OKWENZEKA ikhephu liwela ngaphandle kwefestile yokubaleka kwam, apha emazantsi eRockies zaseCanada, lo mbhalo usuka ekwindla ka-2008 weza engqondweni. Inkosi inisikelele nonke… ninam entliziyweni yam nasemithandazweni yam.
Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoNovemba 10, 2008
IZIBONELELO ZETHEMBA
Amagqabi onke awile apha kumbindi weKhanada, kwaye ingqele iyaqala ukuluma. Kodwa ndabona into ngolunye usuku endingazange ndayiqaphela ngaphambili ngeli xesha lonyaka: imithi iqala ukwenza amathupha amatsha. Andikwazi kuchaza ukuba kutheni, kodwa ngequbuliso ndagcwaliswa lithemba. Ndabona ukuba imithi yayingafi, kodwa iqala ukuvelisa ubomi kwakhona.
Obo bomi buya kuvela ngaphandle kuka- Winter-Olibazisa ukudubula kwezo buds. Ubusika abubulali, kodwa bunqumamisa ukukhula kwabo.
Kodwa ubusazi ukuba umthi uqhubeka ukhula, nokuba kusebusika?
Ngaphandle kohlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kungekudala, ndadibana nengcali yezolimo yaseMelika eyandibuza malunga nobusika baseCanada. Undixelele ukuba ngoku kuyaziwa ukuba, ebusika, iingcambu zomthi zikhula ngaphezulu kakhulu kunee-horticulturalists ezazikholelwa ngaphambili. Xa wayethetha le nto, ndandisazi nzulu emphefumlweni wam ukuba ndiza kuyiqonda kwinqanaba elitsha ngenye imini.
Kwaye loo mhla ubonakala ngathi ufikile.
IXESHA LOKUDLA
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amane eyadlulayo, ixesha lasentwasahlobo elimangalisayo lafika eCaweni xa uThixo wathulula uMoya oyiNgcwele kwinto eyayisaziwa ngokuba “luhlaziyo olunamandla.” Ivelise ubomi obothusayo njengabefundisi kunye nabantu abaqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo bafumana utshintsho olunzulu nolunzulu ngokugcwaliswa ngokutsha koMoya oyiNgcwele. Oko kwavelisa ukwanda kovangelo, amasebe amatsha naqinileyo eCaweni aqala ukudubula.
Ezi ntyatyambo, okanye iziyunguma, zazityatyamba kwiindawo ezininzi. Izipho zokuprofeta, ukufundisa, ukushumayela, ukuphilisa, iilwimi kunye neminye imiqondiso nemimangaliso zilungiselele ukholo lwabaninzi kwiziqhamo ezizayo. Ewe, iintyatyambo ezintle zaqala ukubuna, amagqabi azo awela emhlabeni. Abanye bathi sisiphelo soVuselelo, kodwa into enkulu iyeza…
IHLOBO
Ngokuvuthwa kwamasebe, iintyatyambo zakhula zaba sisiqhamo esinamandla: into endiyibiza ngokuba “luhlaziyo lwekatekesi.”
AmaKatolika amaninzi ayethanda uYesu, kodwa hayi iCawa yakhe. Yiyo loo nto ke uThixo wathulula umoya wakhe wobulumko, evusa abawexuki abaliqela (okt. Scott Hahn, Patrick Madrid, EWTN, njl. Kuphela zizigidi zamaKatolika aqala ukuthandana neCawe yawo, kodwa amaProtestanti aqala ngokuthontelana esiya “eRoma” kumkhosi ogodukayo. Le ntshukumo eMzimbeni izise isiqhamo esinamandla nesivuthiweyo: abapostile bamile ngokungagungqiyo kwiNyaniso, nakwilitye likaKristu, iBandla.
Kodwa nesi siqhamo kubonakala ngathi besinexesha laso. Sele iqalile ukuwa phantsi, Ukwenza indlela yamahlumela amatsha, ixesha elitsha lasentwasahlobo...
UBusika
Amaxesha okukhula ngokwasemoyeni nangokwasengqondweni eCaweni ngoku anikezela ngokuqhwalela ebusika; Umkhenkce “wokungancedi” xa, ngaphandle kwazo zonke izipho athe wazinikwa kwaye wanikwa, siyakuqonda kwakhona ukuba ngaphandle kukaThixo, asinakwenza nto. Singena kwixesha apho siza kuhluthwa khona yonke into ukuze singabinanto ngaphandle kwakhe; ixesha, xa sifana naLowo ubethelelweyo emnqamlezweni, siyakufumana izandla neenyawo zethu zoluliwe kwaye zingenakuzinceda, sigcina iLizwi lethu elikhwaza lisithi, “ezandleni zakho!” Kodwa ngalamzuzu, ulungiselelo olutsha luzakuvela, luphume, lusuke entliziyweni yeCawe…
Iintyatyambo, amagqabi, iziqhamo… kude nokuhamba, ziguqulwa zangukutya kwabantu Imiphumo ezikhula ngokungapheliyo. Kuyakufika ilixa apho udikidiki engavumelekanga ukuba ixhome ngokungenasiqhamo eMthini. Oku kucoca is Ukhanyiso esondela ngakumbi:
Ndabona xa yalivulayo elesithandathu itywina, kwabakho unyikimo lomhlaba olukhulu; Ilanga lajika laba mnyama njengelaphu elimnyama kwaye inyanga yonke yaba ligazi. Iinkwenkwezi ezisesibhakabhakeni zawela emhlabeni njengamakhiwane angavuthwanga, azanyazanyiswa emithini ngumoya onamandla. (ISityhi. 6: 12-13)
Umoya wotshintsho uvuthuza, kwaye bathathe ukuphola kwe- Winter, ubusika beCawa-Oko kukuthi, ukuthanda kwakhe. Kungekudala iBandla liza kubonakala linjalo kuhluthwe ngokupheleleyo, bade bafe. Kodwa phantsi komhlaba, Uya kukhula esomelela ngokomelela, elungiselela ixesha elitsha lasentwasahlobo neliza kuqhuma likhazimle emhlabeni wonke.
