Înalţ ochii la Domnul

Doamne! La Tine ochii mi-i înalţ
Cu credinţă, ridic privirile spre Tine
Cu-nflăcărare, doresc să mă încalţ
Cu râvna Evangheliei Divine.

Şi stau acum în dulce aşteptare
Prezenţa Ta, doresc ca să o simt
Înalţ privirea-mi plină de iubire, care
Cu nerăbdare Îl caută pe Duhul Sfânt.

Eu ştiu că Duhul vine şi mă-ndrumă
Mâna-mi întinde şi-oferă ajutorul Său
Mă duce înainte şi nu mă lasă-n urmă
Mă ţine în prezenţa Domnului mereu.

Lângă Domnul, El paşii mei îi poartă
M-ajută, ca lângă El să stau mereu
Îmi spune ,,Faţa Domnului o caută
El îţi este Tată şi Domn şi Dumnezeu!”

E-atât de bine şi este atâta de plăcut
Să fii viu în prezenţa Lui cea sfântă
Când El, îţi arată, ce nu ai mai văzut
Cunoşti acum Iubirea, sacră şi blândă.

De-aceea, eu ochii mi-i înalţ la Tine
Privirea mea, mereu e aţintită sus
Te vreau în viaţa mea, Te vreau cu mine
Tu eşti Iubirea mea şi Domnul meu Isus!

În fiecare zi, doresc să-mi fii aproape
Şi singură să nu mă laşi nicicând
Veghează Tu asupra mea şi a mea cale
În inimă pătrunde-mi şi stăpâneşe-n gând.

Ajută-mă, ca voia Ta oricând s-o fac!
Să împlinesc tot ceea ce îmi porunceşti!
Deschide-mi gura, nu mă lăsa să tac!
Să spun şi altora ceea ce îmi vorbeşti!
Mărturisind că m-ai iertat şi mă iubeşti!

Nănău Adinuţa

Eliberare imediată

“Ci îi voi sfărâma jugul acum de pe tine, şi-ţi voi rupe legăturile” (Naum 1.13)

Asirienii au putut să ţină sub apăsare, o vreme oarecare, poporul lui Dumnezeu, dar până la urmă puterea lor trebuia zdrobită. Tot astfel, unele inimi pot fi ţinute sub robia lui Satan şi chinuite cumplit sub stăpânirea lui. Dar Domnul le trimite această făgăduinţă: “Voi sfărâma jugul acum de pe tine, şi-ţi voi rupe legăturile”.

Fii atent! Domnul îţi făgăduieşte o izbăvire imediată, “Acum”, zice El, “voi sfărâma jugul de pe tine”. “Crede că vei fi izbăvit de îndată şi Domnul va face această lucrare chiar în clipa când ai crezut”. Dacă El a zis “acum”, nimeni n-are voie să zică “mai târziu”.

Această izbăvire dată este desăvârşită, căci jugul nu va fi doar înlăturat, ci sfărâmat; legăturile nu vor fi numai slăbite, ci rupte. Această desfăşurare a puterii cereşti ne asigură că vrăjmaşul nu va mai apărea. Jugul său e sfărâmat. Nu vom mai fi încovoiaţi până la pământ sub greutatea lui. “Dacă Fiul vă va face slobozi, veţi fi cu adevărat slobozi,” Vino, Doamne Isuse, şi slobozeşte pe cei căzuţi în robie, după făgăduinţa Ta.

Charles Spurgeon

Tensions peak as Norway takes Lithuanian children

Tensions peak as Norway takes Lithuanian children

Article written by Augustinas Žemaitis

FLORIN BARBU – Complaint Addressed To the European Court of Human Rights

 

• Strasbourg, France

  June 1

  st

  , 2016

  To: European Court of Human Rights

  Attention: Mr. Judge Paul Mahoney (UK), Mrs. Judge Iulia Motoc (RO)

  Dear Judges and Court,

  As citizens of Romania, as parents or future parents and as Orthodox Christians we

  need to bring into your attention and report serious violations of the international laws

  and national Romanian legislation(Law no. 272 of 2004 about protection of children’s

  rights – Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, article 30 paragraphs 1, 41) by the local authorities in the

  United Kingdom and Ireland in the case of Barbu family.

