Ngaba uThixo uthe cwaka?

Marko othandekayo,

UThixo ayixolele i-USA. Ngokwesiqhelo bendiya kuqala ngoThixo ayisikelele i-USA, kodwa namhlanje singamcela njani ukuba asikelele le yenzekayo apha? Siphila kwihlabathi elikhula ngakumbi nangakumbi. Ukukhanya kothando kuyaphela, kwaye kuthatha onke amandla am ukugcina eli dangatye livutha entliziyweni yam. Kodwa ngoYesu, ndiyigcina ivutha nangoku. Ndiyambongoza uThixo uBawo wethu ukuba andincede ndiqonde, kwaye ndibone ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwihlabathi lethu, kodwa ngequbuliso uthe cwaka. Ndijonge kwabo baprofeti bathembekileyo bale mihla endikholelwa ukuba bathetha inyani; wena, nabanye iibhloko zabo kunye nemibhalo endiya kuyifunda yonke imihla ukomelela kunye nobulumko kunye nenkuthazo. Kodwa nonke nithe cwaka. Izithuba eziza kuvela mihla le, zijike ziye evekini, emva koko ziye kuthi rhoqo ngenyanga, kwaye nakwezinye iimeko minyaka le. Ngaba uThixo sele eyekile ukuthetha nathi sonke? Ngaba uThixo ubususile ubuso bakhe obungcwele kuthi? Ngapha koko, ubungcwele baKhe obugqibeleleyo babunokuthwala njani ukusijonga isono sethu…?

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SITHANDWA mfundi, asinguwe wedwa oye waziva “inguqu” kummandla womoya. Ndisenokuba andilunganga, kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba ixesha lokunika “izilumkiso” lisondela esiphelweni. Nje ukuba impumlo yeTitanic yaqalisa ukuthambeka emoyeni, kwakucace gca kubo nabaphi na ababesele bethandabuza ukuba yayiyinqanawa eyayiza kuhla. Ngokunjalo, iimpawu zisijikelezile ezibonisa ukuba ihlabathi lethu lifikelele kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Abantu bayakubona oku, kwanabo bangengabo “abanquli” ngokukodwa. Kuya kuba yimfuneko ukulumkisa abantu ukuba inqanawe iyatshona xa sele bekhangela iphenyane lokuhlangula.

Ngaba uThixo usifulathele? Ngaba Usilahlile? Ingaba u cwaka?

Hayi.

Unina angalulibala yini na usana lwakhe, Angabi namfesane kumntwana wesizalo sakhe? Nokuba angalibala, soze ndikulibale. Uyabona, ndikukrolile ezintendeni zezandla zam.”—Isaya 49:15-16.

UYesu uthi,

Ezam izimvu ziyaliva ilizwi lam; ndiyazazi, zindilandela ke; mna ndizinika ubomi obungunaphakade; azisayi kutshabalala naphakade. Akukho bani unokuzihlutha esandleni sam. ( Yohane 10:27 )

Uyabona ke, uThixo ubaqingqe abantu bakhe esandleni sakhe, akukho namnye uya kubaba kuye. Kwaye bona ngeke live ilizwi lakhe. Kodwa lo mhlambi kufuneka uhlanjululwe ukuze ungene ngokupheleleyo kwicebo lakhe losindiso lwehlabathi. Ke ngoko, njengoMalusi Olungileyo, ngoku ukhokelela abantu Bakhe entlango. Apho kwintlango yezilingo, izilingo, amathandabuzo, uloyiko, iintsizi, ubumnyama, ukoma, nokubonakala kuthe cwaka, ukholo lwenene luyavavanywa. Kwaye ukuba siyanyamezela, ukuba asisabi kule ntlango, ukholo lwethu luya kuba njalo zihlanjululwe. Emva koko sinokuba a ngcwele abantu, imiphefumlo ekuthwala ukhanyiso lukaKristu ebumnyameni beli hlabathi; abantu abatyhila kwabanye ubuso bukaYesu, ubuso bothando, uvuyo noxolo—nanjengoko inqanawa izika.

Le asiyontsomi ye-gobbly-gook. Yinyaniso yoko uThixo akwenzayo namhlanje, yaye ngamnye wethu umele azikhethele ngoku ukuba uza kuba ngakweliphi icala. Nokuba siyakulandela indlela ebanzi okanye emxinwa. Kwaye ukungcangcazela kudlula emphefumlweni wam njengoko ndibona imiphefumlo emininzi besabile kule ntlango, belushiya ukholo lwabo, banikezela. Kungatshiwo ngokufanelekileyo ukuba singqina a uwexuko olukhulu elukholweni kulo lonke ihlabathi, kodwa ngakumbi kwizizwe zaseNtshona zasemva kobuKristu. Ukuwohloka koluntu kunye nemiba yeCawe ngokwayo ikhula ngokukhawuleza, kangangokuba kuyamangalisa ngokwenene ukubona ukuwa kwempucuko ngexesha lokwenyani.

