Ngexesha kunye neziphazamiso

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OF Ewe, omnye wemiqobo emikhulu kunye nokubonakala ngathi kukungavisisani phakathi kobomi bangaphakathi kunye neemfuno zangaphandle zobizo lomntu, ngu ixesha. “Andinaxesha lokuthandaza! Ndingumama! Andinaxesha! Ndisebenza imini yonke! Ndingumfundi! Ndiyahamba! Ndiqhuba inkampani! Ndingumfundisi weparishi enkulu… Andinaxesha!"

Ubhishophu wakha wathi kum wonke umfundisi amaziyo oshiye ububingeleli, unabo Ekuqaleni washiya ubomi bakhe bomthandazo. Ixesha luthando, yaye xa siyeka ukuthandaza, siqalisa ukuvala “isivalo” soMoya Oyingcwele esiphemba amadangatye othando lukaThixo nommelwane. Emva koko uthando olusezintliziyweni zethu luqala ukuphola, kwaye siqala ukuhla okubuhlungu ukuya kwiplanethi yasemhlabeni yeenkanuko zehlabathi kunye neminqweno egqithiseleyo. Njengoko uYesu watshoyo,

Baliva ilizwi, lithi ke ixhala leli hlabathi, nokuthabatheka bubutyebi, nokunxanela ezinye izinto, kuya liminxe ilizwi, lingavelisi siqhamo. ( Marko 4:18-19 )

Ke ngoko, kufuneka sisixhathise esi sihendo hayi ukuthandaza. Kwangaxeshanye, ixesha esilichitha emthandazweni lifanele lihambelane nemeko yethu yobomi. Apha, iSt. Francis de Sales inikezela ngobulumko obungaphelelwa lixesha:

Xa uThixo wadala umhlaba wayalela umthi ngamnye ukuba uvelise iziqhamo ngohlobo lwawo; kananjalo ubiza amaKristu — imithi ephilayo yeCawe Yakhe — ukuba ivelise iziqhamo zokuzinikela, elowo ngohlobo lwakhe nobizo lwakhe. Umsebenzi ohlukileyo wokuzinikela uyafuneka kulowo nalowo-obekekileyo, ingcibi, isicaka, inkosana, intombi kunye nenkosikazi; kwaye nangaphezulu isenzo esinjalo kufuneka silungiswe ngokwamandla, ngobizo, kunye noxanduva lomntu ngamnye. Ndiyakubuza, mntwana wam, ngaba kufanelekile ukuba uBhishophu afune ukukhokela ubomi bodwa beCarthusian? Kwaye ukuba utata wosapho ebengenanto yokwenza ikamva njengeCapuchin, ukuba ingcibi ichithe imini ecaweni njengeNkolo, ukuba iNkolo ibandakanyeka kuzo zonke iindlela zeshishini kummelwane wayo njengoBhishophu kubizelwe ukuba kwenziwe, ngaba ukuzinikela okunjalo ngekhe kube yinto ehlekisayo, engalawulekiyo, nenganyamezelekiyo? -Intshayelelo kubomi bokuzinikela, Icandelo I, Ch. 3, iphe. 10

Umalathisi wam wokomoya wakha wathi kum, “Into engcwele ayisoloko ingcwele kuwe.” Ngokwenene, eyona ndlela inye yenyaniso nengenasiphako yobungcwele intando kaThixo. Yiyo loo nto kufuneka sikulumkele ukufumana, ngoncedo lukaThixo, indlela yethu ekhethekileyo le Indlela xa kufikwa kubomi bangaphakathi. Sifanele sixelise isidima sabaNgcwele; kodwa xa kufika akho ubomi bomthandazo, landela uMoya oyiNgcwele oya kukukhokelela ezantsi kweyona ndlela ifaneleka kakhulu kwimeko yakho yangoku yobomi.

Kule nkalo, sihlangabezana njani neziphazamiso kunye neziphazamiso Ngaphakathi ixesha lomthandazo likabani, ngokukodwa njengabazali abanabantwana abancinane, okanye xa kukhala umnxeba, okanye kuvela umntu emnyango? Kwakhona, landela umendo ongenakuphoswa wentando kaThixo, umsebenzi welo xesha, “umthetho wothando.” Oko kukuthi, landela UYesu.

…warhoxa… enqanaweni waya kwindawo engasese eyedwa. Zakuva ke oko izihlwele, zamlandela ngeenyawo, zivela ezidolophini. Uthe ke ephuma elunxwemeni, wabona indimbane enkulu; wasikwa yimfesane ngabo, wayiphilisa imilwelwe yabo. ( Mateyu 14:13-14 )

Kakade ke, sifanele senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuze sikhethe ixesha esithanda kakhulu ngalo hayi uphazamiseke.

Ukhetho lwexesha kunye nobude bomthandazo luvela kwintando eqinisekileyo, etyhila iimfihlelo zentliziyo. Ubani akenzi umthandazo wocamngca kuphela xa enexesha: ubani uzenzela ixesha leNkosi, ezimisele ngokunganikezeli, nokuba zeziphi na izilingo nokoma anokujamelana nako. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2710

Xa sisodwa noThixo, kufuneka sigcine iziphazamiso ezifana neeselfowuni, i-imeyile, umabonakude, unomathotholo, njalo njalo. Kodwa ukuba i-diaper ifuna ukutshintshwa, okanye ukuba iqabane lakho libiza uncedo, okanye umhlobo unkqonkqoza emnyango efuna ukuthetha, ngoko qaphela ubuso bukaYesu kubo, esiza kuwe ngokufihla ubuhlwempu bomnye, intswelo yomnye. Isisa ngalo mzuzu siya kunceda kuphela ukonyusa iLanga loThando entliziyweni yakho, ungaligxothi. Kwaye ke, ukuba kunokwenzeka, buyela kwakhona emthandazweni wakho kwaye uwugqibe.

