Isithombe ngu-Eve Anderson
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 1, 2007.
KUKHONA into efanayo minyaka yonke. Sibheka emuva ngesikhathi se-Advent ne-Christmas futhi sizwa iminjunju yokuzisola: “Angizange ngithandaze sengathi ngizo... ngidle kakhulu… Bengifuna ukuthi lo nyaka ube okhethekile…ngiphuthelwe elinye ithuba.”
NgoNkulunkulu, wonke umzuzu uwumzuzu wokuqala futhi. - UCatherine Doherty
Sibheka emuva ezinqumweni zoNyaka Omusha zangonyaka odlule, futhi siyabona ukuthi asizigcinanga. Ukuthi izethembiso zephuliwe futhi izinhloso ezinhle zilokhu zinjalo.
NgoNkulunkulu, wonke umzuzu uwumzuzu wokuqala futhi.
Asithandazanga ngokwanele, senze izenzo ezinhle ebesiya kuzo, siphenduke njengoba bekufanele, sibe yilo muntu ebesifuna ukuba nguye.
NgoNkulunkulu, wonke umzuzu uwumzuzu wokuqala futhi.
UMHLABILI WABAZALWANE
Ngemva kwalezo zigigaba zecala nokumangalelwa ngokuvamile kuvame izwi “lommangaleli wabazalwane” (IsAm. 12: 10). Yebo, sehlulekile; yiqiniso: Ngiyisoni esidinga uMsindisi. Kodwa lapho uMoya elahla, kuba khona ubumnandi kuwo; ukukhanya, kanye nomoya omusha oholela umuntu ngqo ngaphakathi umfudlana woMusa kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa uSathane uyeza ukuzochoboza. Uyeza ukuzosiminzisa ekulahlweni.
Kodwa ikhona indlela yokushaya udeveli emdlalweni wakhe—zikhathi zonke. Isihluthulelo sokunqoba siboshelwe egameni elilodwa, futhi makube yisinqumo sethu salo nyaka omusha:
ukuthobeka
Lapho ubhekene nehlazo lokuba nephutha, zithobe phambi kukaNkulunkulu uthi, “Yebo, ngikwenzile lokhu. Yimi okumele ngiziphendule.”
O Nkulunkulu, umhlatshelo wami umoya odabukile; inhliziyo edabukile futhi ithobekile, Nkulunkulu, awuyikulahla. (IHubo 51)
Lapho ukhubeka futhi uwela esonweni wawucabanga ukuthi ungaphezu kwamandla akho, zithobe phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso lokuthi ungubani ngempela.
Lo nguyena engimkholisayo: indoda ephansi nephukile othuthumela ngezwi lami. (Isaya 66: 2)
Lapho usunqume ukuguquka, futhi ngemva kwesikhashana ubuyela esonweni esifanayo, zithobe phambi kukaNkulunkulu udalule Kuye ukungakwazi kwakho ukuguquka.
Ngihlala phezulu, ebungcweleni, nabanomoya ochotshoziweyo nodangeleyo. ( Isaya 57:15 )
Uma uzizwa ugajwe yingcindezelo, isilingo, ubumnyama, necala, khumbula ukuthi iNkosi yezela abagulayo, ifuna imvu elahlekile, ayizanga ukuzoyilahla, ifana nawe ngayo yonke indlela, ngaphandle kokuthi isono. Khumbula ukuthi indlela eya kuYe iyindlela asitshengisa yona:
ukuthobeka
Impela uyisihlangu sabo bonke abamenza isiphephelo sabo. ( IHubo 18:XNUMX )
INDABA YOKHOLO
NgoNkulunkulu, wonke umzuzu uwumzuzu wokuqala futhi.
Ukuthobeka kuyindaba yokholo… indaba yokwethemba, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzongithanda naphezu kokwehluleka kwami ukuba ngcwele. Futhi hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa lokho UNkulunkulu uzongilungisa; ukuthi angeke angishiye kimi futhi uzongiphilisa futhi angibuyisele.
ukunqoba okunqoba izwe kuwukukholwa kwethu. ( 1 Johane 5:4 )
Abafowethu nodadewethu—Uzokwenza. Kodwa munye kuphela umnyango walokhu kuphulukiswa nomusa engiwaziyo:
ukuthobeka
Uma ukwamukela lokhu, isisekelo sabo bonke ubuhle, khona-ke awuthinteki. Ngoba lapho uSathane efika ezokuwisa, uzobona ukuthi usuvele ukhothame phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakho.
Futhi uyobaleka.
Melana noSathane, khona uyakukubalekela. (Jakobe 4: 7)
Noma ubani oziphakamisayo uyothotshiswa; kodwa loba ngubani ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa. ( Mathewu 23:12 )
Ubungcwele bukhula ngamandla okuguquka, ukuphenduka, ukuzimisela ukuqala kabusha, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke amandla okubuyisana nokuthethelela. Futhi sonke singayifunda lendlela yobungcwele. -UPAPA BENEDICT XVI, Vatican City, January 31st, 2007
