DO uziva ngathi uyinto engabalulekanga kwicebo likaThixo? Ukuba awunanjongo okanye uluncedo kuye okanye kwabanye? Ke ndiyathemba ukuba ufunde Isihendo esingenamsebenzi. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyayiqonda into yokuba uYesu ufuna ukukukhuthaza nangakumbi. Ngapha koko, kubalulekile ukuba wena ufunda oku uqonde: uzalelwe la maxesha. Wonke umphefumlo kuBukumkani bukaThixo ulapha ngokuyilwa, apha unenjongo ethile kunye nendima eyiyo olukhulu. Kungenxa yokuba niyinxalenye "yokukhanya kwehlabathi," kwaye ngaphandle kwakho, umhlaba ulahlekelwa ngumbala omncinci…. mandikucacisele.
IXESHA LOKUKHANYA KUKATHIXO
UYesu wathi, “Ndim ukhanyiselo lwehlabathi.” Kodwa ke wathi:
wena kukukhanya kwehlabathi. Isixeko esime phezu kwentaba asinakufihlwa. Kananjalo abakhanyisi isibane basibeke phantsi kwesitya; sibekwe esiphathweni saso, sikhanyisela bonke abasendlwini. (Mat. 5: 14-15)
UYesu ukukuKhanya okumsulwa kwehlabathi elidlula kwiprism yexesha. Oko kukhanya emva koko kwaqhekeka kumawaka ezigidi bonakala imibala eyenza ukukhanya kwehlabathi, Oko kukuthi, umzimba wamakholwa. Ngamnye wethu, okhulelwe entliziyweni kaThixo, "ngumbala"; Oko kukuthi, elowo kuthi udlala indima eyahlukileyo kwibala lokuthanda kukaThixo.
I-Psychology isixelela ukuba imibala eyahlukileyo ineempembelelo ezahlukeneyo kwiimoods. Umzekelo, iiblues kunye nemifuno inokuba nefuthe lokuthomalalisa ngelixa i-reds kunye ne-yellows inokukhupha iimvakalelo ezinobundlongondlongo. Ngokunjalo, umbala "ngamnye" kuBukumkani bukaThixo "uneziphumo" zawo kwihlabathi elijikelezileyo. Ke uthi awubalulekanga? Ungathini ukuba "uluhlaza", umzekelo, ngokubhekisele kwiitalente zakho, izipho, ubizo, njl. Ngengaba yintoni ilizwe elikujikelezileyo ngaphandle kolo luhlaza? (Umfanekiso ongezantsi unombala oluhlaza osuswe):
Okanye ngaphandle kweblue?
Okanye akukho bomvu?
Uyabona, umbala ngamnye uyimfuneko ekukhanyeni koqobo ukuze ube nobuhle bawo obupheleleyo. Kwangokunjalo, ndihlala ndisithi ebantwini xa ndithetha esidlangalaleni ukuba asifuni enye iSt Therese okanye uFrancis waseAssisi. Into esiyifunayo yenye iSt "Wena"! Kuthekani ukuba sonke besiyiSt. Kuthekani ukuba sonke "sincinci" apha ubuntu, apha imibutho, apha izipho zodwa? Ewe, kuthekani ukuba lonke ilizwe lapeyintwa ngombala obomvu?
Uyabona, bonke ubungangamsha behlabathi buya kubhanga. Zonke eziluhlaza kunye noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye notyheli ezenza umhlaba ube mhle kangaka buya kugcwala bubomvu. Kunjalo ngoba zonke umbala uyafuneka ukuze iBandla libe kuko konke elinako. Kwaye uyi Ilitha lokukhanya kukaThixo.Ufuna "i-fiat" yakho, "ewe" wakho, ukuze ukukhanya kwakhe kukhanye kuwe kwaye kukhanyise ukukhanya okuyimfuneko kwabanye ngokwezicwangciso zakhe nangamaxesha kaThixo. UThixo uyile ukuba ube ngumbala othile-kuyamkhathaza xa usithi ufuna ukuba luhlaza endaweni emfusa okanye ukuba "awukhazimli" ngokwaneleyo ukuba wenze umahluko emhlabeni. Kodwa ngoku uthetha njengomntu ohamba ngokubona hayi ngokholo. Into enokubonakala ingabalulekanga nakusenzo esinye esincinci esifihliweyo sentobelo, ineziphumo ezingunaphakade.