Ngaba akuthuthuzeli ukwazi ukuba noYesu waphazanyiswa ngabanye? Xa kufikelelwa kubunzima emthandazweni, thina baye yiNkosi eqonda konke.

Ngokuba kuvavanywa yena neembandezelo zakhe, unako ukubanceda abo bahendwayo. (Heb 2:18)

Kakade ke, eyona nkalo inzima okanye ibuhlungu yomthandazo kukuthandaza ngengqondo iziphazamiso ezisihlaselayo njengoko sizama ukuthandaza, enoba ngasese okanye kuMthendeleko. Ezi zisenokuba yimbonakaliso yeminqweno yethu, okanye izilingo ezivela kumandla obumnyama. Indlela yokujongana nabo rhoqo ukujongana nabo kwaphela.

Ubunzima besiqhelo emthandazweni sisiphazamiso… Ukuzingela ukuzingela iziphazamiso kuya kuba kukuwela kumgibe wazo, xa okufunekayo kukubuyela ezintliziyweni zethu: kuba isiphazamiso siyasityhilela oko sinamathele kuko, kwaye oku kuzithoba. ukuqonda phambi kweNkosi kufanele kuvuselele uthando lwethu olukhethekileyo kuye kwaye isikhokelele ngokuzimisela ukuba sinikele kuye iintliziyo zethu ukuba zihlanjululwe. Apho kulele idabi, ukhetho lwenkosi ekufanele ikhonze. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2729

Nasi isitshixo: kuyenzeka ukuba sithandaze, naxa siphakathi kweziphazamiso, kuba indawo yethu “efihlakeleyo” yokuhlangana neNkosi isezinzulwini zentliziyo. Bayeke bankqonkqoze emnyango… ungavuli. Kuyenzeka, kwakhona, “ukuthandaza rhoqo”, naxa singenako ukuthandaza sodwa, ngokwenza umsebenzi welo xesha—nezona zinto zincinane—ngothando olukhulu. Emva koko umsebenzi wakho uba ngumthandazo. Umkhonzi kaThixo uCatherine Doherty wathi kubazali ngokukodwa, 

Khumbula ukuba xa usenza umsebenzi welo xesha, wenzela uKristu into. Umenzela ikhaya, kwindawo apho usapho lwakho luhlala khona. Uyamondla xa usondla usapho lwakho. Uzihlamba iimpahla zaKhe xa uhlamba iimpahla zazo. Umnceda ngeendlela ezilikhulu njengomzali. Xa lifikile ilixa lokuba uvele phambi koKrestu, aze athi kuwe: “Ndandilambile, naza nandinika ukutya; ndanxanwa, nandiseza; Bendigula naza nandikhathalela.” -Bazali abathandekayo, ukusuka kwikhalenda "yamaxesha obabalo", nge-9 kaMatshi

Oko kukuthi, Angathini ukuba akunanzanga ukuba naye emthandazweni, ekubeni eneneni ubumkhathalele?

Ngoko ke, nokuba imimoya ebandayo yokuphazamiseka ibetha ‘kwibhaloni’ yentliziyo yakho, ayinakukwazi ukungena ngaphakathi, ehlala izolile yaye ishushu—ngaphandle kokuba uyayivumela. Yaye ngaloo ndlela, maxa wambi umthandazo, obonakala uphetshethwa yile mimoya, unokuhlala unesiqhamo ngokugcina “ukukhanya komqhubi” womnqweno kukhanyisiwe, umnqweno wokwenza ukuthanda Kwakhe kuyo yonke into. Ke ngoko, sinokuthi kuThixo:

Ndifuna ukuthandaza ndicamngce, Bawo, kodwa indimbane enkulu isemnyango wentliziyo yam. Ke ngoku, yazi ukuba ndiyakuthanda, kwaye ubeke nje "izonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini" - oko kukuthi, umnqweno wam - kwingobozi yeNtliziyo eNgcwele kaMariya, ukuze uzandise ngokuthanda kwakho.

Umntu akanakuhlala ecamngca, kodwa umntu unokuhlala engena emthandazweni wangaphakathi, ngaphandle kweemeko zempilo, umsebenzi, okanye isimo sengqondo. Intliziyo yindawo yokufuna kunye nokudibana, kwintlupheko naselukholweni. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2710

ISISHWANKATHELO NESIBHALO

Ixesha esilinikela emthandazweni lifanele lilingane nobizo lwethu. Iziphazamiso esizinyamezelayo zisinika ithuba lokubonisa ukuba siyayithanda iNkosi.

Kwaza kwaziswa kuye abantwana, ukuze abeke izandla phezu kwabo, athandaze; Abafundi bazikhalimela iindimbane; Uthe ke uYesu, Bavumeleni abantwana beze kum, ningabaleli; kuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo banjalo. Wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo, wemka. ( Mateyu 19:13-14 )