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UYesu Udibana noVeronicaNguMichael D. O'Brien

IT kwakuyihotele enengxolo. Bendisitya i-lousy take-out, ndibukele umabonakude ococekileyo. Ndiye ndayicima, ndabeka ukutya ngaphandle komnyango, ndachopha ebhedini yam. Ndiqale ukucinga ngomama onentliziyo eyaphukileyo ndathandaza naye emva kwekhonsathi yam kubusuku obungaphambili…

USIZI

Intombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-18 ubudala yayisandul’ ukusweleka, yaye lo mama wema phambi kwam ephelelwe lithemba. Phambi kokuba asweleke, intombi yakhe yayikrwelele amazwi kwibhayibhile yayo aphuma kwincwadi kaYeremiya:

Ngokuba ndizazi kakuhle iingcinga endizicingayo ngani, utsho uYehova; uceba ukuninika ithemba elizeleyo kwixesha elizayo. ( 29:11 )

“Ayethetha ukuthini la mazwi xa intombi yam yahluthwa ikamva layo ngequbuliso?” wacenga. “Kwakutheni ukuze azive enqwenela ukukrwelela umgca ngaphantsi abo amazwi?” Ndingakhange ndicinge nokucinga, kwadlula la mazwi emilebeni yam: “Ngenxa yokuba loo mazwi ayekrwelelwe umgca ngaphantsi nina. "

Wawa phantsi elila; yayingumzuzu onamandla, umzuzu wethemba, njengoko ndandiguqe ndilila kunye naye.

INDLELA YETHEMBA

Ukukhumbula loo mava ngequbuliso kwandivulela iZibhalo. Ndaqalisa ukubona indlela esinokulufumana ngayo ubabalo nokuphiliswa kwenxeba elinokubangelwa kukufa komntu esimthandayo (okanye enye intlungu enzulu); inokufunyanwa aende indlela enqumla eGolgotha.

UYesu kwafuneka abandezeleke. Kwakufuneka adlule kwiNtlambo yethunzi lokufa. Kodwa yayingekokunikela kuphela iDini loMzimba neGazi lakhe ngenxa yezono zethu, kodwa sibonise indlela, indlela eya Ukuphiliswa. Ithetha ukuthini le nto kukuba, ngokulandela umzekelo kaYesu wokuthamba nokulahla ukuthanda kukaBawo xa oko kuthetha ukubethelelwa kwentliziyo ngandlela ithile, kuya kukhokelela ekufeni kobuntu bethu obudala. kwaye eluvukweni lweSiqu seNyaniso, lowo wenziwa ngokomfanekiselo Wakhe. Yiloo nto kanye ethethwa nguPetros xa esithi:Naphiliswa ngemivumbo yakhe" ^[1]cf. 1 Pet 2: 24 Ukuphiliswa nobabalo luza xa simlandela, hayi kwindlela ebanzi nelula, kodwa eyona ndlela inzima, edidayo, engaqondakaliyo, enesithukuthezi, nelusizi.

Sihendelwa ekubeni sikukholelwe oko, ngenxa yokuba uYesu wayenguThixo, intlungu yakhe yayifana nempepho. Kodwa oku kububuxoki ngokupheleleyo. Wabandezeleka kakhulu zonke iimvakalelo zomntu. Ngoko xa sihendelwa ukuba sithi, “Thixo, undisukela ngani na?”, Uphendula ngokukubonisa amanxeba akhe—amanxeba akhe anzulu. Kwaye ke, amazwi kaPawulos oNgcwele athwele, kum ubuncinane, intuthuzelo enamandla:

Asinambingeleli mkhulu ungenako ukuvelana nobuthathaka bethu, kodwa lowo wavavanywayo ngandlela zonke, kodwa engenasono. . . ivavanyiwe. ( Heb 4:15, 2:18 )

Akapheleli nje ekusiboniseni amanxeba akhe, uhlabela mgama athi, “ndikunye nawe. Ndiya kuba nawe kude kube sekupheleni, Mntwana wam." ^[2]cf. Mat 28:20 Ukanti, kwiimvakalelo ezongamileyo zentlungu, eziphantse zibonakale zilucutha ukholo lukabani, kusenokubakho imvakalelo eyoyikekayo yokuba UThixo ukulahlile. Ewe, noYesu uyayazi le mvakalelo:

Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiye ngani na? ( Mateyu 27:46 )

Kwaye ke omnye udanduluka njengomprofeti uIsaya:

Undishiyile uYehova; Inkosi yam indilibele. ( Isaya 49:14 )

Kwaye uya kuphendula:

Unina angalulibala yini na usana lwakhe, Angabi namfesane kumntwana wesizalo sakhe? Nokuba angalibala, soze ndikulibale. Yabona, ndikukrolile ezintendeni zezandla zam; iindonga zakho zihlala ziphambi kwam. ( Isaya 49:15-16 )

Ewe, uyakubona ungqongwe ziindonga zentlungu engathethekiyo. Kodwa Yena uya kuba yintuthuzelo yakho. Uthetha oko, kwaye olu kucamngca lunenjongo yokubonisa indlela acinga ngayo ukwimo yomntu la mazwi ukuze niwazi amandla nentuthuzelo yakhe kwimihla neminyaka ezayo. Inene, noKrestu akazange ashiywe ngaphandle kwemizuzu yokomeleza eyamenza ukuba aqhubeke ade afike eluVukweni. Ngaloo ndlela, uYesu wathi “Ndim iNdlela,” akafanga nje kuphela ukuze asuse izono zethu, kodwa ukuze sibonise indlela yethu inkanuko yakhe ebuhlungu.

Oku kulandelayo ngamathuba obabalo kunye noncedo athe uThixo wasinika lona kwiNdlela ePhilisayo, indlela yothando lwethu. Nganye kwezi zinto ndizifumene ngokwam, ngakumbi ekulahlekelweni ngudade wethu kunye nomama wam ekuphela kwakhe, kwaye ndingatsho ukuba ziyinyani kwaye zinamandla obabalo oluthe lwayiphilisa intliziyo yam kwaye yazalisa kwakhona ngokukhanya kwethemba. Ukufa yimfihlelo; amaxesha amaninzi azikho iimpendulo zokuba "kutheni." Ndisabakhumbula nangoku, ndisakhala ngamaxesha athile. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyakholelwa ukuba le miqondiso ilandelayo, ngelixa ndingaphenduli "kutheni," iya kuphendula umbuzo othi "njani" ... ukuqhubela phambili ngentliziyo egcwele intlungu, isithukuthezi kunye noloyiko.

ISIDYA SOMTHANDAZO

Kwaye kwabonakala kuye isithunywa sivela ezulwini, ukuze simomeleze. ( Luka 22:43 )

Umthandazo, ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye into, unika amandla esiwadingayo ukuze sijongane nenzondelelo yentlungu kunye nokuzila. Umthandazo usidibanisa noYesu umdiliya, owathi, ngaphandle kokuhlala kuye, “asinakwenza nto” ( Yohane 15:5 ). Kodwa ngoYesu, singakwazi:

... gqobhoza nawuphi na umqobo, ngoThixo wam ndingakhwela kulo naluphi na udonga. ( INdumiso 18:30 )

UYesu usibonisa ngowakhe umzekelo eMyezweni indlela yokutsala ubabalo kuhambo olubonakala lungenakwenzeka olungaphambili phezu kweendonga zosizi ezisirhangqileyo…

Umthandazo uhambela kubabalo esilufunayo… -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n.2010

Njengenqaku elisecaleni, kunokuba nzima kakhulu ukuthandaza ekubandezelekeni. Ngexesha elithile xa ndandisentlungwini yaye ndidiniwe, umalathisi wam wokomoya wandixelela ukuba ndiye kuhlala phambi koMthendeleko oNgcwele ndingathethi nto. Yiba nje. Ndiye ndabiwa bubuthongo, ndithe xa ndivuka, umphefumlo wam uhlaziyekile ngendlela engaqondakaliyo. Kwanele ngamanye amaxesha ukuba, njengoMpostile uYohane, abeke nje intloko yakhe esifubeni sikaKrestu athi, “Ndidiniwe ukuthetha, Nkosi. Ndingahlala nawe nje okwethutyana apha?” Kwaye ngeengalo ezikujikelezileyo (nangona ungazi), Uthi,

Yizani kum nonke nina nibulalekayo, nisindwayo ngumthwalo, ndoninika ukuphumla. ( Mateyu 11:28 )

Ukanti, uThixo uyazi ukuba asingowomoya nje kuphela, kodwa singabantu benyama. Kufuneka sive, sichukumise, kwaye sibone uthando lusebenza...

