EHE, ino inguva yekumirira zvechokwadi nekunamata mukati Iyo Bastion. Iyo yekumirira ndicho chikamu chakaomesesa, kunyanya kana zvichiita sekunge isu tiri pamucheto weshanduko huru… Asi nguva ndeye zvese. Miedzo yekumhanyisa Mwari, kusahadzika kunonoka Kwake, kusahadzika kuvapo Kwake - inongowedzera apo patinosvika zvakadzika mumazuva ekuchinja.
Ishe havanonoki vimbiso yavo, sekufunga kunoita vamwe "kunonoka," asi vane moyo murefu nemi, vasingadi kuti chero ani aparare asi kuti vese vasvike pakutendeuka. (2 Pt 3: 9)
Uku hakusi kumirira zvakare chikamu chekunatswa kwemweya yedu here? "Chaizvoizvo" uku ndiko kunotitungamira kuti tizvipire, tirege zvakanyanya mukuda kwaMwari kunoshamisa. Kana iwe ukadzidza kuzvisiya iwe kuna Iye mukati zvachose zvese, ipapo uchawana mufaro wakavanzika pasi pano: kuda kwaMwari ndiko kudya kwedu. Ndichachidya, chingave chinotapira kana chinovava, nekuti chichava chikafu chepamweya chakanakisa kwandiri. Kunyangwe Iye achiti enda kuruboshwe kana enda kurudyi kana kuenda kumberi kana kungogara wakanyarara, hazvina basa - Kuda kwake kunowanikwa mukati maro, uye izvo zvakakwana.
Vamwe venyu munondibvunza nezve "nzvimbo dzinoyera," kana kuti munofanirwa kuenda kuguta, kana kunze kweguta, kana kutenga nzvimbo, kana kuburuka mugridhi nezvimwewo. Uye mhinduro yangu ndeiyi: Nzvimbo yakachengeteka zvikuru kuva mukuda kwaMwari. Saka kana Akakuda muNew York City, saka ndipo paunofanirwa kuve. Uye kana usina chokwadi nezvaari kukumbira kwauri, uye usina rugare, saka siya zvakadaro. Namata pachinzvimbo, uchiti, "Ishe, ndinoda kukuteverai. Ndichaita zvese zvamunokumbira kwandiri. Asi handizive kuti kuda kwenyu ndekupi nhasi. Saka, ndinongomirira". Kana iwe ukanamata seizvi, kana iwe uri wakasununguka uye uchiteerera kune kwake kutsvene kuda, saka iwe hapana chaunofanira kutya. Hauzorasikirwa nezvinodiwa naMwari kwauri, kana zvirinani, urikumupa mvumo yekuita chero chaanoda. Rangarira,
Zvinhu zvese zvinoshandira zvakanaka kune avo vanoda Mwari, avo vakadaidzwa maererano nechinangwa chake. (VaR. 8:28)
Zvakaoma sei kwatiri kuti titambire nguva Yake! Nyama yedu inodzokera sei murima gobvu iro kutenda kunofanira kupinda mariri! Tisingazorori sei isu kana hurongwa hwaMwari husiri izvo we ndaizoita kana we ndivo vaitarisira. Asi Anotitarisa neziso rerudo uye anoti kwatiri nhasi:
NDIRI.
Ndokureva kuti, Ari ipapo ipapo, padhuze newe. Haana kukanganwa iwe, zvaunoda, basa rako, uye hurongwa Hwake hwenyika. Haasi kune imwe nzvimbo "kunze uko," asi pano, ikozvino, munguva ino.
NDIRI.
TEERERA BABA VATSVENE
Mushure mekutumira Zvikamu I uye II of KuBastion, Ndakawana mazwi aya kubva kuna Baba Vatsvene. Ngavachive simbiso yezviri kubvunzwa naMwari kwauri neni munguva ino iripo ya chinja...
Nguva iripoyi inguva yekutarisira yekuteerera zvakare zviri nyore, kuchena kwemoyo uye kuvimbika kuna Kristu kunotiyeuchidza kuti isu hatisi varanda asi shamwari. Iye anotiraira isu kuti tigone kuramba tiri murudo rwake tisingazviumbe isu kumashoko enyika ino. Ngatiregei kuva matsi kuShoko rake. Ngatidzidzei kwaari. Ngatitevedzerei mararamiro ake. Ngativei varimi veShoko. Nenzira iyi, nehupenyu hwedu hwese, nerufaro rwekuziva kuti tinodiwa naJesu, watinogona kudaidza kuti hama, tinozove zviridzwa chaizvo kwaari kuti arambe achikwevera wese kuna Iye nengoni dzinoyerera kubva pamuchinjikwa wake… —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Mharidzo kune wechitatu American Missionary Congress, Nyamavhuvhu 14, 2008; Catholic News Agency
