Another piece of news we witnessed while out and about: (You can find the article here.) We were walking up town and I stopped as we crossed the street to snap some photos (thinking that later I might be able to figure out what was going on).
The woman's sign says "Say NO to the closing of IDAVEP" which (as I later figured out) is a little business training program that the government is closing.
While the press captured the front of the protest, I got a little backward glance. The weight of this event lies in the fact that it is an everyday occurrence--one can expect some such protest to make the news practically every night of the week. Such things are commonplace--even dull. Meanwhile each demonstration is adding up to skyrocketing unemployment and economic depression all across Cyprus.
(When we were walking past, there weren't even enough people to stand across the barricade that the police had set up for them. Guess why? To do that, they would have to stand in the hot mid-day sunshine! They looked tired and overheated and were just so riotous as to require one whole police car and six traffic cones. :o)
For me this provides a visual reminder to pray--pray for jobs and economic growth in Cyprus, and pray that we will learn to trust the Lord to provide for us. I can easily live under the illusion that I am able take care of myself and find a way to live a good life. How fragile that illusion is, and how quickly it can be shattered! The only answer is to find our security in the God who works out not only our employment, but also eternity.
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