Xa Sithandabuza

 

SHE wandijonga ngathi ndiyaphambana. Njengokuba bendithetha kwinkomfa yakutshanje malunga nomsebenzi weCawe wokuvangela kunye namandla eVangeli, umfazi ohleli kufutshane ngasemva wayenembonakalo yobuso bakhe. Ngamanye amaxesha wayehlebeza ngokuhlekisa kudade wabo owayehleli ecaleni kwakhe aze abuye eze kum enamehlo. Kwakunzima ukungazi. Kodwa emva koko, kwakunzima ukungayiqapheli intetho yodadewabo, eyahluke kwaphela; Amehlo akhe athethe ngomphefumlo ohlola, kodwa ke akuqinisekanga.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, emva kwemini Umbuzo kunye nempendulo Waphakamisa isandla udade owayezigqogqa. Senza ntoni xa sinamathandabuzo ngoThixo, enoba ukho nokuba ezi zinto ziyinyani kusini na?” Ezi zilandelayo zezinye zezinto endimxelele zona…

 

Inxeba lokuqala

Kuqhelekile ukuthandabuza, kunjalo (njengokuba oku kuqhelekile kwindalo yoluntu ewileyo). KwanabaPostile ababonayo, bahamba, basebenza noYesu balithandabuza iLizwi laKhe; Bakungqina oko abafazi, ukuba ingcwaba alinamntu, bathandabuza; xa uTomas waxelelwa ukuba uYesu wabonakala kwabanye abapostile, wathandabuza (bona iVangeli yanamhlanje). UTomas akazange akholelwe de abeke iminwe yakhe kumanxeba kaKristu. 

Ngoko, ndambuza, “Kutheni uYesu engabonakali nje kwakhona emhlabeni ukuze wonke umntu ambone? Ngoko sinokukholwa sonke, akunjalo? Impendulo kukuba Yena sele uyenzile loo nto. Wahamba phakathi kwethu, waphilisa abagulayo, wavula amehlo eemfama, iindlebe zezithulu, wazolisa izaqhwithi zabo, wandisa ukutya kwazo, wavusa abafileyo—saza ke sambethelela emnqamlezweni. Kwaye ukuba uYesu ebenokuhamba phakathi kwethu namhlanje, besiya kumbethelela emnqamlezweni kwakhona. Ngoba? Ngenxa yenxeba lika isono sokuqala entliziyweni yomntu. Isono sokuqala yayikukutya isiqhamo somthi; hayi, ngaphambi koko, yayisisono ukungathembi. Ukuba emva kwako konke oko uThixo wayekwenzile, uAdam noEva abazange balithembe iLizwi Lakhe baza bakholelwa kubuxoki bokuba mhlawumbi, nabo, babenokuba ngoothixo.”

“Ngoko,” ndaqhubeka, “kungoko sisindiswa ‘ngokholo’ ( Efe 2:8 ). Kuphela ukholo unokusibuyisela kwakhona UThixo, kwaye oku, kwakhona, sisipho sobabalo nothando lwakhe. Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ukuba linzulu kangakanani inxeba lesono sokuqala entliziyweni yomntu, jonga eMnqamlezweni. Apho uyakubona ukuba uThixo ngokwakhe kwafuneka abandezeleke aze afe ukuze alungise eli nxeba likhoyo aze asixolelanise naye. Ngamanye amazwi, le meko yokungathembani ezintliziyweni zethu, eli nxeba, yinto enkulu.”

 

USIKELELO, ABABONIYO

Ewe, ngamaxesha athile, uThixo uzityhila kwabanye, njengoko wenzayo kuTomas Ongcwele, ukuze bakholwe. Yaye le “miqondiso nezimanga” ikwangumqondiso kuthi. Ngoxa wayesentolongweni, uYohane uMbhaptizi wathumela umyalezo kuYesu ebuza, “Wena ungulowo uzayo na, silinde omnye, sini na? UYesu waphendula wathi:

