NYE unokushwankathela imibhalo emihlanu yakutshanje, ukusuka I-Tiger kwi-Cage ukuba Intliziyo enamatye, kwibinzana elilula: Yambatha uKristu. Okanye njengoko kuchazwe nguSt.
… Yambathani iNkosi uYesu Krestu, kwaye ningenzi malungiselelo ngeminqweno yenyama. (Roma 13:14)
Ndifuna ukusongela loo mibhalo kunye, ukukunika umfanekiso olula kunye nombono wento uYesu ayifunayo kum nakum. Kuba uninzi lweeleta endizifumanayo zingqina oko ndibhalileyo Intliziyo enamatye… Sifuna ukuba ngcwele, kodwa sibe lusizi ngenxa yokusilela kobungcwele. Rhoqo kuba silwela ukuba libhabhathane phambi kokuba kungena inkuku…
I-Caterpillar kunye ne-butterfly
Umbungu ayisosona sidalwa sihle. Ityibilika phantsi de ekugqibeleni iluke irhorho. Ngaphakathi kweli "ngcwaba," kukho i inguqu—Ukutshintsha usuke kwesinye isidalwa ube sisidalwa esahluke ngokupheleleyo, ibhabhathane.
Xa sibhaptiziwe, uThixo usinika indalo entsha ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele. Imvelo yethu ewileyo, eyatshatyalaliswa sisono sokuqala iyasuswa, kwaye sinikwe indalo entsha eyenziwe ngokomfanekiso wakhe. Ngoku, abanye bathelekisa oku nebhabhathane, kunye nomphefumlo obhaptiziweyo ovela ngathi ngumbungu emanzini okubhaptizelwa kwisidalwa esitsha. Ukuba le yimeko, kutheni ndiziva ndingenanto intsha, ndihlala ndisilwa nemikhwa nezono ezindala njengam? Andiphaphami kodwa ndiyawa.
Ukuthelekisa okungcono kunokuba iSakramente
Ubhaptizo kuzalwa lombungu. Kuba, kwimeko yesono sokuqala, safa nyani kuKristu, sahlulwa ngonaphakade. Kodwa kuYesu, sinethemba lobomi obutsha. Ulizibulo kwindalo, u intloko webhathane likaMama, elingumzimba waKhe, iBandla. "Ndizalwe ngokutsha" ngeSakramente zakhe. Ndiyinxalenye "yemibungu" evela kwifonti yokubhaptiza. Andikaphumi njengebhabhathane, kodwa ndingumbungu oqukethe ikhowudi yemfuza epheleleyo ukuba ibe nye. Ekubhaptizweni, amandla apheleleyo anikezelwe ngobabalo ukuba ndibenguye kanye endiyiyo: umphefumlo, ukhululeke ngokupheleleyo, awunakho ukubhabha nje kuphela kuThixo, kodwa ukubhabha ngaphezulu kwehlabathi kunye neenkanuko zalo zenyama ngamaphiko UMoya.
UMMANGALI
Nantsi indawo yokuhlaselwa kukaSathana ebantwaneni bakaThixo. Usityhola ngokungabi "ngabapheleleyo", ngokungabi "ngcwele". "Ufanele ukuba libhabhathane, kodwa uyimpethu njeUyanyumbaza. Uyabona ukuba amazwi akhe ahlala ebonakala eyinyani ngokwexabiso, kodwa ayizizo zonke izinto. Ewe, siza kuba ngamabhabhathane, kodwa kubuthathaka bethu ngenene sinjengeempethu ezingekakwazi ukubhabha. Kodwa UThixo uyakwazi oku, yiyo loo nto ethumele uMoya oyiNgcwele ukugqiba umsebenzi oqale kuKristu:
Ndiqinisekile ngale nto, yokuba lowo wawuqalayo ngaphakathi kwenu umsebenzi olungileyo uya kuwugqiba kude kube ngumhla kaKrestu Yesu. KwabaseFilipi 1: 6.
NoSt. Paul uvumile ukuba "wayesakhiwa":
Bazalwana, mna ngokwam andizicingeli ukuba ndinelifa. Inye nje into: ndilibale okungasemva, kodwa ndisiya phambili, ndikhangele phambili ukuya emvuzweni, umvuzo wobizo lwaphezulu lukaThixo kuKristu Yesu. (KwabaseFil.3: 13-14)
Ke kutheni sikholelwa ukuba umangaleli nokuba iLizwi likaThixo eliphefumlelweyo alithethi "ngobungcwele kwangoko" kodwa ngenkqubo yenguqu, engagqitywanga kude kube sezulwini?
