IT yayikukuphela kohambo lwekonsathi yasebusika ende eCanada-phantse i-5000 yeekhilomitha zizonke. Umzimba nengqondo zam bezidiniwe. Ukugqiba kwam ikonsathi yokugqibela, ngoku sasisele sikufutshane neeyure ezimbini ukusuka ekhaya. Indawo enye yokumisa amafutha, kwaye singahamba ngexesha ngeKrisimesi. Ndijonge umfazi wam ndathi, "Into endifuna ukuyenza kukulayita iziko kunye nokulala njengeqhuma esofeni." Bendisiva iphunga lomthi kakade.
Inkwenkwana yeza yema ngakwimpompo ilinde imiyalelo yam. Ndathi: “Zalisa 'idizili. Kwakuyifrigid -22 C (-8 Farenheit) ngaphandle, ndiye ndarhubuluza ndibuyele kwibhasi yokhenketho efudumeleyo, isithuthi esikhulu seenyawo ezingama-40. Ndihleli apho esitulweni, umqolo ubabuhlungu, iingcinga zijikela emlilweni ogqabhuka… Emva kwemizuzu embalwa, ndiye ndajonga phandle. I-jockey yegesi ibibuyele ngaphakathi ukuya kuzotha, ndiye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiphume ndiyojonga impompo. Itanki enkulu kwezo moto, kwaye ithatha ukuya kwimizuzu eli-10 ukuzalisa ngamanye amaxesha.
Ndime apho ndijonge umlomo xa kukho into engabonakali ilungile. Kwakumhlophe. Andizange ndibone umlomo omhlophe wedizili. Ndijonge ngasemva kwimpompo. Emva ngasemtsheni. Buyela kwimpompo. Wayegcwalisa ibhasi ngepetroli engenamikhono!
Irhasi izakutshabalalisa injini yedizili, kwaye ndineemoto ezintathu ezibalekayo! Inye yokufudumeza, enye yejeneretha, emva koko injini enkulu. Ndimise impompo ngoko nangoko, esele ikhutshiwe kufutshane $177.00 ipetroli. Ndibaleke ndayongena ebhasini ndavala iheater ne generator.
Ngokukhawuleza ndazi ukuba ubusuku bumoshakele. Besingayi ndawo. Amalahle avuthayo engqondweni yam ngoku ayeluthuthu. Ndabuva ubushushu bokukhathazeka buqala ukubila emithanjeni yam. Kodwa ikhona into endixelele ngaphakathi ukuba mandizole…
Ndahamba ndaya kwisikhululo segesi ukucacisa imeko. Umniniyo wayekhona. Wayesendleleni egodukayo eyolungiselela abantu abangama-24 isidlo saseTurkey esiza ngobo busuku. Ngoku izicwangciso zakhe zazisesichengeni ngokunjalo. Ijokhi yegesi, inkwenkwana enokuba ineminyaka eyi-14 okanye eyi-15, yema apho ilusizi. Ndamjonga, ndiziva ndikhathazekile… kodwa ngaphakathi kum kwakukho ubabalo, uxolo oluzinzileyo olwandixelela ukuba yiba nenceba.
Kodwa njengoko iqondo lobushushu liqhubeka ngokuhla, bendinexhala lokuba iinkqubo zamanzi kwikhaya lemoto ziya kuqala ukubanda. “Nkosi, oku kuya kusiba kubi.” Abantwana bam abathandathu babekhwele kunye ne-8 yeenyanga zam zomfazi okhulelweyo. Umntwana osemncinci wayegula, ephosa emva. Kwakubanda kakhulu ngaphakathi, kwaye ngasizathu sithile, ikhefu lalikhubeka xa ndizama ukufaka ipetroli egumbini lamandla egesi. Ngoku iibhetri zazizokufa.
Umzimba wam uqhubekile ukuba buhlungu njengomyeni womnini kwaye saqhuba edolophini ndikhangela iindlela zokulahla amafutha. Xa sabuyela kwisikhululo segesi, umcimi-mlilo wayeze neebhombu ezimbalwa ezingenanto. Ngoku, kwakudlule iiyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha. Kwakufuneka ndiphambi kwendawo yam yokubasa. Endaweni yoko, iinyawo zam zazingumkhenkce njengoko sasikhasa kumhlaba onomkhenkce ukukhupha amafutha. Amagama aphakame entliziyweni yam, “Nkosi, bendishumayela iVangeli kuwe kwinyanga ephelileyo… ndikhona akho ecaleni! ”
Iqela elincinane lamadoda ngoku lalihlanganisene. Basebenza kunye njengeqela elinamava lokumisa umngxunya. Kwakumangalisa indlela yonke into eyayibonakala ibonelelwa ngayo: ukusuka kwizixhobo zokusebenza, kwimigqomo, kubasebenzi, ekwazini indlela, kwitshokholethi eshushu- nakwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
Ndingene ngaphakathi ngelinye ixesha ukufudumeza. "Andikholelwa ukuba uzolile kangaka," watsho umntu.