  As you may have already taken note, the Barbu family’s children were removed from

  their natural family (biological) and were entrusted for adoption after an offensive and

  ridiculous approach of the local UK officials, without any right of reply. Please note that

  all family members are Romanian citizens. So how is it possible that for two Romanian

  children – we emphasize Romanian citizens!!! – to be started a petition for adoption by

  foreign persons of another nationality, religion, values, even more, from father’s

  narrations, it seems that it’s a gay couple – against the Romanian legislation, and all

  that without the involvement of the Romanian State and without direct consultation of

  the involved parties in this case?

  Why were not taken into account the reports sent from Romania written by Child

  Protection Service Craiova to which a lot of people contributed?

  Abuses by local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) in this case violates, by the way

  how they acted, many norms of international law related with human rights and

  children’s rights as follows:

  1. UN Convention regarding the Child Rights: Article 2, paragraph 2; Article 8,

  paragraph 1; Article 12, paragraph 2; Article 14; Article 20 alin.1,2,3; Article 21.

  ,, The States Parties undertake to respect the rights of the child to preserve identity,

  including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful

  interference,, (article 8, paragraph 1)

  ,, States Parties shall respect the child’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and

  religion,, (article 14)
• 2. International agreement on Civil and Political Rights

  Article 23 alin.1,4.

  3. European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – Article 6

  paragraph 2, Article 8, 9.

  Also, if we consider the legislation in Romania, Law 272 of 2004, we see that its

  provisions were not considered: “The best interests of the child shall prevail in all

  actions and decisions concerning children, undertaken by public authorities and private

  authorized bodies, as well in the cases decided by the courts. (paragraph 3); the

  persons provided in paragraph 3 are obliged to involve the family in all decisions,

  actions and measures regarding the child care and support, growth and training,

  development and education of the child within the family.

  The provisions of this law apply to: a) The Romanian children citizens on Romanian

  territory; b) The children of Romanian citizens abroad; (Articles 2, 3).

  In addition, Article 41, paragraph 2 of the above mentioned law states that “the

  individual or the family that would be guardian must be assessed by the general

  direction of social assistance and child protection regarding the moral guarantees and

  material conditions, which must be met to receive a foster child. The assessment is

  made by the general direction of social assistance and child protection at the person’s

  home or family, giving priority to the child’s extended family members.,, – which has not

  happened in this case.

  Therefore, we ask for the present delicate situation, with the complexity of the factors

  that led to this demarche, the case of Barbu family to be solved as soon as possible.

  Every moment is very important for their children deeply affected causing trauma that

  may have irreversible consequences due to separation from the natural family.

  Thus, we request urgent and insistent the two children of the Barbu family, put in

  custody and proposed illegal and abusive for adoption by a couple – as we mentioned

  above it seems gay, to be returned unconditionally to the family or extended family.

  We underline also that abusive acts committed by British authorities were reached

  endangering the health of Mr. Florin Barbu, the natural father of the children, being now

  on hunger strike, 16th day, in front of the ECHR in Strasbourg. We are beside Barbu

  family at these heartbreaking moments and we appreciate the dignity father’s that can

  go up to the supreme sacrifice in recovering his children.

  We count on direct support and institutional authority that you represent, to give back

  the Barbu children to the natural parents, as

  well as the other families in the same

  suffering, the right to life and happiness by ending any abuse of this kind.

 

Ken Joar Olsen, My Good Friend, Speaks in Trondheim

Wings of the Wind

Having known Ken only a few months, it seems like I have known him my entire life. He is honest, brave, and a role model to all who have gone through difficulties and have come out on another side.

Ken didn’t have a Bible when I first met him, but he knew how to operate the internet well. I asked him to go to Bible gateway and begin to read. He told me that it was nice to read something that wasn’t destructive (or words similar to that). He continues to read his Bible daily.

Ken is a hero of mine. He is a gifted individual with many talents. I know. I am a teacher who can spot talent. God has given him those talents and it is sad that, because of the cruel „Child Protective Services” in Norway that he hasn’t really started using them until now.

I have…

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