Hambani niye kumbikela uYohane izinto enizivayo nenizibonileyo: iimfama zibuya zibone, iziqhwala ziyahamba, abaneqhenqa bayahlanjululwa, nezithulu ziyeva, abafileyo bayavuswa, namahlwempu ayazishunyayezwa iindaba ezilungileyo. Unoyolo lowo ungakhubekiyo kum. ( Mateyu 11:3-6 )

Lawo ngamazwi anengqiqo. Kuba bangaphi abantu namhlanje abayikhubekisayo ngokwenene ingcamango yalo mmangaliso? KwanamaKatolika, anxilile ngokungathi a umoya wokuqiqa, kunzima ukwamkela intaphane “yemiqondiso nezimanga” ezikwilifa lethu lobuKatolika. Ezi zinto zenzelwe ukusikhumbuza ukuba uThixo ukho. Ndathi kuye: “Ngokomzekelo, imimangaliso emininzi yoMthendeleko ihlabathi, elingenakuchazwa. Zibubungqina obucacileyo bokuba uYesu wayethetha oko wakuthethayo: “Ndim isonka sobomi; inyama yam ikukudla, inyaniso, negazi lesona siselo. Lowo uyidlayo eyam inyama, alisele elam igazi, uhleli kum, nam ndihleli kuye. [1]Yohane 6:48, 55-56

“Thatha ngokomzekelo ummangaliso waseArgentina apho umkhosi waguquka ngequbuliso waba yinyama. Xa zaphononongwa zizazinzulu ezithathu, enye eyayingakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, zafumanisa ukuba kunjalo intliziyo ithishu—i-ventricle yasekhohlo, ukuba ichane—inxalenye yentliziyo empompa igazi kuwo wonke umzimba ukuze iphile. Okwesibini, i-forensics yabo yafumanisa ukuba umntu wayeyindoda ehlushwa ngokugqithiseleyo kunye ne-asphyxiation (esisiphumo esiqhelekileyo sokubethelwa). Ekugqibeleni, bafumanisa ukuba udidi lwegazi (AB) lwalufana neminye imimangaliso yoMthendeleko eyayisenzeka kwiinkulungwane ezadlulayo yaye, eneneni, iiseli zegazi zazisaphila xa kwakuthatyathwa isampuli.”[2]cf. Umthembasbd.org

Ndongezelela ndathi: “Kukho imizimba yeengcwele ezingenakonakala kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Abanye babo babonakala ngathi basandul’ ukubiwa bubuthongo. Kodwa ukuba ushiya ubisi okanye ihamburger kwikhawuntara kangangeentsuku ezimbalwa, kwenzeka ntoni? ” Kwenyuka intsini kwisihlwele. “Kaloku, xa sitheth’ inyani, amaKomanisi angakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo nawo ‘ayengenakonakala’: uStalin. Babeza kumkhupha ngevili kwibhokisi yeglasi ukuze abantu abaninzi banqule umzimba wakhe eMoscow Square. Kodwa ke, kwakuza kufuneka bambuyisele ngaphakathi emva kwexesha elifutshane ngenxa yokuba inyama yakhe yayiza kuqala ukunyibilika phezu kwayo nje imichiza epholileyo egalelwe kuye. Kwelinye icala, iingcwele zamaKatolika ezingenakonakala—njengeSt. Ngummangaliso ongenangcaciso ngawo inzululwazi… kwaye, asikakholelwa?”

Uye wandijonga endijongile.

 

UKUHLANGABEZANA NOYESU

“Nangona kunjalo,” ndongezelela, “uYesu wathi, emva kokunyukela kwakhe eZulwini, asisayi kuphinda simbone.[3]cf. Yohane 20:17; IZenzo 1:9 Ngoko ke, uThixo esimnqulayo, okokuqala nje, usixelela ukuba asisayi kumbona njengoko sibonana kwindlela eqhelekileyo yobomi. Kodwa, Yena ntoni sixelele ukuba singamazi njani na. Kwaye oku kubaluleke kakhulu. Kuba ukuba sifuna ukwazi ukuba uThixo ukho, ukuba sifuna ukuva ubukho bakhe nothando lwakhe, ngoko kufuneka size kuye. ngokwemiqathango Yakhe, ingeyiyo eyethu. UnguThixo, emva koko, kwaye asiyiyo. Kwaye yintoni imimiselo Yakhe? Tyhila kwincwadi yoBulumko:

