"Ihobe Loxolo" by Umoya weKrismesi
AS IKrismesi iyasondela, ixesha lokuba iintsapho libumbane lisondela. Kwabanye, kukwathetha ukuba ixesha le ingxaki iyasondela.
UKWALA
Kwiintsapho ezininzi, iyantlukwano neentlungu zinzima kwezi ntsuku. Ndibhalile malunga noku Indoda yeshumi elinesithathu. Kodwa abaninzi bazama ukulungisa obo budlelwane buqhekekileyo ngokuxolela.
Kodwa kuthekani ukuba omnye umntu akaphindisi?
UThixo ubonakalisa ngothando nangokufa kukaYesu ukuba uxolelo aluxhomekekanga komnye, okanye kwenye indlela asabela ngayo okanye amkele uxolelo lwethu. UYesu waxolela iintshaba zakhe emnqamlezweni. Kodwa abanye abayamkelanga ngelo xesha, okanye mhlawumbi, njengoko kuye kwanjalo kwisizukulwana ngasinye. Ngaba iyamkhathaza uThixo? Ewe, kuba uyazibona iintlungu nokubandezeleka kwabantwana bakhe xa sisala uthando lwakhe.
Ngokunjalo nathi siva iintlungu xa abanye besilela ukwamkela isipho soxolelwaniso esiludlulisayo ngokucela uxolo okanye ngokwenza ukulunga komnye. Siva kamnandi umsantsa oshiyekileyo phakathi komphefumlo wethu kunye nowabo. Kodwa akufuneki sizive sinetyala. Siyacelwa ukuba sinike ngaphandle kokulindela ukubuya.Sinoxanduva lokuthobela amazwi eNkosi yethu athi…
… Thanda iintshaba zakho, wenze okulungileyo kwabo bakuthiyileyo, ubasikelele abo bakuqalekisayo, ubathandazele abo bakuphethe kakubi… Yenza kwabanye njengoko ubuya kwenza kubo kuwe. (Luka 6: 27-28, 31)
Ukuba senza oku, siya kuba seluxolweni, nokuba umntu esiphikisana naye usala isipho sothando lwethu.
YINTONI UTHANDO?
Ngelo xesha, kufuneka ube namehlo angaphezu kwendalo. NguThixo is uthando. Ngesenzo sobubele okanye inkonzo, okanye ngokuzama ukuxolelanisa, uyamthanda loo mntu-uthumela imbewu kaThixo entliziyweni yakhe kuba uThixo is uthando.
Ndikhumbula isiganeko esenzeka nomnye umntu endandisebenza naye kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo. Wayekhohlakele, ehlala efumana indlela yokundibeka phantsi. Kodwa bendihlala ndibuya nohlobo oluthile (luvela kwicala laseIreland kum.) Kodwa ngenye imini ndaziva iNkosi isithi ndifuna ukuguquka kwikratshi lam, ndize ndimphendule ngobubele endaweni yoko. Ndenze njalo ke.
Emva kwexesha elithile, waya kusebenza kwenye inkampani. Emva koko ndaye ndagxothwa ixeshana elifutshane emva koko ndagqibela ngokufaka isicelo senkampani yakhe. Xa wandibona ndilindile kwigumbi lokuphumla, ndothuka xa bonke befika bencumile kwaye bandanga! Ndaye ndaqonda ke… ngekhe silibone ngelo xesha okanye siluvune uthando esilutyalayo. Kodwa xa sithanda umntu ngokungathandekiyo, ubabalo olungaphezu kwendalo luphuma luye kuloo mntu; UThixo ngokwakhe ubakho. Ukuba siyanyamezela kolo thando, kwaye silunyanzelisa ngomonde ngemithandazo yethu, emva koko omnye umntu unokulufumana olo thando, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngendlela enamandla kwaye ephilisayo.
Ke xa ugoduka ngale Krisimesi, yiba ubuso bothando kumalungu osapho lwakho, ngakumbi abo ukhe wahlukaniswa nabo. Ncuma, ubamamele, ubakhonze etafileni, ubaphathe ngokungathi bangoKristu… nkqu noKristu ezifihlile.
