{"id":4847,"date":"2022-03-31T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:54:37","slug":"growing-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2022\/03\/growing-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultiv\u00e2nd pietre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recent am fost \u00een pelerinaj la una din m\u0103n\u0103stirile grece\u0219ti din America. Acolo am avut ocazia s\u0103 vorbesc cu unul dintre preo\u021bi, p\u0103rintele Michael. Dup\u0103 ce m-am prezentat, i-am cerut un sfat legat de o hot\u0103r\u00e2re important\u0103 pe care \u00eencercasem s\u0103 o iau de mai mult\u0103 vreme. Depl\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu-mi neputin\u021ba de a r\u00e2ndui lucrurile c\u00e2nd \u0219i cum a\u0219 fi dorit, l-am \u00eentrebat deschis ce ar sugera d\u00e2nsul s\u0103 fac. Printre multele lucruri folositoare pe care le-a zis, mi-a povestit urm\u0103toarele.<\/p>

\"\"\u00cen \u021aara Sf\u00e2nt\u0103 este o bucat\u0103 de p\u0103m\u00e2nt plin\u0103 cu pietre, mai multe dec\u00e2t ar fi firesc pentru respectiva regiune. Localnicii zic c\u0103 pe vremea lui Hristos locuia acolo un \u021b\u0103ran \u00eempreun\u0103 cu familia lui. \u00centr-o zi, pe c\u00e2nd Iisus str\u0103b\u0103tea acele locuri, l-a \u00eent\u00e2lnit pe acel \u021b\u0103ran \u0219i l-a \u00eentrebat ce face. \u021a\u0103ranul, poate ne\u0219tiind Cine era Acela Care \u00eel \u00eentreba, I-a r\u0103spuns cam sup\u0103rat, \u201eCe \u021ai se pare c\u0103 fac? Pur \u0219i simplu pierd timpul cultiv\u00e2nd pietre \u00een bucata asta de p\u0103m\u00e2nt.\u201d Iisus i-a r\u0103spuns, \u201ePrecum ai zis, a\u0219a va fi.\u201d<\/p>

\u201eOare ce s-ar fi \u00eent\u00e2mplat,\u201d observa p\u0103rintele Michael, \u201edac\u0103 ar fi zis \u00een schimb c\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i lucra p\u0103m\u00e2ntul ca s\u0103 \u00eentre\u021bin\u0103 familia? Poate ar fi fost roditor p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi, \u00een loc s\u0103 fie plin de pietre.\u201d<\/p>

T\u00e2lcul istorioarei este c\u0103 atitudinea noastr\u0103 determin\u0103 ce dob\u00e2ndim de la via\u021b\u0103. C\u00e2nd ne sim\u021bim frustra\u021bi sau confuzi \u00een privin\u021ba drumului de urmat, suntem tenta\u021bi s\u0103 spunem \u201elucrurile nu merg bine; nu fac dec\u00e2t s\u0103 cultiv pietre.\u201d Din p\u0103cate, o astfel de g\u00e2ndire ne \u00eempiedic\u0103 s\u0103 valorific\u0103m la la maximum fiecare \u00eemprejurare \u00een care ne pune Dumnezeu. Precum c\u00e2nt\u0103m la Pa\u0219ti: \u201eAceasta este ziua pe care a f\u0103cut-o Domnul; s\u0103 ne bucur\u0103m \u0219i s\u0103 ne veselim \u00eentr-\u00eensa\u201d (Psalmi 117, 24).<\/p>

La aceea\u0219i m\u0103n\u0103stire, paturile din fiecare camer\u0103 au c\u00e2te o icoan\u0103 at\u00e2rnat\u0103 deasupra. \u00centr-o noapte, am dormit \u00eentr-o camer\u0103 \u00een care nu mai fusesem p\u00e2n\u0103 atunci. Am sosit ultimul, deci nu mi-am putut alege patul. Dup\u0103 ce mi-am a\u0219ezat lucrurile, am privit \u00een sus c\u0103tre icoana deasupra patului meu. Era a unei sfintei pe care nu o cuno\u0219team. Pe icoana scria \u1f29 \u1f09\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 \u1f59\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae. Dup\u0103 ce am citit, am z\u00e2mbit: \u1f59\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae e cuv\u00e2ntul grecesc pentru r\u0103bdare. \u00cen comentariul s\u0103u la via\u021ba sfintei, P\u0103rintele George Papavarnavas zice urm\u0103toarele: \u201eR\u0103bdarea este absolut necesar\u0103, deoarece f\u0103r\u0103 r\u0103bdare omul nu poate realiza nicio lucrare major\u0103, cu at\u00e2t mai pu\u021bin cea mai important\u0103 dintre toate, anume m\u00e2ntuirea lui.\u201d Poate tot ceea ce aveam nevoie era o schimbare de perspectiv\u0103.<\/p>

\u0218tim c\u0103 Dumnezeu ne oc\u00e2rmuie\u0219te pe fiecare \u00een mod deosebit \u0219i ne pune \u00een mi\u0219care la momente diferite. M\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc c\u0103 t\u00e2lcul istorioarei este s\u0103 fim dispu\u0219i s\u0103 privim via\u021ba noastr\u0103 cu al\u021bi ochi. \u00cen loc s\u0103 vedem doar pietrele, putem privi un pic mai ad\u00e2nc \u0219i s\u0103 vedem cum prind r\u0103d\u0103cini semin\u021bele vie\u021bii noastre \u00een Hristos.<\/p>

Paul Myers<\/em><\/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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently made a pilgrimage to one of the Greek monasteries in America. While there, I had the chance to talk with one of the hieromonks, Fr. Michael. After introducing myself, I asked for some advice regarding an important decision I had been trying to make for quite some time. Lamenting my inability to sort […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-4847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-mar-apr-22","tag-youth-voice","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4847"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4966,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions\/4966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}