UMWEKISHI WAM

Oko ndagqibela ukubhala apha ekuqaleni kukaJuni, ndiye ndathatha ixesha lokuthandaza, ukucingisisa, nokubuza imibuzo enzulu malunga nobupostile kunye nobomi bosapho lwam. Undibuza ntoni uYesu, ngakumbi xa ndiboleka imali ukuze ndondle intsapho yam? Ndenza ntoni engalunganga? Kufuneka nditshintshe ntoni?

Le ibiyimibuzo enzima, yaye kubonakala ukuba ukuze ndiyiphendule, uYehova undithabathele entliziyweni yobusuku obusentlango, kweyona ndawo inzulu yamanxuwa. Ndihlala ndikhumbula amazwi kaMama Teresa:

Indawo kaThixo emphefumlweni wam ayinanto. Akukho Thixo kum. Xa iintlungu zokulangazelela zikhulu kangaka-ndirhalela uThixo… kwaye ke kukuba ndiziva ukuba akandifuni — Akakho — uThixo akandifuni. -Umama uTeresa, Yiza ngokuKhanya kwam, UBrian Kolodiejchuk, uMC; iphe. 2

Ebudeni beli xesha, ndiye ndafumana iileta mihla le zivela kubafundi abasehlabathini lonke benikela amazwi okhuthazo, inkxaso, nanjengomfundi ongasentla, bezibuza isizathu sokuba ‘ndinyamalale. Ndifuna ukuxelela ngamnye kuni ukuba iincwadi zenu zaziyinkungu ethambileyo evela kuYesu eyenza ukuba intlango ibe nokunyamezeleka ngakumbi. Ndifuna nokukubulela ngokuqonda ukuba bendilidinga eli xesha, njengoko ndabhalayo ngoJuni, ukuba ndithandaze kwaye ndicamngce, “ndize” ndiphumle okwethutyana. Kulungile, akukhange kuphumle konke oko, ukunyaniseka! Eli lixesha lonyaka apho iimfuno zefama ngexesha lefula zijikeleza ubusuku nemini. Nangona kunjalo, ukuhlala kwitrektara kunika umntu ubabalo lokucinga kakhulu nokuthandaza.

INTO AYIBUZAYO

Ndifikelele kwisigqibo esinye ngeli xesha. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba ndinguye thobela kuYesu. Nokuba kushushu okanye kuyabanda, kuyanetha okanye kunelanga, kumnandi okanye akumnandi, ndibizelwe ukuthobela intando kaThixo. zonke izinto. UYesu wathetha into elula, kangangokuba mhlawumbi siyiphose ngokulula:

Ukuba niyandithanda, yigcineni imithetho yam. (UYohane 14:15)

Uthando lukaThixo kukugcina imiyalelo yakhe. Siphila kwihlabathi namhlanje elibonakala lisihenda lisigculele ngalo lonke ixesha lemini. Kodwa nakule nkalo, simele sihlale sithembekile. Kuba sikwanazo nezixhobo ezandleni zethu amaKristu amaninzi amandulo ayengenazo: iBhayibhile yokwenene eshicilelweyo, imikhosi yeencwadi, iimfundiso zomoya ezikwiiCD neevidiyo, oonomathotholo beeyure ezingama-24 noomabonwakude abasasaza impembelelo nenyaniso, njl. njl. yemfazwe ezandleni zethu, singasathethi ke ngeminyaka engama-2000 yezakwalizwi ethe yavela kangangokuba sibe nokuqonda okunzulu ngoKholo lwethu nangaphezu kwabapostile. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, sineMisa yemihla ngemihla kunye noVumo lweveki ngeeveki ezandleni zethu. Sinayo yonke into esiyidingayo ukulwa nomoya womchasi-Kristu kumaxesha ethu, ngakumbi, uBathathu Emnye ohlala ngaphakathi.

Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kum nawe ngoku ayikokuqonda “amaxesha okuphela” okanye ukubamba ngokuqinileyo izingxengxezo okanye ukuxakeka kubulungiseleli… kodwa kukuthembeka kuYesu, ngoku, ngalo mzuzu, naphi na apho ukhoyo. Uthembekile ngomlomo wakho, ngamehlo akho, izandla zakho, iimvakalelo zakho…. ngomzimba wakho uphela, umphefumlo, umoya namandla.

