Umthandazo weRetreat noMark

IXESHA Eli xesha "lokurhoxa" kule veki iphelileyo, amagama athi "AbaseKolose 2: 1”Yabaneka entliziyweni yam ngenye intsasa.

Kuba ndithanda ukuba nikwazi ukuba kukhulu kwako ukuzama endikuzamayo ngenxa yenu, nabo baseLawodike, nabo bonke abangakubonanga ubuso ngobuso; ukuqonda okuqinisekileyo, nokwazi imfihlelo kaThixo, uKristu: ekufihlwe kuye bonke ubutyebi bobulumko nobokwazi. (Kol 2: 1)

Ngaloo nto, ndabona ukuba iNkosi indicela ukuba ndikhokele abafundi bam ekuphumeni ngokomoya kule Lent. Lixesha. Lixesha lokuba umkhosi kaThixo unxibe isikrweqe somoya kwaye sikhokele emfazweni. Kudala silindile kwi Bastion; sime eludongeni, "sijongile kwaye siyathandaza." Siwubonile umkhosi oqhubela phambili ome ngoku emasangweni ethu. Kodwa iNkosi yethu ayizange ilinde ukuba iintshaba zayo zoyise. Hayi, wehla waya eYerusalem ngokwakhe.^[1]cf. Ityala leminyaka esixhenxe Wacoca itempile. Wabakhalimela abaFarisi. Wahlamba iinyawo zabafundi baKhe, wasungula iMisa eNgcwele, wangena eGetsemane ngokuthanda kwakhe, emva koko wanikezela ngokupheleleyo kuYise. Wavumela iintshaba zakhe ukuba "zimange" ngokumngcatsha, zimtyakatye ngokuthanda, zize zimgwebele ukufa. Wawuthwala umnqamlezo wakhe wawusa kwiNtlanganiso, ngokungathi uphakamise itotshi phezulu ezakukhokelela onke amatakane kwigumbi lovuko, inkululeko. Apho, eKalvari, ethabatha umphefumlo wakhe wokugqibela, wawukhuphela umoya wakhe kwikamva leCawe umzuzu wangoku.

Kwaye ngoku, bazalwana noodade, amaqabane am adiniweyo, lixesha lokuba sibambe olu phefumlo lukaYesu. Lixesha lokuba siphefumle ubomi bukaKristu ukuze nathi sivuke sisuka enyameni yethu, siphume kukungakhathali, siphakame kwizinto zehlabathi, siphume ebuthongweni.

Saba phezu kwam isandla sikaYehova; waphuma nam, wandikhupha ngomoya kaYehova, wandimisa phakathi kwentlambo ebanzi. Izele ngamathambo. Wandenza ndahambahamba phakathi kwabo ngeenxa zonke. Amaninzi alala phezu kwentlambo! Hayi indlela ezazome ngayo! Wandibuza: Nyana womntu, angabuya na la mathambo? Ndaphendula ndathi: “Nkosi Thixo, nguwe wedwa oyaziyo loo nto.” Wathi ke kum, Profeta phezu kwala mathambo, uthi kuwo, Thambathani, yivani ilizwi likaYehova. Itsho iNkosi uYehova kula mathambo, ukuthi, Yivani. Ndiza kungenisa umoya kuwe ukuze uphile. Ndiza kufaka imisipha kuwe, ndikhulise inyama phezu kwakho, ndikugubungele ngolusu, kwaye ndibeke impefumlo kuwe ukuze uphile. Nazi ukuba ndinguYehova, ndiprofete njengoko wandiwisela umthetho, wawungena umoya kuwo; baphila, bema ngeenyawo, umkhosi omkhulu kakhulu. (Hezekile 37: 1-10)

Le retreat yeyamahlwempu; yenzelwe abo babuthathaka. yeyamakhoboka; yeyabo baziva ngokungathi eli lizwe liyabavala kwaye izikhalo zabo zenkululeko ziyalahleka. Kodwa ke kobu buthathaka iNkosi iya komelela. Into efunekayo, ke, ngu "ewe" wakho, wakho fiat. Into efunekayo kukulungela kwakho nomnqweno wakho. Into efunekayo kukuvuma kwakho ukuvumela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba asebenze kuwe. Into efunekayo kukuthobela kwakho uxanduva lwangoku.

Ndicelile — hayi, ndicelile — ukuba Inenekazi lethu uya kuba yi-Retreat Master yethu. Ukuba uMama wethu uza kusifundisa, abantwana bakhe, indlela eya enkululekweni kunye neendlela zoloyiso. Andithandabuzi ukuba lo mthandazo uza kuphendulwa. Ndicoce isileyiti sam, kwaye ndiyakuvumela le Ndlovukazi ukuba icinezele amazwi ayo entliziyweni yam, igcwalise usiba lwam nge-inki yobulumko bayo, kwaye ndihambise imilebe yam luthando lwayo. Ngubani olunge ngakumbi ukusenza ngaphandle kwalowo wabumba uYesu?

Mhlawumbi ucinga ngokuyeka itshokholethi okanye ikofu okanye umabonwakude, njl. Kodwa ungathini ngokuzila ukutya ngexesha elimoshakeleyo? Sithi asinalo ixesha lokuthandaza-kodwa ngokulula silisebenzisa elo xesha sisebenzisa amanethiwekhi onxibelelwano, iindonga ze-Facebook, iiwebhusayithi ezingenangqondo, ukubukela imidlalo kunye nezinye. Zibophelele, kunye nam, kwimizuzu eli-15 kuphela ngosuku, ngakumbi ngaphambi kwesikolo okanye emsebenzini, ngaphambi kokuba abantwana bavuke okanye ifowuni iqalise ukukhala. Ukuba uqala usuku lwakho "ngokufuna kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo", ndiyakuthembisa, iintsuku zakho ziya kukhawuleza "ziphume kweli hlabathi."

Kwaye ke, ndiyakumema ukuba undijoyine ngokunqakraza kwiqhagamshela lodidi kwibar esecaleni ethi Ukuthandaza umva kwaye uqale nge Usuku Lunye.

Njengokuba bendibhala oku, kuye kwafika i-imeyile evela kumfundi enegama alifumene emthandazweni. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba le ivela eNkosini:

Ubukumkani buyeza, konke okunye akunakuthelekiswa, zilungiseleleni. Phambi kokuba umkhosi uthathe utshaba kukho idabi lokugqibela, elokugqibela, elinoburhalarhume. Kulapho amaqhawe aphakama khona (abangcwele), apho abona bancinci baba ngabona baninzi, kwaye abo babethathwa njengabangenanto babaluleke kakhulu. Ziba ligwiba lokholo, intsalela. Bazalwana & Sisters bhinqa isinqe sakho, nikela izixhobo zakho, thatha ikrele lakho. Amaxhoba alo mfazwe ayizilahleko, koko ziimpumelelo; esona sipho sikhulu kukuncama ubomi bomnye.

Idabi lelenkosi.

Wadibanisa ikhonkco kwingoma kaJohn Michael Talbot ethi "Idabi LikaThixo." Yi othanjisiweyo. Ndiyifake apha ngezantsi ukuze uthandaze nayo namhlanje njengesikhalo sangaphambi kweLenten.

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