Intliziyo Engcwele kaYesu nguMichael D. O'Brien
NDINE Ndonganyelwe linani elikhulu leemeyile kule veki iphelileyo zivela kubabingeleli, abadikoni, abantu abangafundanga, amaKatolika, kunye namaProtestanti ngokufanayo, kwaye phantse zonke zingqina ingqiqo "yesiprofetho"Amaxilongo Esilumkiso!"
Ndifumene enye ngokuhlwanje kumfazi oshukumayo kwaye oyikayo. Ndifuna ukuphendula le leta apha, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba uzakuthatha umzuzwana ukuyifunda le nto. Ndiyathemba ukuba izakugcina imbono ibhalansi, kunye neentliziyo kwindawo elungileyo…
Marko othandekayo,
Ndicinga ukuba ndichithe iminyaka emininzi ndizithuthuzela kwaye ndizixelela ngalo THIXO UNOTHANDO, onenceba nolonwabo, kwaye ndiqhula ngeenzame “zokujika okanye zitshise” zabavangeli… Andazi ngokwaneleyo malunga noopopu. kwaye abangcwele babhale, kodwa xa ndiwaqwalasela la mazwi [esiprofeto], isuke ibangele uloyiko entliziyweni yam, kwaye ndicinga ukuba uThixo akangoThixo woloyiko.
Umfundi othandekayo,
Qiniseka ukuba, uThixo akangoThixo woloyiko. Yena is uThixo wothando, inceba, nemfesane.
Ukhankanye kamva kwileta yakho ukuba xa abantwana bakho bedlamkile, bengayi kuphulaphula, kwaye bebuhlungu kwi-butt, ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka ubaqeqeshe. Ngaba oku kukwenza ube ngumama woloyiko? Kum ingathi ungumama wothando. Ngoko, ngaba sinokumvumela uThixo ukuba asithande nathi xa singekho emgceni, size singavumi ukuphulaphula? Enyanisweni, uPawulos oNgcwele uthetha ngokuqinileyo ngothando lukaThixo-ngoqeqesho:
INkosi iyamqeqesha lowo imthandayo, ibaqeqeshe bonke oonyana ebamkelayo. (IsiHebhere 12: 8)
Asizizo iinkedama. UThixo uyakhathala!
Indikhumbuza ibali endaliva kumfundisi endimaziyo owayephethe ikhaya labakwishumi elivisayo abaneengxaki. Ngenye imini, inkwenkwe eyayingxwelerheke kakhulu yagqabhuka yathi, “Akwaba utata ngewayendibethe Kanye. Ubuncinane ngendazile ukuba undikhathalele!”
UThixo uyakhathala. Unenkathalo yokuba ikamva labantwana bethu, njengoko ulichaza, alimnandanga, kwaye liyoyikeka. Ndiba nexhala mihla le xa abantwana bam besiya esitophini. Andikwazi ukuzibamba. Uthando lulimaza intliziyo!
Ngokunjalo, intliziyo kaThixo ilimala ngoku, kwaye ngenxa yesizathu esilungileyo-izizathu endizibhale ngazo kwincwadi "Amaxilongo Esilumkiso!Ngubani onokuma ngelithi uluntu lubonakala ngathi isihogo sizimisele ukuzitshabalalisa, enoba kungenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu, imbubhiso yenyukliya, okanye ukuwohloka koluntu ngokubanzi kulwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo? Kutheni abantu becaphuka kangaka xa besiva ilizwi lesiprofeto likaThixo onothando lisithi Yena uya kusenokufuneka sisishukume kancinane ukuze sibuyele ezingqondweni, kutheni le nto ingavisisani kangaka noThixo?
Akunjalo, njengoko sisazi ngokweSibhalo ngokwaso. Kuphela nje esi sizukulwana besixakeke kakhulu sigalela phantsi uThixo wenyaniso, kangangokuba asisamazi ukuba ungubani na. Simdale ngokutsha ngokomfanekiselo wethu: Akasenguye uThixo wothando, ngoku unguThixo “wobubele,” uThixo onyamezela yonke into esiyenzayo, nokuba iyasibulala.
Hayi. UnguThixo we uthando-kwaye uthando luhlala luxelela iqiniso. Abantu abaqondi ukuba, eneneni, ukususela ngowe-1917 xa iNtombi Enyulu enguMariya yabonakala eFatima, uThixo ebelumkisa uluntu ukuba ikhondo labo langoku liya kukhokelela kwintshabalalo yalo ngesandla salo. Oko kwenzeka kwiminyaka engama-89 eyadlulayo! Ngaba oko kuvakala njengoThixo “okhawulezayo ukucaphuka nozeka kade ukuba nenceba”—okanye ngenye indlela, njengoko sifunda eZibhalweni?
INkosi ayilibali idinga layo, njengoko abanye becinga "ukulibazisa," kodwa inomonde kuni, inganqweneli ukuba kutshabalale nabani na kodwa ukuba bonke beze enguqukweni. (2 Peter 3: 9)
Into endicinga ukuba ayinampilo kukuva imiyalezo "yesiprofeto" inikwa, kwaye ngequbuliso uvalo. Ngubani owaziyo ukuba ezi zinto ziya kuthabatha ixesha elingakanani ukwenzeka? Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sivuleleke ekubeni inguquko esuka entliziyweni yomphefumlo omnye inokwanela ukuba uThixo athathe eminye iminyaka embalwa okanye ngaphezulu kwizinto. Abo bamisela imihla, ndiyakholwa, ngokwenene bayayibekela umda iNkosi.
Pha is imvakalelo yongxamiseko yokuguquka. Kodwa siya kuba senza kakuhle ukuthobela oko nakwesiphi na isizukulwana. Akazange na uPawulos athi, “Namhlanje yimini yosindiso”? Kufuneka sikulungele rhoqo. Ke, imiyalezo yekamva kufuneka isebenze ukwenza into enye: sibuyisele kulo mzuzu wangoku, siphila kuwo ngomoya wokuthemba, wokuzinikela, nethemba.
Namhlanje, bendiye kwiMisa yakusasa, kwaye ndonwabele uvuyo lukaYesu lokuza kuhlala kum. Emva koko ndachitha ixesha kumthandazo wakusasa, owawuqukumbela ngokufunda kwam izinto zokomoya. Hayi, yayingeyoncwadi kaHal Lindsay. Endaweni yoko, bendicamngca ngeenyanga ezininzi ngencwadi, Umthendeleko woMzuzu wangoku nguJean Pierre de Caussade. Kumalunga nokuphila kweli xesha langoku, silahliwe ngokupheleleyo ekuthandeni kukaThixo, esikunikwe ngomzuzu ngamnye. Imalunga nokuba ngumntwana omncinane kaThixo.
Emva koko ndachitha inxalenye yasemva kwemini ndinxibe njengeqhawe, ndileqa umntwana wam oneminyaka emibini ubudala ekhitshini ngekrele leplastiki. Ndatyelela umhlobo kwikhaya lomnye umntu omdala kunye noonyana bam, emva koko ndaya epakini kwipikiniki nosapho lwam. Yayiyimini entle leyo, igqitywe kukutshona kwelanga okuqaqambileyo.
Ngaba ndikhe ndacinga ngala mazwi "esiprofeto" endiwabhalileyo? Ewe. Kwaye iingcinga zam zithi, “Nkosi, yikhawulezise imini yokubuya kwakho, ukuze ndikubone ubuso ngobuso. Ndize ndizise imiphefumlo emininzi kunye nam kangangoko ndinako.
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