{"id":6997,"date":"2023-01-31T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T06:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2024-07-05T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:32:22","slug":"i-live-in-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/2023\/01\/i-live-in-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"I live in hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6997\" class=\"elementor elementor-6997\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc4cfac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc4cfac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b662076\" data-id=\"b662076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e767dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e767dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Valeriu Gafencu<\/em><br \/><em>(+ February 18, 1952)<\/em><\/p><p>I live in hunger, I live in joy<br \/>Beautiful as a lily from Paradise,<br \/>The flower\u2019s chalice is ever open<br \/>And full of tears and of living water;<br \/>The flower\u2019s chalice is a Kingdom.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Beneath the flame of burning love<br \/><\/em><em>From the day\u2019s first dawn until the night do I wait,<br \/><\/em><em>I call on You even at night, with my head buried in my chest:<br \/><\/em><em>O Jesus, O Jesus!<br \/><\/em><em>Slowly I burn away, like a candle.<\/em><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7022 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img781.jpg 327w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img781-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img781-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/>When the wicked slander and insult me<br \/>And pour out their hatred in a boiling rage,<br \/>The chalice of tears spills over<br \/>And purifies my soul from dross,<br \/>Then Jesus patiently endures with me.<\/p><p>Crushed under my heavy cross, I bleed<br \/>With my body crooked from weakness,<br \/>From time to time, from heaven descends an angel<br \/>Who fills my soul with faith;<br \/>I draw ever closer to victory.<\/p><p>The sun\u2019s rays mystically rain over me,<br \/>Jesus satisfies me with Living Water,<br \/>The grain hurled into the grave resurrects<br \/>Robed in festal garments;<br \/>I live in hunger, I live in joy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valeriu Gafencu(+ February 18, 1952) I live in hunger, I live in joyBeautiful as a lily from Paradise,The flower\u2019s chalice is ever openAnd full of tears and of living water;The flower\u2019s chalice is a Kingdom. 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