ABATHWELELI OMNQAMLEKO

Athe ke ekuphumeni, adibana nomntu waseKirene, ogama linguSimon; bamcinezela, ukuba awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe. ( Mateyu 27:32 )

UThixo uthumela abantu ebomini bethu abathi ngobukho babo, ububele, ukuhlekisa, ukutya okuphekiweyo, imibingelelo, kunye nexesha, bancede ukuphakamisa umthwalo wentlungu yethu, kwaye basikhumbuza ukuba sisenamandla okuphila. Kufuneka sizigcine zivulekile iintliziyo zethu kwaba bathwali-cross-cross. Isilingo sihlala sizimele kwihlabathi kumyezo wentlungu; ukuzirhangqa ngeendonga ezibandayo kwaye sithintele abanye ukuba bangasondeli kakhulu ukuzama ukuthintela iintliziyo zethu ukuba zingabi nantlungu kwakhona. Kodwa oku kudala indawo entsha yosizi ngokwayo-iindonga ngaphakathi kweendonga. Inokuba yindawo etshabalalisayo yokuzisizela kunokuba ibe yindawo ephilisayo. Hayi, uYesu akazange ahlale eGadini, kodwa waya kwizitrato zekamva lakhe elibuhlungu. Ibiyi Pha ukuba Wenzeka kuSimon. Nathi siya kudibana nee "Simons" ezithunyelwa nguThixo, ngamanye amaxesha ngeyona nto ifihlakeleyo ingenakufane yenzeke, ngamaxesha angalindelekanga.

Ngaloo maxesha, vumela intliziyo yakho ithandeke kwakhona.

UNGAFANELEKANGA

UPontiyo Pilato wajonga kuYesu wathi,

Yenze bubi buni na le ndoda? Ndamfumana engenatyala lokufa… Indimbane yabantu yamlandela uYesu, kuquka nabafazi abaninzi ababemlilela. ( Luka 23:22; 27 )

Ukufa akuyondalo. Yayingeyonxalenye yecebo likaThixo lantlandlolo. Yaziswa ehlabathini ngokuvukela komntu uMdali (Roma 5:12). Ngenxa yoko, ukubandezeleka liqabane ebelingacetywanga kuhambo lomntu. Amazwi kaPilato sikhumbuze ukuba ukubandezeleka kuza zonke, nangona kubonakala ngathi kukungekho sikweni ukulahlekelwa ngumntu omthandayo.

Oku sikubona “kwisihlwele esikhulu,” oko kukuthi, kumxholo weendaba, kumatyathanga omthandazo adluliselwa kwi-intanethi, kwiindibano zesikhumbuzo zikawonke-wonke, kwaye rhoqo, ngokulula, ebusweni babo sidibana nabo. Asisodwa ekubandezelekeni kwethu. Kukho abo basecaleni kwethu, njengabafazi ababesentlungwini baseYerusalem—njengoVeronica—abo bosulayo igazi nokubila emehlweni kaKristu. Ngesenzo sakhe, uYesu waphinda wabona ngokucacileyo. Wajonga emehlweni akhe, wayibona intlungu yayo… usizi lwentombi, eyahlulwe sisono, idinga usindiso. Umbono awawubuyisela kuYesu wamnika amandla kunye nesigqibo esihlaziyiweyo sokunikela ngobomi Bakhe ngenxa yemiphefumlo ebandezelekileyo njengaye kwihlabathi lonke, kwixesha kunye nembali. "UVeronics" onjalo usinceda ukuba sisuse amehlo ethu kuthi, kwaye sincede abo babandezelekileyo, nangona sibuthathaka ngoku.

Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uYise onenceba, noThixo wentuthuzelo yonke, osithuthuzelayo kuyo yonke imbandezelo yethu, ukuze sibe nako ukubathuthuzela abakwinto yonke eyimbandezelo, ngayo intuthuzelo esibathuthuzela ngayo. sithuthuzelwa nguThixo. ( 2 Korinte 1:3-4 )

NDIKHUMBULE

Okuphoxayo kukuba, koku kuzinikela kwethu (xa kuncinane esinokunikela ngako), sifumana amandla amatsha nokucaca, injongo nethemba.

Elinye isela elalibethelelwe ecaleni kweNkosi yethu ladanduluka lisithi,

Yesu, ndikhumbule xa ungena ebukumkanini bakho. (ULuka 23:42)

Ngelo xesha, uYesu umele ukuba wathuthuzeleka kukwazi ukuba uMvuzo wakhe olusizi wawuzuze usindiso lwalo mphefumlo uhlwempuzekileyo. Ngokunjalo nathi, sinokunikela ngokuthanda kwethu usindiso lwabanye. Njengoko iSt.

Ndiyavuya ezintlungwini zam ngenxa yenu, yaye enyameni yam ndiwuzalisa oko kusileleyo kwiimbandezelo zikaKristu, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe, olibandla. ( Kol 1:24 )

Ngale ndlela ke, ukubandezeleka kwethu asiyolahleko, kodwa kuyinzuzo xa kudityaniswe noKrestu. SinguMzimba waKhe, kwaye ke, ngokudibanisa ngabom ukubandezeleka kwethu nokukaYesu, uBawo ufumana idini lethu kumanyano kunye noNyana waKhe. Okumangalisayo kukuba, usizi lwethu nokubandezeleka kwethu kuthabatha ixabiso ledini likaKristu, kwaye “lisetyenziswa” kwimiphefumlo efuna inceba Yakhe. Ngenxa yoko, akukho nanye kwiinyembezi zethu efanele ilahleke. Zibeke kwingobozi yeNtliziyo Engaguqukiyo kaMariya, kwaye mvumele ukuba azise kuYesu, oya kubandisa ngokweemfuno zabanye.

UKUTSALANA

Kwakumi ngasemnqamlezweni kaYesu unina nodade bonina, uMariya umkaKleyopa, noMariya waseMagadala, nomfundi lowo abemthanda. ( Yohane 19:25 )

Ngokufuthi xa kusifa, abantu abaninzi basuka nje bangazi ukuba mabathini okanye bathini kumntu osentlungwini. Ngenxa yoko, bahlala bengathethi kwaye bade bangabikho "ukuze banike indawo." Sinokuziva silahliwe… jnjengoko uYesu washiywa ngabapostile bakhe eGadini. Kodwa phantsi komnqamlezo, sibona ukuba uYesu wayengeyedwanga ngokupheleleyo. Yakhe usapho wayelapho nomnye wabona bahlobo Bakhe abathandayo, uMpostile uYohane. Ngokufuthi, ukuzila sisihlandlo esinokumanyanisa iintsapho ukuze sivelise amandla nomanyano ngoxa sijamelene nokufa. Ubudlelwane obuqhekezwe yiminyaka yobukrakra kunye nokungaxoleli ngamanye amaxesha banethuba lokuphiliswa ngokulahlekelwa ngumntu omthandayo.

UYesu wathetha eseMnqamlezweni:

Bawo, baxolele, abayazi into abayenzayo. (ULuka 23:34)

Ngoxolelo kunye nokuthantamisa, amasapho ethu anokuba ngowona mthombo wethu mkhulu wamandla xa sijongana nawona maxesha ethu obumnyama. Intlekele maxa wambi isenokuphumela kuxolelwaniso—kunye nothando oluhlaziyiweyo nethemba ngekamva.