Baninzi, imiphefumlo emininzi eye yafa, yaya ezulwini, yabuya emhlabeni ukuza kubalisa ibali labo. Okuqhelekileyo phakathi kobungqina obuninzi kukuba, kwihlabathi elingaphaya, kukho imibala esingazange sayibona ngaphambili kunye namanqaku emculweni esingazange siwave. Apha emhlabeni, umbono wethu ulinganiselwe; sibona kuphela ubukhulu bokukhanya ngamehlo. Kodwa eZulwini, wonke umntu ilitye lokukhanya ibonwa. Ke nangona ihlabathi linokungakwazi wena; nangona ungaqhuba iqela elincinci lomthandazo, okanye ukhathalele iqabane lakho eligulayo, okanye usokola njengomphefumlo wexhoba, okanye uhlala kwaye uthandaze ufihliwe emehlweni abanye ngasemva kweendonga zonqulo… are Inxalenye ebalulekileyo kwaye iyimfuneko yokukhanya kukaThixo. Akukho kukhanya kwentliziyo yakhe okuncinci kuye. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yinto efundiswe nguSt.
Ngoku umzimba awunamalungu amaninzi, kodwa maninzi. Ukuba unyawo belungáthi, “Kuba andisosandla, ngoko ke andingowasemzimbeni,” loo nto ibingayi kulwenza unyawo lungabi lolungu lomzimba. Nokuba ithe indlebe, Ngokuba ndingelilo iliso, andingowasemzimbeni, ithi, ngenxa yoko, ingabi yeyasemzimbeni na? Ukuba umzimba lo uphela ubuliliso, bekuya kuba phi ukuva? Ukuba ubukukuva uphela, bekuya kuba phi na ukusezela? Okwangoku ke uThixo wawamisa amalungu, lalelo nelo emzimbeni, njengoko wayefuna. Ukuba onke ebelungu linye, ubuya kuba phi umzimba? Kambe ke inje le nto: nakuba amalungu emaninzi nje, umzimba wona mnye. Alinako iliso kwisandla ukuthi, Andikudingi, okanye intloko kwiinyawo, Andikudingi. Ewe, la malungu omzimba abonakala ngathi akanamandla, yeyona nto ifunekayo, kwaye lawo omzimba siwabeka njengongabekekanga, siya kuwangqinga; ngoku ke amalungu ethu abekekileyo aphathwa kakuhle; iindawo azidingi oku. Kodwa uThixo uwakhe nje umzimba, wanikela imbeko enkulu ngaphandle kwawo, ukuze kungabikho kwahlukahlukana emzimbeni, kodwa ukuze amalungu abe nokukhathalelana ngokufanayo. Kuthi, nokuba lilungu elinye eliva ubunzima, avelane amalungu onke; nokuba lilungu elinye elizukiswayo, avuyisane amalungu onke. (1 Kor. 12: 14-26)
… Naxa sizifumana sisecaleni kwecawe okanye egumbini lethu, simanyene eNkosini nabazalwana noodade abaninzi ngokholo, njengeqela lezixhobo ezithi, nangona zigcina ubuqu bazo, zinike uThixo enye isymphony yokucela, yokubulela neyokudumisa. -POPE BENEDICT XVI, kubaphulaphuli ngokubanzi, kwisiXeko saseVatican, Aprili 25, 2012
Njengokuba uhambo lwam apha eCalifornia lusondela esiphelweni, ndinokuxelela ukuba ndibone phantse ukukhanya okupheleleyo kukaThixo kwimiphefumlo endikhe ndadibana nayo, ukusukela kwelona likhulu ukuya kwelona lincinci. Kwaye nganye iyathandwa kwaye intle!
ISILUMKISO
Xa sinikezela kwi Isihendo esingenamsebenzi; xa sisuka kwisicwangciso sikaThixo ngobomi bethu; xa siphila ngokuchasene nomyalelo wakhe wendalo kunye nemithetho yokuziphatha, ukukhanya kwakhe kuyeke ukukhanya kuthi. Sifana nokukhanya okufihlwe ngaphantsi “kwengobozi yebhaskiti” —okanye kucinywe kwaphela.
