Unyana Wolahleko, nguLiz Lemon Swindle
UMlotha NGOLWESITHATHU
THE okubizwa ngokubaukukhanya kwesazelaEkubhekiswa kuzo ziingcwele kunye neentsomi ngamanye amaxesha kubizwa ngokuba "sisilumkiso." Sisilumkiso kuba siza kuzisa ukhetho olucacileyo kwesi sizukulwana ukuba sikhethe okanye sisikhabe isipho sasimahla sosindiso ngoYesu Krestu phambi kokuba umgwebo oyimfuneko. Ukukhetha ukubuyela ekhaya okanye ukuhlala ulahlekile, mhlawumbi ngonaphakade.
ISIZukulwana SOLAHLEKO
Isizukulwana sethu sifana kakhulu nonyana wolahleko. Sicele isabelo sethu kwilifa likaBawo-oko kukuthi, okwethu amandla phezu kobomi, ukwenzela ukwenza ngayo le nto siyifunayo.
Unyana omncinci waqokelela konke abenako, wemka waya kwilizwe elikude, wafika wayichitha impahla yakhe ngentlalo yokuzibhubhisa. (ULuka 15:13)
Abapolitiki bethu basebenzise "ilifa" ekuchazeni ngokutsha usapho; izazinzulu ekuchazeni ubomi kwakhona; kunye namanye amalungu eCawa ekuchazeni ngokutsha uThixo.
Ngexesha lokuthimba komntwana ngokuzithandela, siyayazi into awayeyenza utata. Xa le nkwenkwe ekugqibeleni yabuyela ekhaya, utata wayo wayibona isiza ukusuka kumgama omde… Oko kukuthi, utata wayenjalo rhoqo ejonge, elindile, kwaye elindele ukubuya konyana wakhe.
Ekugqibeleni inkwenkwana yaphaphama. Indlela yakhe yokuphila yenkululeko yokukhohlisa yavelisa, hayi ubomi, kodwa ukufa… njengoko sivelise “ngenkululeko” yethu inkcubeko yokufa.
Kodwa le nyani ayiqhubanga inkwenkwe ekhaya.
Akubon 'ukuba udle konke, kwabakho indlala enzima kwelo zwe, waqala ukuswela naye. (indima 14)
UMDLALO NENDLALA
Ndiyakhunjuzwa kweli nqaku lebali likaYosefu kwiTestamente eNdala. Ngamaphupha, uThixo wamlumkisa ukuba kuyakubakho iminyaka esixhenxe yendyebo elandelwa yiminyaka esixhenxe yendlala. Ngokukwanjalo, uPopu John Paul II wabhengeza iNtlokoma enkulu ngonyaka wama-2000 — umbhiyozo elindele umthendeleko wobabalo. Ngokwam ndijonge emva kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo kwaye ndibone ukuba ibe lixesha eliqhelekileyo lobabalo kum, kusapho lwam, nakwabanye abaninzi ngenkonzo kaYesu.
Kodwa ngoku, ndiyakholelwa ukuba umhlaba usemngceleni we "ndlala" -mhlawumbi ngokoqobo. Kodwa kufuneka siyibone ngamehlo okomoya, ngamehlo kaBawo onothando oseZulwini onqwenela ukuba bonke basindiswe.
Utata wonyana wolahleko wayesisityebi. Xa indlala yahlasela, ngewayethumele abathunywa ukuba baye kufuna unyana wakhe. Kodwa akazange… ebengayi. Inkwenkwe ishiye eyayo. Mhlawumbi utata wayesazi ukuba obu bunzima iyakuba sisiqalo sokubuya konyana… kwaye uBawo wethu wasezulwini uyakwazi oko ngokomoya indlala ivelisa ukoma ngokomoya.
Yabona, kuza imihla, itsho iNkosi uYehova, endiya kuthumela ukulamba kulo ilizwe, kungabi kuko ukulambela isonka, kungabi kuko ukunxanela amanzi; (UAmosi 8:11)
UKUBUYELA
Kodwa ikratshi yinto engendawo! Nendlala ayikhange ibuyisele inkwenkwe ekhaya kwangoko. Kwakungekho ade abe ulambile ukuba waqala ukujonga ekhaya:
Uthe akubuyela ezingqondweni Uthe ke yena, Bangaphi na abaqeshwa bakabawo, abadikwa zizonka; kanti ke apha ndiyafa yindlala. Ndiya kusuka ndiye kubawo, ndithi kuye, Bawo, ndonile kuwo amazulu, nasemehlweni akho… (v. 17-18)
Ihlabathi elinokwenzeka ukuba alizukujongeka liKhaya lide lilazi indlala yomphefumlo, mhlawumbi “ngokukhanya.” Esi sizukulwana siye saba yimfama kakhulu kwisono saso, ukanti, apho isono siphuphuma khona, lubabalo luphuphuma ngakumbi. Ukuba esi sizukulwana sibonakala silahlekile, masikhumbule ukuba uBawo ukulangazelela ngakumbi ukuba kufunyanwe.
Nguwuphi na umntu kuni othi, enekhulu lezimvu, ize kulahleke enye kuzo, angazishiyi ezingamashumi asithoba anesithoba entlango, asinge kuleyo ilahlekileyo, ade ayifumane? (Luka 15: 4)
Akubon 'ukuba usekude, uyise wambona, wasikwa yimfesane, wagidima, wawa entanyeni yakhe, wamanga. (v.20)
UMNYANGO WENCEBA
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ngulo “umnyango weNceba” awathetha ngawo uSt. Faustina- an ithuba UThixo uya kulinika ihlabathi phambi kokuba lihlanjululwe indlela enzima. Uthando isilumkiso, ungathi… lithuba lokugqibela lokuba oonyana neentombi ezininzi babalekele emakhaya, baphile phantsi kokhuseleko kophahla lwaKhe — kwiTyeya yeNceba.
Unyana wam wayefile, wabuya waphila; ubelahlekile, wafunyanwa. (v. 24)
Ingqondo kaSathana ihlala ingumbono oguqulweyo; Ukuba ukuqonda kokuphelelwa lithemba okwamkelwe nguSathana kuthetha ukuba ngenxa yokuba singaboni abangahloneli Thixo sitshatyalalisiwe, ukuqiqa kukaKristu kukuba ngenxa yokuba sitshatyalaliswe zizo zonke izono nako konke ukungahloneli Thixo, sisindisiwe ngalo igazi likaKristu! —UMateyu olihlwempu, UMthendeleko wothando, iphe. 103
Qiniseka, kuba ukungazithembi yeyona nto ingenambulelo. Ukuba umonile, akunamsebenzi! Uhlala ekuthanda; kholelwa kuthando lwakhe kwaye ungoyiki. Usoloko enexhala lokuxolela. Owu uYesu! Ukuba uvumela izilingo, kukusenza sithobeke. Yintoni enokukuthintela ukuba umthande? Uyabazi ubunzima bakho ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na kwaye uyakuthanda; ukungazithembi kwethu kuyamkhathaza, uloyiko lwethu luyamenzakalisa. Ibiyintoni na le ihlazo likaYuda? Ayikokungcatsha kwakhe, hayi ukuzibulala, kodwa "engakholelwa eluthandweni lukaYesu." U Yesu uxolelo lukaThixo… Ndiyathemba ukuba angaze abufumane kuwe ubushushu bokungathembani nokungabi nambulelo. —Ven. Ingqondo yeCabrera de Armida; unkosikazi, umama kunye nombhali eMexico c. Ngo-1937
