ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
ngolwesiThathu weveki yesihlanu yeLente, nge-25 kaMatshi ka-2015
Imbeko ye-Annunciation yeNkosi
Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha
ku Isibhengezo NguNicolas Poussin (1657)
TO Qonda ikamva leCawa, ungakhangeli ngaphezulu kweNtombikazi enguMariya.
ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
kaMatshi 10, 2014
NgoMvulo weVeki yokuQala yeLente
Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha
I Rhoqo uve abantu besithi, “Owu ungcwele ngcwele,” okanye “Ungcwele ngcwele.” Kodwa sithetha ngantoni? Ububele babo? Umgangatho wobulali, ukuthobeka, ukuthula? Ingqondo yobukho bukaThixo? Buyintoni ubungcwele?
Intombazana encinci iyatshayela, IVilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916)
NDINGU Ukuqikelela ukuba uninzi lwabafundi bam baziva bengengcwele. Obo bungcwele, ubungcwele, enyanisweni yinto engenakwenzeka kobu bomi. Sithi, “Ndibuthathaka kakhulu, ndona kakhulu, ndibuthathaka ukuba ndingaze ndiphakame ndiye kufika kumalungisa.” Sifunda iZibhalo ngolu hlobo lulandelayo, kwaye siziva ukuba zibhalwe kwiplanethi eyahlukileyo:
… Njengokuba lowo unibizayo engcwele, yibani ngcwele nani ngokwenu kuyo yonke ihambo, kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Yibani ngcwele, ngokuba ndingcwele mna (1 Pet. 1: 15-16)
Okanye indalo eyahlukileyo:
Ngoko yibani ngabafezekileyo, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile. (Mat. 5:48)
Akunakwenzeka? Ngaba uThixo angasibuza — hayi, umyalelo thina-ukuba yinto esingenako ukuyenza? Ewe ewe, kuyinyani, asinakuba ngcwele ngaphandle kwakhe, Lowo ungumthombo wabo bonke ubungcwele. UYesu wayengenangqondo:
Mna ndingumdiliya, nina ningamasebe. Lowo uhleli kum, ndibe mna ndihleli kuye, yena uthwala isiqhamo esininzi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwam aninakwenza nto. (UYohane 15: 5)
Inyani yile-kwaye uSathana unqwenela ukuyigcina ikude kuwe-ubungcwele abunakwenzeka kuphela, kodwa bunokwenzeka ngoku.
NGOBA ingaba uThixo uyandivumela ndibandezeleke ngoluhlobo? Kutheni le nto kukho imiqobo emininzi kangaka kulonwabo kunye nokukhula ebungcweleni? Kutheni ubomi bumele ukuba buhlungu kangaka? Kuvakala ngathi ndihamba ndisuka entlanjeni ndiye entlanjeni (nangona ndiyazi ukuba kukho iincopho eziphakathi). Kutheni, Thixo?
