I Ndithanda ukubiza uLent "lixesha lovuyo." Oko kusenokubonakala kungaqhelekanga xa siphawula le mihla ngothuthu, ukuzila ukutya, ukubonakalisa ukukhathazeka kukaYesu, kwaye kunjalo, ukuzincama kwethu kunye nezohlwayo…. hayi “ngePasika” kuphela. Isizathu sesi: okukhona sizikhupha ezintliziyweni zethu “nazo zonke ezo zithixo esizenzileyo (esicinga ukuba ziya kusizisela ulonwabo)… liya lisiba ninzi igumbi likaThixo. Kwaye okukhona uThixo ehlala kum, kokukhona ndiphila… kokukhona ndiya ndifana naYe, onguYolo noLuthando uqobo.
Ngapha koko, uSt. Paul wayephila ngeLent-hayi ngenxa yokuba wayengusomaqhu-kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayejonga yonke enye into elapha emhlabeni nto xa kuthelekiswa nokwazi uYesu.
Zonke izinto ebendizifumana, ndizibalele ekuthini ziyilahleko ngenxa kaKristu. Ngaphezu koko, izinto zonke ndizibalela ekuthini ziyinkxwaleko ngenxa yokwazi ukulunga kwakhe, Ngenxa yakhe ndamkele ukulahleka kwezinto zonke kwaye ndizithatha njengenkunkuma, ukuze ndimzuze uKristu ndize ndifumaneke kuye. KwabaseFilipi 3: 7-8.
Nantsi indlela kaPaul-eyimfihlo yokuya kulonwabo lwenene:
… Ukumazi namandla ovuko lwakhe kunye nokwabelana ngeembandezelo zakhe ngokufaniswa nokufa kwakhe. (iv. 10)
UbuKristu buvakala ngathi buyaphambana. Kodwa obu bubulumko boMnqamlezo obaliwa lihlabathi. Ekufeni kum, ndizifumana; ngokunikezela ukuthanda kwam kuThixo, uya kuzenza kum; ngokwala ukugqitha kwehlabathi, ndizuza ukugqitha kwezulu. Indlela yile ngoMnqamlezo, ngokuzilungisa kumzekelo kaPaul noKristu:
Wazikhupha, wathabatha ubume bekhoboka… wazithoba, waba ngolulamileyo, wada wesa ekufeni, nkqu ukufa emnqamlezweni. KwabaseFilipi 2: 7-8.
Ngoku, ndinokuxelela konke ngokudada. Kodwa ayikude ude ungene emanzini uyakukufumanisa ukuba ndithetha ngantoni. Ke, jongana nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwale Lent kwaye uzijonge phantsi. Kungenxa yokuba, enyanisweni, bona — hayi iLente —bangabona batsala ngokwenene ebomini bakho. Kukunyanzelwa, izihlomelo kunye nezono ezisenza singonwabi. Banikezele ke—guquka, jika kubo — kwaye uzibonele ngokwakho ukuba iLent iya kuba lixesha lolonwabo lokwenene njani.
Ngaba ufuna ukwenza into eyahlukileyo ngeLente?
Kunyaka ophelileyo, ndenze usuku olungamashumi amane UkuHamba kweLenten, Gcwalisa ngesandi kwabo bafuna ukumamela ezimotweni zabo okanye ekhaya. Ayibizi nepeni. Kukubuyela umva malunga nokuzikhupha ukuze uzaliswe nguThixo kwaye unyuke uye kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zolonwabo kunye naye. Ukubuyela umva kuqala Apha Usuku 1. Zonke ezinye iintsuku zingafumaneka kolu luhlu: UkuHamba kweLenten (ngenxa yokuba izithuba zidwelisiwe ngokokugqibela, vele ubuyele kumangenelo angaphambili ukuya kwiSuku 2, njl.
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