 years now,

I think.

Real blessings, this.

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(When my Ottawa-Ukrainian family says the word

Pechesk it sounds like Pecheskra,

need to find out why.)

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Today I am cleaning house

listening to Ancient Faith Radio

and currently the Psalter in Slavonic,

very comforting,

provides a place to emotionally stand or rest on...

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God is with us

promises not to abandon us

and sees our situations.

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The Church is with us

spiritually

in all the beauty, wholeness and protection.