Kwenzeka ntoni xa iinxalenye ezahlukeneyo zembonakalo ziyeke ukukhanya? Umbala wokukhanya obonakalayo unokwahlulahlulwa ube ziinxalenye ezintathu: bomvu, luhlaza, noblowu (okomfuziselo womsebenzi kaBathathu Emnye ehlabathini). Kumfanekiso ongezantsi, ndiyisusile i-80% yaloo mibala mithathu. Esi sisiphumo:
Ingakumbi indawo nganye ebonakalayo ebonakalayo isuswe, nokuba ngowuphi umbala, kuya kumnyama ngakumbi. Ambalwa kwaye ayembalwa amaKristu ehlabathini aphila ngokholo lwawo, liya lisiba mnyama ilizwe. Kwaye yile nto yenzekayo:
Kwimihla yethu, xa kwiindawo ezinkulu zehlabathi ukholo lusemngciphekweni wokufa njengelangatye elingasenayo ipetroli, eyona nto iphambili kukwenza uThixo abekhona kweli lizwe nokubonisa amadoda nabafazi indlela eya kuThixo. Ayingoothixo bonke, kodwa nguThixo owathetha ngeSinayi; kulo Thixo ubuso bakhe sibubonayo kuthando olucinezela “kude kube sekupheleni” (jn. 13: 1) —kuYesu Krestu, ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Ingxaki yokwenyani ngalo mzuzu wembali yethu kukuba uThixo uyanyamalala ebantwini, kwaye, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuThixo, uluntu luphulukana nokuthwala, kunye neziphumo ezibonakala zonakalisayo. —Ileta yoBungcwele baKhe uPapa uBenedict XVI kubo bonke ooBhishophu beHlabathi, nge-10 Matshi 2009; AmaKatolika kwi-Intanethi
Bazalwane noodade, ihlabathi aliba mnyama ngenxa yokuba uSathana ekhula ngamandla. Kuya kusiba mnyama kuba amaKristu akhanya kancinane ngokuya esiba mandundu! Ubumnyama abunakukukhupha ukukhanya; kukukhanya kuphela okusasaza ubumnyama. Yiyo loo nto kunyanzelekile ukuba ukhanye apho ukhoyo, nokuba kukwezorhwebo, kwezemfundo, kwezopolitiko, kwinkonzo yoluntu, eCaweni-akunamsebenzi. UYesu uyafuneka kuwo onke amabala, kuzo zonke iimbombo zemarike, kuwo onke amaziko, iqela, inkampani, isikolo, indlu yoonongendi, ikhaya loonongendi okanye ikhaya. NgePasika, uBawo oyiNgcwele wachaza indlela intsimi ye iteknoloji, kuba ikhokelwa kancinci kancinci ngokukhanya kwenyaniso, ngoku ibeka ingozi kwilizwe lethu.
Ukuba uThixo kunye neenqobo ezisesikweni zokuziphatha, umahluko phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, uhleli ebumnyameni, ke zonke ezinye “izibane”, ezibeka ezo zinto zingakholelekiyo kwezobuchwephesha kuthi, ayisiyiyo inkqubela phambili kuphela kodwa ikwayingozi ebeka thina nehlabathi emngciphekweni.. -POPE BENEDICT XVI, Easter Vigil Homily, Epreli 7th, 2012
UYesu uyakudinga ukuba uqale ukhanye ngokukhanya kokholo olufana nolomntwana, intobelo nokuthobeka-kanye apho ukhoyo — nokuba imbonakalo yomntu, ukukhanya kwakho kwenza umgama nje omfutshane. Ewe ikhandlela elincinci kwiholo enkulu emnyama, lisabonisa ukukhanya. Kwaye kwihlabathi elikhula ngokumnyama ngakumbi nangakumbi emini, mhlawumbi oko kuyakwanela nokulingana Nye umphefumlo olahlekileyo uphuthaphutha ukhanyiso lwethemba…
… Nibe ngabangenakusoleka nabamsulwa, bantwana bakaThixo abangenasiphako phakathi kwesizukulwana esigwenxa nesigqwethekileyo, enithi phakathi kwenu nikhanye njengezikhanyiso ehlabathini, nibambelele kwilizwi lobomi… (Phil 2: 15-16)
Ifoto ngu-ESO / Y. Beletsky
Nabani na ozithobayo njengalo mntwana ngoyena mkhulu ebukumkanini bamazulu… Ukuba ubani unqwenela ukuba ngowokuqala, woba ngowokugqibela kubo bonke, abe ngumkhonzi wabo bonke. (Mat 18: 4; UMarko 9:35)
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