Sonke, sijonge kubuso obutyhiliweyo ebuqaqawulini beNkosi, senziwa similise okwaloo mfanekiselo, sivela ebuqaqawulini sisinge ebuqaqawulini, njengeNkosi enguMoya. (2 Kor. 3:18)
Injongo yethu njengamakholwa kukuba njengebhabhathane eliyimodeli- iNtombikazi eyiNtombi kaMariya: ukungena ngokulula kumphokoqo Ukuthanda kukaThixo apho utshintsho luya kwenzeka ngamandla kaThixo, hayi eyethu. Apho siza nalo lonke uthuli kunye nokungcola kwesono sethu, sinethemba lokuba unokwenza zonke izinto zisebenze zilungile.
UKUNGENA KWIKHOKHONI: ISOLUTUDE NENKONZO
Ngokwendalo, umbungu uhlala ufumana indawo yodwa yokwakha inkuku yakhe. Oku kungumqondiso wesidingo sokungena kubodwa umthandazo. UYesu wathetha ngale cocoon:
Xa uthandaza, ngena egumbini lakho elingaphakathi, uvale umnyango, uthandaze kuYihlo ngasese. Kwaye uYihlo obona emfihlekweni uya kukubuyekeza. (Mat 6: 6)
'Xa uthandaza,' xa ungena kwigumbi elifihlakeleyo lentliziyo yakho, uThixo uya kukunika ngakumbi nangakumbi ubabalo namandla okuguqula umntu wangaphakathi akhulelwe ebhaptizweni. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba wenza izizathu zokuyiphepha le cocoon, ukuba awunalo ixesha okanye yomile kakhulu okanye umthandazo wenzelwe abantu "abangcwele" kuphela, ke ukuguqulwa kwemetamorphasis kuzakuba kukude kakhulu… ukuba kunjalo. Kuba u-butterfly ongumama usifundisa:
Umthandazo uhambela kubabalo esilufunayo… -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. 2010
Ukunqongophala komthandazo kuthetha ukungabikho kwenceba oyifunayo.
Umthandazo bubomi bentliziyo entsha. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. 2697
Akukho mthandazo uthetha, ngokulula, intliziyo yakho entsha iyafa, ayizukubomi kubomi obufunekayo kutshintsho. Yintoni enye endifuna ukuyithetha? Ukuthatha isigqibo ngomthandazo kukuthatha isigqibo sikaThixo, kungenjalo, ubudlelwane kunye naYe kuphela onokukuguqula:
… Umthandazo lulwalamano oluphilayo lwabantwana bakaThixo kunye noTata wabo… —CCC, n. 2565
(Ndikhule ndingoyena mntu uphazamisekileyo kwaye ndinokuphazamiseka onokucinga. Ukuba umthandazo unokwenzeka kum, kunokwenzeka nabani na.)
Umboko awuyiyo kuphela indawo yomthendeleko entliziyweni, kodwa uyindawo eBukumkanini. Kwaye uYesu usixelele ngqo ukuba kufuneka ibe phi le ndawo:
… Lowo uzithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa…. Osukuba efuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumlungiseleli wenu;
Nabani na onqwenela ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu uya kuba likhoboka labo bonke (Luka 14:11; Marko 10: 43-44)
Ngenkonzo ethobekileyo, umbungu ophantsi
I-illar iya kuvuswa ibhabhathane elihle. Njengoko ndibhalile kwi Intliziyo enamatye, kufuneka sibe nentliziyo yesicaka ukuze sithwale isiqhamo.
Lowo uhleli kum, ndibe mna ndihleli kuye, yena uthwala isiqhamo esininzi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwam akukho nto unokuyenza.
Ukuba nithi niyigcine imithetho yam, hlalani eluthandweni lwam; njengokuba mna ndayigcinayo imithetho kaBawo, ndahlala eluthandweni lwakhe.