“Unokwenza ntoni umntu?” Ndiphendule. Yintando kaThixo. Ndiswele nje ukuqonda ngoba, xa ndibuyela umva ngaphandle.
Yayiyinkqubo ecothayo ekhupha imigca emithathu eyahlukeneyo yamafutha. Emva kwethutyana, ndabuyela esitishini ukuya kufudumeza kwakhona. Inkosikazi yomniniyo kunye nelinye ibhinqa babemi apho benengxoxo evuselelayo. Uye wakhanyisa xa endibona.
"Indoda endala ingene apha inxibe ezuba," utshilo. Ungene nje emnyango, wema wakubukela phaya, wajika wajonga kum wathi, 'UThixo ukuvumele ngenjongo. ' Emva koko wemka nje. Kwakumangalisa ke ngoko ukuba ndiphume ndiye ngaphandle ndiyokujonga ukuba uyaphi. Wayengekho ndawo. Kwakungekho moto, kungekho ndoda, kungekho nto. Ucinga ukuba ebeyingelosi? ”
Andikhumbuli ukuba ndathini. Kodwa ndiye ndaqala ukuziva ukuba obu busuku bunenjongo. Nokuba wayengubani, wandishiya ndinamandla amatsha.
Emva kweeyure ezine kamva, ipetroli embi yakhutshwa kwaye iitanki zagcwaliswa (ngedizili). Ekugqibeleni, inkwenkwe eyayindiphephe, ngoku yadibana ubuso ngobuso. Wacela uxolo. Ndathi, “Ndifuna le unayo.” Yayiyikopi yenye yeeCD zam. “Ndiyakuxolela ngokwenzekileyo. Ndifuna uyazi ukuba yindlela asiphatha ngayo uThixo xa sonile. ” Ndaguqukela kumniniyo, ndathi, “Nantoni na oyenzayo kuye lishishini lakho. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba uya kuba yenye yezona jokhi zakho zinomdla ngoku. ” Ndamnika neCD, sahamba.
ILETA
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, ndafumana ileta evela kwindoda eyayizimase itheko lomninimzi ngeKrisimesi ngobo busuku bubandayo.
Xa ekugqibeleni wafika ekhaya esidlweni sangokuhlwa, uxelele wonke umntu ukuba uyoyika ukujongana nomnini khaya lemoto (abanye bayakhwaza malunga ne- $ 2.00 yokugcwalisa ngaphezulu!), Kodwa umqhubi wemoto wabaxelela abo babandakanyekayo ukuba iNkosi iyaxolela, kwaye kufuneka sixolele enye.
Ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa seKrisimesi, bekukho intetho eninzi malunga nobabalo lukaThixo (kungenjalo ngekhe akhankanywe ngaphandle kweNtsikelelo kwisidlo), kunye nesifundo sokuxolela nothando olufundiswe ngumqhubi nosapho (watsho ukuba wayeyimvumi yeVangeli. ). Umqhubi wayengumzekelo kumntu omnye kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, ukuba ayingawo onke amaKrestu azizityebi angabahanahanisi emva kwemali (njengoko ebesitsho ngaphambili), kodwa ahamba neNkosi.
Inkwenkwana eyapompa ipetroli? Uthe kumphathi wakhe “Ndiyazi ukuba ndigxothiwe.”
Uphendule wathi, “Ukuba awuzi emsebenzini ngoLwesine, uza kubakho.”
Nangona ndingenguye "umcebisi" ongumKristu nangayiphi na indlela, ngokuqinisekileyo ndicebile namhlanje ndisazi ukuba uThixo akaze alichithe ithuba. Uyabona, bendicinga ukuba "ndigqibile" ukukhonza ngobo busuku njengoko bendiphupha ngokutshisa iinkuni. Kodwa nguThixo rhoqo "Kuvuliwe".
Hayi, simele ukuba ngamangqina ngamaxesha onke, ngexesha lonyaka okanye ngaphandle. Umthi we-apile awuthwali ama-apile kusasa kuphela, kodwa uvelisa iziqhamo imini yonke.
UmKristu, naye, kufuneka soloko uqhubeka.
Ukupapashwa kokuqala kukaDisemba 30, 2006 e ILizwi ngoku.
Ikrisimesi emyoli nentsikelelo!
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