Hello HF,
Please bless all those seeking employment with positions worthy of their time and talent, all to give You greater glory! Thank you for all your blessings in our lives. In Jesus' name. Amen.
This collage has more drawings than my other collages, but this isn't intentional - the "nature" of the collage itself created this design.
I'm hoping I'm "invoking" a feeling with these portrayals rather than writing a script for the reader to follow.
The brown bluffs I have drawn (look super close and you'll see them) represent obstacles God's grace helped me overcome.
Just like the apostles were showered with the HS (depicted in the effigy to the left and in the replica above this one of the apostles gathered together) and Christ returning to His Father's side (portrait on the right), so too, I asked for the HS to rain/reign over me and for Christ to be by my side; gratefully, both answered my cries.
God is good. All the time.
I mean the term 'bluff' as a pun, as in the idiom "calling your bluff"; i.e. I can realize the reality of the bluff for the challenge it is - which is a growth opportunity - and sharpen my character in positive ways on its edges, or allow myself to fall from the borders and lay beaten at the base. I choose the former.
The lack of space between the hills represents God's persistent nudging for me to stay faithful in Him; He did not allow the valleys to be very wide before I reached the top of the mountain once again.
The delineation of two women in the middle of the collage represent Mary and Elizabeth.
The HS works for us through the support of good friends.
I love the bible story of how Mary, after she was blessed with Jesus in her womb, hurries to help her cousin Elizabeth; this after Mary learns of her cousin's pregnancy. The baby leaps in the womb of Elizabeth when Mary's greeting is heard. The HS filled the baby's heart with joy.
My ACTS sisters in general, and ACTS sisters R and S specifically, along with my friends~colleagues V, J & M were Marys & Elizabeths to me. With all of these wonderful friend's prayers of encouragement and gentle instruction, I made it through various hardships.
I am the child in Elizabeth's womb, and my friend's words filled me with courage.
God has blessed me with the opportunity to apply what I've learned on a new campus.
My current school doesn't have the registration numbers at this moment in time to warrant a full-time school counselor for the 2013-2014 school year; and even though principals can use money from their budget to fund a counselor, my principal didn't want to allocate money for my position.
He thinks the enrollment numbers will rise in August/September and that the district will provide the cash for a full-time counselor, without him having to raid school funds.
So God has blessed me with a different school.
At the top of the collage is one of many psalms which gave me the vim to endure a few iniquities that occurred this past year.
Once these offenses were corrected - yet another example of God's perfect timing - I was given the freedom to interview at another school.
I interviewed and was offered the position the next day.
How good God is, all the time!
On the collage you will also notice the black and white typed words on the piece of paper next to the psalm. This is a prayer for mothers, who are specifically celebrated in May.
My mom has had to endure my complaining - God bless her for listening too!
And then of course, my favorite 'thing,' a brightly shining Sun/Son.
I colored the sky a dark blue, but if I'd had a light blue marker, I would have used that color instead.
However, the dark blue fits perfectly with how miserable this month was; happily though, the thirty days ended on an excellent change of venue for me.
PTL
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa
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