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The One I Rely On And I've Been Confident In

Photo Image of Bicaz Romania dam accumulation water

Bicaz (Romania) dam accumulation lake

16 No king is saved by the great size and power of his army;
a mighty man is not delivered by [his] much strength.

17 A horse is devoid of value for victory;
neither does he deliver any by his great power.

18 Behold, the Lord’s eye is upon those who fear Him
[who revere and worship Him with awe],
who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness,

19 To deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.

20 Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for the Lord;
He is our Help and our Shield.

21 For in Him does our heart rejoice,
because we have trusted
(relied on and been confident)
in His holy name.

22 Let Your mercy and loving-kindness,
O Lord, be upon us,
in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.

Psalm 33:16-22

My Dead ExRoses

Some time ago, after church, together with Denisa, I bought a small bush of roses. They looked so pretty. But I was gone away for a week and there was nobody to water my roses. So, they dried out. I cut them, leaving gust the roots. Maybe the roses will come back to life. Here is a photo of just the dried flowers.

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Sunday Barbecue Photo Session with Emil near Comarna, in Iasi district

On Saturday I went together with Denisa to Emima and Lucian’s wedding. I’ll post the photos soon. So, I planned to dedicate the whole Sunday morning to sleeping. But I just could not sleep. I woke up at 9 am. Because I got this free time I went with Emil for a swim. At noon we came back and took the barbecue grill from our landlord. Then we went and bought some chicken wings, 2 pieces of oceanic fish, 2 big shrimps. With all this in the car we went discovering a new quiet place to do some barbecue. After 1 hour of search we discovered a nice place near Comarna village, in Iasi district. Here are the photos…

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Photos from the bus in Iasi Romania

Yesterday, I as was coming home by bus I took those two photos. In Romania people are not used with bigger cameras so I always get strange looks from them. So, I didn’t take photos with people on the street or in the bus, here in Iasi.

I didn’t know what I missed, I didn’t know the power of natural light coming from the window and lighting the face. So here they are… a man and a woman sitting next to the other in the bus.
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What Is A Good Investment on the Long Term?

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Photo of an old gate guarding a monastery near Ohrid Macedonia

The earnings of the righteous
(the upright, in right standing with God)
lead to life,
but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin.

Proverbs 10:16

This verse in Romanian says something like:

The righteous uses his earnings for life,
but the wicked one uses his earnings for sin.

Proverbs 10:16

Those two different point of views. But I think that they work together. They do not contradict one another. The first one says that the earnings themselves, the type of profit we make, if you are righteous, helps us to go go on the good path. And if we are wicked will will produce some kind of black profit that buries us deeper in sin.

The other translations says that if we are righteous and we live accordingly to our name, then we will use all we have to do good. But if we are wicked we will find out delight in sin and we’ll do that by investing in sin, so sin more.

In the same time if I am training now and if I want to be righteous, to become a wise man, I have to invest in the real life, in my eternity. But if I invest in sinful activities, then I will become wicked. Actually…

The heart is deceitful above all things,
and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick!
Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]?

Jeremiah 17:9

All this means that our hart is already wicked. So what can we do to transform it into a loving and caring one? Well, the only way is to give my hart to God. I did, but the struggle continues. It happens with people to become saints the next day. But this does not seem to happen with me. I still have my war against sin and evil. The Devil is not just letting me alone. I pray everyday to have the strength to fight, even if sometimes I loose like I did yesterday.

We don’t have just money to invest, Time, sentiments, feelings are also available to be invested in a way or other.

So what can I do? What can we all do about this fight? Well, as the verse says, to continue to fight the good battle. To continue to invest in the eternal life and try not to invest in sin.

The Trademark on all God's Works is Love

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Photo I took in Macedonia, on Lake Ohrid, when I went there for the IFES graduates conference in June

Yesterday I left unread one Psalm that I planned to peruse. Today I realized what jewel I lost . This is a real encouragement Psalm. It really helped me today to boost my trust in the Lord . Check it out.