…mfuneni ngentliziyo egqibeleleyo; ngokuba efunyanwa ngabo bangamlingiyo, aze azibonakalalise kwabangakholwayo. ( Ubulumko bukaSolomon 1: 1-2 )

“UThixo uzibonakalisa kwabo beza kuYe ngokholo. Nam ndimi phambi kwenu ukuba ndingqine ukuba yinyani; ukuba nawona maxesha amnyama ebomini bam, xa ndandicinga ukuba uThixo ukude ngesigidi seemayile, isenzo esincinane sokholo, intshukumo eya ngakuYe...
indlela eya kwiindibano ezinamandla nezingalindelekanga zobukho baKhe.” Eneneni, uthini uYesu ngabo bakholwayo kuye bengamboni ngokoqobo?

Banoyolo abo bangabonanga, bakholwa; ( Yohane 20:29 )

“Ke thina asifanele kumlinga, oko kukuthi, sibe nekratshi. Ngaphandle kokuba anijika nibe njengabantwana; UYesu wathi, 'Aniyi kungena ebukumkanini bamazulu.' [4]I-Matt 18: 3 Kunoko, iNdumiso ithi, 'Intliziyo etyumkileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela.' [5]INdumiso 51: 19 Ukucela uThixo ukuba azivelise kwakhona njengentsholongwane kwisitya sepetri, okanye ukumkhwaza ukuze abonakale njengesiporho esizifihle emva komthi kukumcela ukuba enze izinto ezingaqhelekanga. Ukuba ufuna ubungqina boThixo weBhayibhile, musa ukubuza ubungqina boThixo ongekho eBhayibhileni. Kodwa yiza kuye ngethemba uthi, “Kulungile Thixo, ndiya kulilandela ilizwi lakho ukholo, nangona ndingeva kwanto…” Linyathelo lokuqala elo lokuya kuQoqosho naye. Iimvakalelo ziya kuza, amava aya kuza—ahlala ekwenza oko, yaye abe nawo kumakhulu ezigidi zabantu—kodwa ngexesha likaThixo nangendlela Yakhe, njengoko ebona kufanelekile.” 

“Okwakalokunje, sinokusebenzisa isizathu sethu ukufumanisa ukuba imvelaphi yendalo iphela yayivela kuMntu ongaphandle kwayo; ukuba kukho imiqondiso encamisayo, njengemiqondiso kwanabangcwele abangenakonakala, abangenakuchazwa; nokuba abo baphila ngokuvisisana noko kwafundiswa nguYesu, ngokwezibalo, ngabona bantu bonwabileyo emhlabeni.” Noko ke, ezi zizisa kuthi ukuba ukholo; aziyithathi ndawo. 

Nditsho, ndamjonga emehlweni, ebethambile ngoku, ndathi, “Ngaphezu kwako konke, ungayithandabuzi loo nto. uyathandwa. "

 

My umntwana,
zonke izono zakho aziyenzanga kabuhlungu Intliziyo yam
njengoko ukusilela kwakho ngoku kukuthemba,
ukuba emva kwemigudu emininzi kangaka yothando nenceba yam,
kufuneka usakuthandabuza ukulunga kwam.
 

—UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 1486

 

 

ILizwi ngoku yinkonzo yexesha elizeleyo leyo
iyaqhubeka ngenkxaso yakho.
Usikelele, kwaye enkosi. 

 

Ukuhamba noMark kwi The Ngoku iLizwi,
cofa kwibhena engezantsi ukuya rhuma.
I-imeyile yakho ayizokwabelwana naye nabani na.

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Imihlathi

Imihlathi
1 Yohane 6:48, 55-56
2 cf. Umthembasbd.org
3 cf. Yohane 20:17; IZenzo 1:9
4 I-Matt 18: 3
5 INdumiso 51: 19
exhonyiweyo EKHAYA, UKUTSHINTSHWA NGOKOYIKA.