(jn 15: 5, 10)
Ngubani ongenakuphakama etafileni kwaye abe ngowokuqala ukuqala izitya? Ngubani ongakwaziyo ukusuka ebhedini aze achetye ingca yomhlolokazi okhulileyo okanye ashiye umgaqo wabantu abadala? Ngubani ongakwaziyo ukutshintsha ilweyile ngaphandle kokuba abuzwe okanye akhuphe inkunkuma? Okanye hlala uphulaphule umntu ophuma entliziyweni? Yile nto uYesu ayithethayo ukuba sisicaka: ukwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo okuchaziweyo yonke imihla ngomsebenzi olula womzuzu. Idyokhwe yakhe ilula kwaye nomthwalo wakhe ulula. Kodwa rhoqo, kwinkqubo yokukhonza, silwa nobuvila, ukuzingca, okanye ukulingwa. Le yinxalenye yenkuku — ubumnyama bephoko. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba awukhuli kuye. Kuthetha nje ukuba usadinga uMsindisi, ufuna inceba yakhe, ufuna ubabalo lwekhokho.
YENZE
Ukuba ungena kule cocoon yomthandazo kunye nenkonzo, ukucamngca kunye nokwenza, kuya kubakho into engakholelekiyo. Ubomi bukaYesu, loo "khowudi yemfuza" yokomoya ibhalwe entliziyweni yakho ngokubhaptizwa, iya kuqala ukuvela. Uyakuqala ngokwenyani ukukhulisa amaphiko oMoya (Oko kukuthi, inkululeko yokubhabha ngaphezulu kwamatyathanga esono); amehlo oNyana (oko kukuthi, ubulumko); kunye nemibala kaBawo (oko kukulunga nobungcwele). Kodwa oku kuthatha ixesha, mzalwana othandekayo. Ithath ababini umonde, dade othandekayo. Iinkuku yindawo yobumnyama; yokulinda; yokuncama endala ukuze uthabathe entsha. Yindawo yedabi, yesigqibo, ukuqala kwakhona. Yindawo yokholo kunye nokunikezela apho ngamanye amaxesha siziva ngathi uThixo usilahlile kuba, ngokoluvo lwethu, asinamaphiko kwaye singaboni.
Kodwa uyaphendula:
Mntwana wam, yile nto uyibonayo. Kwaye okwangoku, ulapha kumphoko, ukhethe ukuqala kwakhona kwaye uhlale nam. Ungazigwebi, kuba awunakubona amaphiko ekhula, ecinezelwe ngaphandle kwamehlo. Amehlo akho agutyungelwe yifilimu yobumnyama kunye nokulingwa kunye nesam isandla ukuze ungazidli ngobuhle obukhulayo ngaphakathi. Musa ukugweba, kuba ndinguMdali, kwaye ndiyazi xa abantwana bam bekulungele ukubhabha… kufuneka uthembele njengomntwana omncinci kwaye unyamezele ukuze unxityiswe kum.
Kuba nafayo, baye ubomi benu bufihlakele ndawonye noKristu kuye uThixo. Xa uKrestu ubomi bakho bubonakala, emva koko nawe uya kubonakala kunye naye eluzukweni. Bhubhisani ngoko amalungu enu asemhlabeni: umbulo, ukungcola, ukuthabatheka okuhlazisayo, inkanuko embi, nokubawa, okuyinkonzo yezithixo… ingqumbo, umsindo, ulunya, ukunyelisa; ukuthetha amanyala kungabikho emlonyeni wenu. Yekani ukuxokisana, kuba nambatha umntu omdala kunye nezenzo zakhe, nambatha lowo umtsha, uhlaziyelwa ukwazi, ngokomfanekiso womdali wakhe. Yambathani ngoko, njengabanyulwa bakaThixo, abangcwele, abathandiweyo, iimfesane zentliziyo, ububele, ukuthobeka kwentliziyo, ubulali, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ninyamezelana, nixolelana, ukuba ubani uthi abe nokusola ngakubani; njengokuba uYehova wanixolelayo, yenjani njalo nani. Ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezi zinto yambathani uthando, oko kukuthi, iqhina lokugqibelela. (Kwikol 3: 3-14)
KUFUNDWA NGOKUBA:
Xa usilela rhoqo, phinda-phinda: Ukuqala kwakhona
Ithemba lomphefumlo ophelelwe lithemba: Igama elinye
Ithemba lomphefumlo kwisono sokufa: Kwabo Bakwisono Sokufa