Umthi ukhule kangangeenkulungwane ezininzi, kudlula kumaxesha amaninzi. Kodwa njengoko uPopu John Paul II watsho, ujongene nobusika "bokugqibela", idabi lokugqibela kweli xesha, ubukhulu bomhlaba. Ngexesha elithile ngexesha, elaziwa kuphela nguThixo, uMthi uya kuba sele ufikelele ekupheleleni kokuphakama kwakhe, kwaye ixesha lokugqibela lokuthena liya kungeniswa. UYesu wathetha ngesizukulwana esizayo esiza kuthi sifumane le miqondiso yendalo yonke. Ntshutshiso:
Funda isifundo kumthi womkhiwane. Xa selithe lathamba isebe lawo, lahluma amagqabi, niyazi ukuba likufuphi ihlobo. Kwangokunjalo nani, xa nibona ezi zinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuba ukufuphi, emasangweni. Inene, ndithi kuni, Esi sizukulwana aliyi kudlula zide zenzeke zonke ezi zinto. (UMarko 13: 28-30)
UTSHINTSHO LWAMAXESHA
kuba iminyaka engamashumi amane, UThixo ebelungisa intsalela ukuba ingene kwilizwe ledinga, a Isahluko soxolo.
Njengala makhiwane alungileyo, ndiya kwenjenjalo ukuwahlonela nokuthinjwa akwaYuda. ukutyala, ingekukukuncothula.
(Yeremiya 24: 5-6)
Ke kukho "amakhiwane amabi," abo bathe kule minyaka ingamashumi amane idlulileyo baduka benza amathole egolide entlango yesono. Ngelixa uThixo eqhubeka ebabizela enguqukweni, lifikile ixesha laxa la mazwi oyikekayo eNdumiso 95 eza kuthethwa:
Ndinyamezele iminyaka engamashumi amane eso sizukulwana. Ndathi, Bangabantu abantliziyo zaphambukayo, ezingazaziyo iindlela zam; Njengoko ndafungayo, ndinengqumbo, Ndathi, Unakanye ukuba bokha bangene ekuphumleni kwam!
Xa uYoshuwa wakhokela amaSirayeli ukuya eJordani esiya kwilizwe ledinga, wayalela ababingeleli:
Xa ufikile elunxwemeni lwamanzi aseYordan, uze yima ngxi eYordan. (UYoshuwa 3: 8)
Ixesha lifikile ndiyakholelwa, xa ububingeleli buya "kuma bume" -oko kukuthi, iMisa iya kuba ngathi imisiwe ngobusuku obumnyama ebusika. Kodwa phantsi komhlaba, Iingcambu ziya kuqhubeka zikhula.
… Ababingeleli abathwele ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova bema emhlabeni owomileyo phakathi kweYordan, lwada lwagqitywa lonke uhlanga ukuwela iYordan. (UYoshuwa 3:17)
Intsalela, bonke abo bamiselwe ukuhlala kwiXesha loXolo, baya kudlula. UMama wethu, ngeli xesha, uyakuhlala nolu hlanga "lwesizwe", ngakumbi ababingeleli abathandayo — abo nyana balungiselelwe nguye kanye isandla sakhe abazinikele kuye, iTyeya, equlethe iMithetho Elishumi (iNyaniso), ingqayi yegolide yemana (uMthendeleko), kunye nabasebenzi baka-Aron eyayidubule (uthumo negunya leCawa).
Ewe, abo basebenzi baya kuphinda batyatyambe kwakhona ngenye imini nangona iya kufihlwa ithutyana kwiTyeya. Jonga ke, ngeli xesha lokholo, hayi ebusika nakwintoni na enokuba izisa kuyo, kodwa imidumba yethemba eya kuthi ivuleke xa uNyana evuka ukuze akhanyise kubo ngexesha elitsha, usuku olutsha, ukukhanya okutsha…
...ixesha elitsha lasentwasahlobo.
EZINYE IZIFUNDO:
- Ukuphela kokuwa kufike: Ixesha loTshintsho
- Ixesha loxolo: uqhekeko okanye isiprofeto? Kwiindlela zobuqhetseba kunye neminye imibuzo