1 I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I’ll bless your name into eternity.

2 I’ll bless you every day,
and keep it up from now to eternity.
3 God is magnificent; he can never be praised enough.
There are no boundaries to his greatness.
4 Generation after generation stands in awe of your work;
each one tells stories of your mighty acts.
5 Your beauty and splendor have everyone talking;
I compose songs on your wonders.
6 Your marvelous doings are headline news;
I could write a book full of the details of your greatness.
7 The fame of your goodness spreads across the country;
your righteousness is on everyone’s lips.

8 God is all mercy and grace—
not quick to anger, is rich in love.

9 God is good to one and all;
everything he does is suffused with grace.

10-11 Creation and creatures applaud you, God;
your holy people bless you.

They talk about the glories of your rule,
they exclaim over your splendor,

12 Letting the world know of your power for good,
the lavish splendor of your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal;
you never get voted out of office.

God always does what he says,
and is gracious in everything he does.

14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck,
gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.

15 All eyes are on you, expectant;
you give them their meals on time.

16 Generous to a fault,
you lavish your favor on all creatures.

17 Everything God does is right—
the trademark on all his works is love.

18 God’s there, listening for all who pray,
for all who pray and mean it.

19 He does what’s best for those who fear him—
hears them call out, and saves them.

20 God sticks by all who love him,
but it’s all over for those who don’t.

21 My mouth is filled with God’s praise.
Let everything living bless him,
bless his holy name from now to eternity!

Psalm 145

I hope it was good encouragement for you as well, especially the second part.

Trip to Ohrid Macedonia for the IFES University Graduates Conference

For a few days I will be away for the IFES University Graduates Conference that takes place in Ohrid, Macedonia.

Bellow are the photos from the trip to Ohrid, Macedonia. Enjoy the photos and feel free to comment. If you want any of the photos in high quality, please contact me. The ones from bellow are just for preview purposes, if you want to see them bigger please go to the links at the end of the post.

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You can see the photos I took at the IFES university graduates conference bellow, for each day:

photos from trip from Bucharest to Ohrid – click here (on Zooomr)
photos from Friday – the first day of conference – click here
photos from Saturday – the second day of conference – click here
photos from Sunday – the third day of conference and the trip back to Romania – click here .

We Trust in and Boast of the Name of the Lord our God

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Group photo of friends at Ruben Schipor’s birthday party in Iasi Romania

7 Some trust, in themselves,
in what they have
or what they think that they can do,
but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God,
not in what we have,
neither in out own power.

8 The others are bowed down and fallen,
but we, even if we fall sometimes,
we are risen and stand upright,
by God’s help and mercy.

adaptation after Psalm 20:7-8

The Everlasting Bread of Life

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People waiting to be baptized at First Pentecostal Church of Iasi, Romania

27 "Don’t waste your energy striving
for perishable food like that.
Work for the food that sticks with you,
food that nourishes your lasting life,
food the Son of Man provides.
He and what He does are guaranteed
by God the Father to last. "

28 To that they said,
"Well, what do we do then to get in on God’s works?"

29 Jesus said,
"Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent.
That kind of a commitment gets you in on God’s works."

30-31 They waffled:
"Why don’t you give us a clue about who you are,
just a hint of what’s going on?
When we see what’s up, we’ll commit ourselves.
Show us what you can do.
Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert.
It says so in the Scriptures:
‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’"

32-33 Jesus responded,
"The real significance of that Scripture
is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven
but that my Father is right now
offering you bread from heaven, the real bread.
The Bread of God came down out of heaven
and is giving life to the world ."

34 They jumped at that:
"Master, give us this bread, now and forever!"

35-38 Jesus said,
"I am the Bread of Life.
The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action,
you don’t really believe me.
Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me.
And once that person is with me,
I hold on and don’t let go.
I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim
but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me .

39-40 "This, in a nutshell, is that will:
that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed
—not a single detail missed—
and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole.
This is what my Father wants:
that anyone who sees the Son
and trusts who he is
and what he does
and then aligns with him
will enter real life, eternal life.
My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time ."

John 6:27-40

Photos Of Me Taken by Denisa After Her Last Exam

On Saturday evening I met with Denisa, after her last exam. She had her last exam. That is great. I am very happy for her. God loves her very much and helped Denisa to finish university. If you didn’t know, she studied computer science. In a few days Denisa will have the graduation ceremony.

Here are some photos we took to the other, in front of the Gr. T. Popa Medicine University of Iasi.

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