Ngenceba, uYesu waguqula umthetheli-khulu owambethelela emnqamlezweni…

ITHEMBA LOBUXOKI

Amnika iwayini enemore, akayamkela. ( Marko 15:23 )

Kufuneka siqaphele ukuba, ngeli xesha lokuzila, elinokuthi ngamanye amaxesha lihlale ixesha elide ngokobunzulu, kuya kufika izilingo zokuba amanga intuthuzelo. Ihlabathi liya kuzama ukusinika isiponji esifakwe kwiwayini yeziyobisi, utywala, inikotini, iphonografi, ubudlelwane obungcolileyo, ukutya, umabonwakude ogqithiseleyo-nantoni na yokuphelisa intlungu. Kodwa kanye njengokuba iyeza elalinikelwe kuYesu lalingayi kumthuthumbisa, ngokunjalo nezi zinto zinikela isiqabu sokwexeshana nesibubuxoki. Xa “iyeza” liphela, iintlungu zisekhona, yaye ngokuqhelekileyo ziba nkulu ngenxa yokuba sishiywa sinethemba elincinane xa izicombululo zobuxoki zinyibilika phambi kwethu. Isono asiloncedo lokwenene. Kodwa ukuthobela kuyaphilisa.

UKUNYANISEKA KUTHIXO

Maxa wambi abantu bayoyika ukuthetha noThixo ngokusuka entliziyweni. Kwakhona, uYesu wadanduluka kuYise wathi:

"Eloyi, Eloyi, lama sabhaktani?” Oko kukuthi ngentetho evakalayo, Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiye ngani na? ( Marko 15:34 )

Kulungile ukuba wokwenene noThixo, ukumxelela ukuba uziva ulahliwe; ukutyhila kuye ubunzulu bomsindo nosizi entliziyweni yakho, ukukhala ngokungabi nakuzinceda kwakho… kanye njengokuba uYesu wayengenakuzinceda, izandla neenyawo zakhe zabethelelwa enkuni. Kwaye uThixo, "okuvayo ukukhala kweentsizana" uya kukuva ebuhlwempu bakho. UYesu wathi,

Banoyolo abakhedamileyo; ngokuba baya konwatyiswa bona. ( Mateyu 5:4 )

Baza kuthuthuzelwa njani? Ukuba ababambelele kubukrakra nomsindo wabo kodwa bawukhuphele phambi koThixo (naphambi komhlobo othenjiweyo oya kuphulaphula), baze bazinikele ezingalweni zaKhe, ekuthandeni kwaKhe okufihlakeleyo, bemthemba njengomntwana omncinane. Kanye ngendlela awathi uYesu, emva kokudanduluka ngokunyaniseka eze, wazinikezela kuYise:

Bawo, ndiwunikela ezandleni zakho umoya wam. (ULuka 23:46)

UMPHATHI OTHE CWAKA

UYosefu waseArimati… weza waza ngobukroti waya kuPilato waza wacela umzimba kaYesu… Mna ndiya kucela kuBawo, yaye uya kuninika omnye uMthetheleli ukuba ahlale nani ngamaxesha onke, uMoya wenyaniso… (Marko 15:43; Yohane 14). :16)

Kanye njengokuba uYesu wathunyelwa umthetheleli ukuba athwale umzimba Wakhe awuse kwindawo yawo yokuphumla, ngoko ke, uThixo usithumelela “umncedi othe cwaka,” uMoya oyiNgcwele. Ukuba asizichasi iimpembelelo zoMoya ezisikhokelela ekubeni sithandaze, siye kwiMisa, ukuphepha isihendo… emva koko siya kuthi cwaka, amaxesha amaninzi ngokungabonakali, sithwalwe sisiwe kwindawo yokuphumla apho iintliziyo neengqondo zethu zinokufumana intuthuzelo ekuthuleni. Okanye mhlawumbi iSibhalo, okanye phambi koMthendeleko oSikelelekileyo, oyiNtliziyo kaYesu ebetha kwaye elila kunye nathi kwintlungu yethu:

Nonke nina ninxaniweyo, yizani emanzini! Nina bangenamali, yizani, thengani ingqolowa, nidle; ( Isaya 55:1 )