Enyanisweni, ubungcwele buquka into enye kuphela: ukunyaniseka ngokupheleleyo kwintando kaThixo…. Ufuna iindlela ezifihlakeleyo zokuba ngabakaThixo, kodwa inye kuphela: ukusebenzisa nantoni na akunika yona…. Isiseko esomeleleyo nesiqinileyo sobomi bomoya kukuzinikela kwethu kuThixo kwaye sithobela intando yakhe kwizinto zonke…. Ngokwenene uThixo uyasinceda nokuba sinokuziva siphulukene nenkxaso yakhe kangakanani na. —Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade, Ukulahla kulungiselelo lukaThixo

Kwiveki ephelileyo, ndiye ndathetha nomalathisi wam wokomoya. Yayilixesha elizaliswe lubabalo xa iiphantom zobusuku zabaleka kwaye isandla sikaYesu safika enzonzobileni sanditsalela ezinyaweni zam. Umalathisi wam wathi, “Maninzi amazwi namhlanje anyelisa uThixo. Uya kuba yakhe ilizwi elidandulukayo entlango…”

Loo mazwi aqinisekisa emphefumlweni wam into endivakalelwa kukuba ndizalelwe yona: ukuba lilizwi laKhe, elathe kuYesu “ukhanyiselo lwehlabathi” kubumnyama obukhulayo.

Mna nomfazi wam endimthandayo uLea sathandaza kunye. Zonke izinto sizibeke phantsi kweenyawo zikaThixo. Siya kuqhubeka sizinikele ekusasazeni iVangeli kude kusetyenziswe idenariyo yokugqibela yetyala. Ewe, kuvakala kungenakonakala, kodwa akukho nto ingako sinokuyenza kweli nqanaba—hayi kwintsapho elingana nathi. Siye sazonwabisa ngokuthengisa yonke into, kodwa indawo yokuhlala iphezulu kakhulu ngoku eCanada, kangangokuba ukhetho lwentsapho ubungakanani bethu alukho nto (sikhangele iinyanga). Kwaye ke, siya kuhlala apho sikhoyo ade uThixo asibonise ngenye indlela.

Imisebenzi yam efama isenzima ngoku. Kodwa bakuba begqibile kamva kweli hlobo, ndinqwenela ukuphinda ndibhale kwaye ndibuyisele ukusasazwa kwam kwiwebhu rhoqo. Ndizothini? Kakade ke, nguThixo kuphela owaziyo. Kodwa eyona ngqiqo yam ngoku yeyokuba ufuna ukusikhuthaza nokusinika ithemba. Ufuna sigxile Kuye, kungekhona kumaza antlitha inqanawa. Kuba uyabona, abaninzi ngokwenene bayaqonda ukuba inqanawa iyatshona kwaye bona are bekhangela naliphi na iphenyane lokuhlangula abalifumanayo. Ndiva umsebenzi wam kunanini na ngaphambili, ke, kukubabonisa le Iphenyane lokuhlangula, elinguYesu Kristu.

Ewe, bazalwana, iyeza imini—kwaye ngandlel’ ithile sele ifikile—xa aya kuzaliseka amazwi ka-Amosi:

Yabonani, iyeza imihla, itsho iNkosi uYehova, endiya kuthumela indlala kulo ilizwe; kungekhona ukulambela isonka, kungekhona ukunxanelwa amanzi; Baya kubhadula bethabathela kolwandle, base kolunye ulwandle; bethabathela entla, base empumalanga; baya kubhekabheka, befuna ilizwi likaYehova, bangalifumani.” ( Amosi 8:11-12 )

Kodwa kwabo basabelayo kuYesu nakwizibongozo zikaMama wakhe ngeli xesha, baya kwenza njalo hayi kufuneka ukhangele. Kuba iLizwi liyakubakho in kubo. UKristu uya kuhlala kubo njenge idangatye eliphilayo ngelixa ihlabathi lizamazama ebumnyameni. ^[1]ukufunda Ikhandlela elitshisayo Ngoko musani ukoyika. Kodwa ke, ngeli xesha lokuvavanywa, thembeka, uthobele kwaye uthandaze ngentliziyo yakho yonke. Thandaza ku intliziyo. Thandaza xa kubanda. Thandaza xa yomile. Thandaza xa ungafuni ukuthandaza. Kwaye xa ungalindelanga, uya kuza kuwe athi,

Yabona, yabona, awuzange ube kude kuM...

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