Wayemthanda

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UYesu emjongile wamthanda…

AS Ndiyacamngca ngala mazwi kwiVangeli, kuyacaca ukuba xa uYesu wajonga lo mfana usisityebi, yayiyimbonakalo egcwele uthando kangangokuba yakhunjulwa ngamangqina kwiminyaka kamva xa iSt. Nangona oku kukhanya kothando kungazange kungene entliziyweni yeli tyendyana-ubuncinci kungekabikho kwangoko, ngokombiko-kungene entliziyweni umntu Ngalo mhla wawunqweneleka ukhunjulwa.

Cinga ngale nto okomzuzwana. UYesu wamjonga, wamthanda. UYesu wayeyazi intliziyo yakhe; wayesazi ukuba isityebi sithanda ubutyebi baso ngaphezu kwakhe. Kwaye Okwangoku, UYesu wamjonga, wamthanda. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba u Yesu wayekwazi ukubona ukuba isono asimchazi umntu, kodwa siyamgqwetha. Ubuntu buchazwe e-Eden:

Masenze abantu ngokomfanekiselo wethu ngokufana nathi. UThixo wazikhangela zonke izinto abezenzile, wazifumana zilungile kakhulu. (IGenesis 1:26, 31)

Kwalo Mdali ujonge emehlweni ka-Adam wajonga kule ndoda isisityebi, kwaye ngaphandle kokuthetha, kwabonakala ngathi iyaphinda ithi, Wenziwe ngokomfanekiselo wam, kwaye ndibufumana buhle kakhulu. Hayi, hayi isono, hayi ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, ukubawa, okanye ukuzingca, kodwa Umoya yomfana omncinci, obunjiweyo kwaye wabunjwa ngokomfanekiselo waKhe-ngaphandle kokunye: wahlatywa sisono sokuqala. Kwakungathi uYesu uthi, Ndiya kuyibuyisela intliziyo yakho, ngokuvumela eyam Intliziyo ihlatywe ngenxa yezono zakho. Waza uYesu wamjonga, wamthanda.

Ngaba, mzalwana, ungajonga umntu emehlweni, udlule ekugqwethweni kwezono zabo, kubuhle bentliziyo? Ngaba wena dade ungamthanda ongabelani nazo zonke iinkolelo zakho? Kuba le yeyona ntliziyo yokuvangela, yona kanye intliziyo ye-ecumenism -ukujonga iyantlukwano edlulileyo, ubuthathaka, ucalucalulo nokophuka kwaye uqale ngokuthanda. Okwalo mzuzu, uyeke ukuba nguwe, kwaye ube umthendeleko zothando. Uba yindlela apho omnye anokuhlangana khona noThixo wothando kuwe.

Kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo abuthethi nganto, buthetha amandla. Ukhetha eyiphi? Ndize kuni ndinentonga, okanye inothando, nomoya wobulali? (1 Kor. 4: 20-21)

Ndikhumbula ngelinye ixesha umfana wayehleli phesheya kwetafile kum. Amehlo akhe ayebukhali xa wayeqala ukukhwaza ulwazi lwakhe oluninzi lokuxolisa. Wayelwazi ukholo, ewazi nomthetho, eyazi inyani… kodwa ebonakala engazi nto ngothando. Washiya umphefumlo wam ugqunywe ngengubo yomoya obandayo.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, mna nomfazi wam sadibana nesibini esingabavangeli. INkosi yayisele iqalile ukuhamba ebomini babo ngendlela enamandla xa babelana ngobungqina babo nathi. Ewe, kwakucacile ukuba uThixo wayebakhathalele kakhulu oongqatyana ababini abancinci. Ukutyhubela iinyanga, sikhule sathandana, sithandaza kunye, satya kunye kwaye sonwaba kuthando lwethu ngoYesu. Basikhuthazile ngokholo lwabo olufana nolomntwana, ubulumko bokomoya, kunye nokusamkela kwethu-amaKatolika nako konke. Kodwa asikaze sithethe nakanye malunga nokungafani kwethu ngokwenkolo. Ayisiyo yokuba andifuni ukwabelana nabo ngobuncwane obukhulu bobuKatolika, ukusuka kwiiSakramente ukuya kubumoya bayo obunzulu. Kodwa ngoku, ngeli xesha, uYesu ufuna ukuba sijonge nje omnye komnye, kwaye sithandane. Kuba uthando lwakha iibhulorho.

Nangona kunjalo, kungenxa yokuswela kwethu uthando, ukuze uThixo avumele “Izilingo ezahlukahlukeneyo” ebomini bethu. Izilingo ziyasithoba; zityhila ukungazithembi kwethu, uthando lwethu, ukuzikhathalela kwethu nokuzingca. Basifundisa ukuba, ngelixa sisilela kwaye siwile, uYesu usasijonga kwaye uyasithanda. Lo mbono unenceba waKhe, undithanda xa ndingaphantsi kokugqibeleleyo, yiyo eyakhayo ibhulorho yethemba entliziyweni yam. Andiboni ngamehlo akhe, kodwa ndiyaweva amazwi aKhe, kwaye ke ufuna ukumthanda nokumthemba kuba endaweni yokundigweba, undimema ukuba ndiqale kwakhona.

Nangona ungambonanga uyamthanda; nangona ungamboni ngoku uyakholelwa kuye… (Ufundo lokuqala)

Ndiya kubulela kuYehova ngentliziyo yonke, ebandleni nakwibandla lamalungisa. Zikhulu izenzo zikaYehova, Zezobungangamsha bazo zonke. (INdumiso yanamhlanje)

Le, yindlela endikwazi ngayo ukubathanda abanye ngazo zonke iimpazamo nokusilela kwabo: kuba undithandile ngazo zonke izono zam nokusilela kwam. Ndiyabathanda abanye abangazabelani nazo zonke iinkolelo zam kuba u Yesu wayendithanda ndingekaqondi lonke ukholo lwam. UThixo wandithanda kuqala. Wandijonga, wandithanda kuqala.

Uthando ke, koko, luyavuleka amathuba ngayo yonke enye into.

Kubantu akunakwenzeka, kodwa kungekhona kuThixo. Zonke izinto zinokwenzeka kuThixo.

Inokwenzeka, xa ndiqala ukumvumela ukuba asebenze ngaphakathi kwam-makajonge abanye, kwaye abathande ngamehlo am, nangentliziyo yam.