EWEEli lixesha lokuba ulinde kwaye uthandaze IBastion. Ukulinda lelona candelo linzima, ngakumbi xa kubonakala ngathi sikwiincopho yenguqu enkulu… Kodwa ixesha yinto yonke. Izilingo zokukhawulezisa uThixo, ukubuza ukulibaziseka kwakhe, ukubuthandabuza ubukho baKhe-ziyakomelela njengokuba sifikelela nzulu kwiintsuku zotshintsho.
INkosi ayisilibazisi isithembiso sayo, njengoko abanye becinga "ukulibaziseka," kodwa iyanyamezela kuni, ingathandi ukuba kutshabalale nabani na kodwa bonke bafikelele enguqukweni. (2 Pet 3: 9)
Ngaba oku kulinda akuyonxalenye yokusulungekiswa kwemiphefumlo yethu? Kuko kanye kanye oku "kulibaziseka" okusikhokelela ekunikezeleni, ukushiya ngakumbi nangakumbi ukuthanda kukaThixo okuyimfihlakalo. Xa ufunda ukuzincama kuye yonke into, ngoko uya kulufumana uvuyo olufihlakeleyo emhlabeni: Ukuthanda kukaThixo kukutya kwethu. Ndiya kusidla, nokuba simnandi, nokuba simuncu, kuba siya kuhlala sikokona kutya kokomoya kum. Nokuba uthi yiya ekhohlo okanye uye ekunene okanye uye phambili okanye uvele uhlale phantsi, akukhathaliseki—intando yaKhe ifunyanwa kuyo, kwaye oko kwanele.
Abanye benu bandibuza malunga "neendawo zokuhlala ezingcwele," okanye ukuba kufuneka ufudukele esixekweni, okanye uphume esixekweni, okanye uthenge umhlaba, okanye uphume kwigridi njl njl. Kwaye impendulo yam yile: Eyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo ekuthandeni kukaThixo. Ke ukuba Ufuna ube kwisiXeko saseNew York, kulapho kufuneka ube khona. Kwaye ukuba awuqinisekanga ngento Ayicela kuwe, kwaye awunaxolo, ngoko sukwenzanto. Thandaza, usithi, Nkosi, ndifuna ukukulandela, nokuba yintoni na othe wayicela kum, ndoyenza. Kodwa andazi ukuba kuyintoni na namhlanje ukuthanda kwakho. Ukuba uthandaza ngolu hlobo, ukuba uvulekile kwaye uthobile kwintando yakhe engcwele, akukho nto unokoyika. Awuyi kuphoswa yiloo nto uThixo anenjongo ngayo kuwe, okanye ubuncinci, umnika imvume yokwenza nantoni na ayifunayo. Khumbula,
Zonke izinto zisebenzela ukulungelwa kwabo bamthandayo uThixo, ababiziweyo ngokwenjongo yakhe. (Roma 8:28)
Hayi indlela ekunzima ngayo kuthi ukwamkela ixesha lakhe! Hayi indlela inyama yethu eyoyisakala ngayo kubumnyama obunzulu ukholo olumele lungene kubo! Siba nokungazinzi xa i-ajenda kaThixo ingeyiyo into we ungenza ukuba we bebephethe. Kodwa usijonge ngenyameko ngothando kwaye uthi kuthi namhlanje:
NDINGU.
Oko kukuthi, ulapho, kanye ecaleni kwakho. Akakulibalanga, iimfuno zakho, umsebenzi wakho, kunye necebo Lakhe lehlabathi. Akakho ndawo "ngaphandle," kodwa apha, ngoku, ngoku.
NDINGU.
MAMELA UBAWO OYINGCWELE
Emva kokuthumela Icandelo I kwaye II of Ukuya kwiBastion, ndadibana nala mazwi avela kuBawo Oyingcwele. Mazibe sisiqinisekiso sento uThixo ayicelayo kum nawe ngeli xesha langoku utshintsho...
Ixesha langoku lithuba lokumamela kwakhona ngobulula, ubunyulu bentliziyo nokunyaniseka kwindlela uKristu asikhumbuza ngayo ukuba asingobakhonzi kodwa singabahlobo. Usiyalela ukuze sihlale eluthandweni lwakhe ngaphandle kokubumbela izigidimi zeli hlabathi. Masingabi zizithulu kwiLizwi lakhe. Masifunde kuye. Masixelise indlela yakhe yokuphila. Masibe ngabahlwayeli beLizwi. Ngale ndlela, ngabo bonke ubomi bethu, ngovuyo lokwazi ukuba siyathandwa nguYesu, esinokumbiza ngokuba ngumzalwana, siya kuba zizixhobo ezisebenzayo kuye zokuqhubeka nokutsalela wonke umntu kuye ngenceba equkuqela emnqamlezweni wakhe… -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Umyalezo oya kwiNkongolo yesiThathu yobuMishinari baseMelika, Agasti 14, 2008; I-Arhente yeNdaba yamaKatolika