IGUSHA LOTHANDO NOKUCINGELELA

Babona ke ooMariya waseMagadala, noMariya unina kaYose, apho wayebekwe khona. Yakubon' ukuba idlule isabatha, ooMariya waseMagadala, noMariya unina kaYakobi, noSalome, bathenga ubulawu, ukuba beze bamthambise. ( Marko 15:47–16:1 )

Kanye njengokuba uYesu wacela abafundi bakhe ukuba babukele kwaye bathandaze kunye Naye kuMyezo waseGetsemane, ngokunjalo, kukho abantu abaninzi abasithandazelayo kwintlungu yethu. Qiniseka, njengokuba uYesu wenzayo, ukucela abanye ukuba babe nawe—kungekuphela nje ngelizwi okanye ngobukho—kodwa ngolo thando luzolileyo lwabonwa ngaphandle kwengcwaba, laa mlindo mthandazo.

Umphefumlo wam ubuhlungu, kude kuse ekufeni. hlalani nilindile. ( Marko 14:34 )

Kuba imithandazo yabahlobo neentsapho zenu iya kuviwa kuThixo osoloko echukunyiswa luthando neenyembezi zethu. Ziya kuba njengentlaka yokuqhumisa nemore kuye, eya kuthi yona ithululelwe emphefumlweni wakho ekuthambiseni okuthe cwaka koMoya oyiNgcwele.

Umthandazo welungisa unamandla kakhulu. ( Yakobi 5:16 )

UVUKO

Uvuko lukaYesu lwalungelophanyazo. Bekungasekho nangosuku olulandelayo. Ngokunjalo, nokusa kwethemba kufuneka ngamanye amaxesha kulinde ubusuku bemfihlakalo, ubusuku bentlungu. Kodwa njengokuba uYesu wathunyelwa amaxesha obabalo olwamthwala lwamsa eluVukweni, ngokunjalo nathi—ukuba sigcina iintliziyo zethu zivulekile—siya kufumana amaxesha. yobabalo oluya kusithwala ukuya kwimini entsha. Ngeli xesha, ngakumbi ngobusuku bentlungu, ithemba libonakala likude ukuba alinakwenzeka njengoko iindonga zentlungu zikuvingcela. Ekuphela kwento onokuyenza ngala maxesha kukuhlala uhleli, kwaye ulinde umzuzu olandelayo wobabalo olukhokelela kokulandelayo kunye nelandelayo… kwaye ngaphambi kokuba uyazi, ubunzima bentlungu yakho buya kuqala ukuqengqeleka, kunye nokukhanya kwelizwi. Ukusa okutsha kuya kuqalisa ukukhupha intlungu yakho ngakumbi nangakumbi.

Ndiyazi. Bendikhona ndisengcwabeni.

La maxesha obabalo endiye ndawafumana yayikukudibana okumangalisayo noYesu. Ziindlela Aze ngazo kum endleleni edlula eGolgotha—Lowo wathembisayo ukuba akanakuze asishiye kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha.

UYesu wangena emhlabeni wethu enyameni, wahlala, wasebenza, wahlala phakathi kwethu. Kwaye ke Uza kwakhona ngokuncipha okuqhelekileyo kunye nokuhamba kwexesha, imfihlelo yokuzalwa Kwakhe ebonakala ekutshoneni kwelanga, uncumo lomnye, okanye ilizwi elizolileyo lomfokazi. sisazi ukuba akukho silingo sifikelayo, ukuba uThixo akayi kusinika amandla okunyamezela; ^[3]cf. 1 Kor 10:13 kufuneka, njengoYesu, siwuthabathe uMnqamlezo wethu yonke imihla, siqale ukuhamba ngeNdlela yokuPhilisa, kwaye lindele ubabalo endleleni.

Okokugqibela, khumbula ukuphakamisa amehlo akho kumda wephakade xa zonke iinyembezi ziya komiswa, kwaye lonke usizi luya kufumana impendulo. Xa sigcina isibakala sokuba obu bomi buyaphela yaye sonke siza kufa size sidlule kule Ntlambo Yethunzi, nako oko kuyathuthuzela.