I-Rijks Museum, e-Amsterdam, ngo-1630
KUPHELA umfundi:
Empilweni yami yokuthandaza nokuthandazela izinto eziqondile, ikakhulukazi ukusebenzisa kabi komyeni wami izithombe zobulili ezingcolile kanye nazo zonke izinto eziwumphumela walokhu kuhlukumeza, njengesizungu, ukungathembeki, ukungathembani, ukuhlukaniswa, ukwesaba njll. UJesu ungitshela ukuthi ngigcwale injabulo futhi ngijabule. ukubonga. Ngithola ukuthi uNkulunkulu usivumela imithwalo eminingi kangaka ekuphileni ukuze imiphefumulo yethu ihlanzwe futhi ipheleliswe. Ufuna sifunde ukuqaphela ukona kwethu kanye nokuzithanda kwethu futhi siqaphele ukuthi akukho esingakwenza ngaphandle Kwakhe, kodwa futhi ungitshela ngokuqondile ukuthi ngikuthwale injabulo. Lokhu kubonakala kungibalekela… Angazi ukuthi ngingajabula kanjani phakathi nobuhlungu bami. Ngithola ukuthi lobu buhlungu kuyithuba elivela kuNkulunkulu kodwa angiqondi ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela lolu hlobo lobubi emzini wami futhi ngilindeleke kanjani ukuba ngijabule ngakho? Ulokhu ethi angikhuleke, ngibonge futhi ngijabule futhi ngihleke! Noma yimiphi imicabango?
Mfundi othandekayo. uJesu is iqiniso. Akasoze ngakho-ke asicele ukuthi sihlale emangeni. Akasoze afuna ukuthi "sibonge futhi sijabule futhi sihleke" ngento ebuhlungu njengokulutheka komyeni wakho. Futhi akalindele ukuthi umuntu ahleke lapho othandekayo efa, noma elahlekelwa yindlu yakhe emlilweni, noma edilizwa umsebenzi. AmaVangeli awakhulumi ngeNkosi ehleka noma emamatheka phakathi Nothando Lwakhe. Kunalokho, balandisa indlela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyakhuthazelela ngayo isifo esingavamile esibizwa ngokuthi i-hoematidrosis lapho, ngenxa yobuhlungu obukhulu obungokwengqondo, ama-capillaries egazi aqhuma, futhi amahlule egazi alandelayo abe esesuswa ebusweni besikhumba ngomjuluko, avele njengamathonsi egazi ( Luka 22:44 ).
Ngakho-ke, lezi ziqephu zemiBhalo zisho ukuthini:
Jabulani eNkosini njalonjalo. ngiyakuphinda ngithi: thokozani! ( Fil 4:4 )
kukho konke bongani, ngokuba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu ngani. ( 1 Thesalonika 5:18 )
ENKOSINI
UPawuli oNgcwele akasho ukuthi jabulela izimo zakho ngayinye se, kunalokho, “jabulani eNkosini." Okungukuthi, jabulela ukwazi ukuthi uyakuthanda ngokungenamibandela, ukuthi okwenzeka ekuphileni kwakho kuvunyelwe "intando kaNkulunkulu ngawe kuKristu Jesu," nokuthi "izinhlupheko zalesi sikhathi azifani neze." ngenkazimulo ezokwambulwa ngenxa yethu” (Roma 8:18).). UPawuli oNgcwele ukhuluma ngokujabula “esithombeni esikhulu,” futhi isithombe esikhulu esokuPhila Kwenyama—isipho sikaJesu emhlabeni owalahleka olwandle. Uyitheku eliphephile elisinika isiphephelo, incazelo, nenjongo. Ngaphandle Kwakhe, ukuphila kuwukuqongelela okungenanjongo nokungahleliwe kwezenzo ezigcina ngokuthula kwethuna. Ngaye, ngisho nokuhlupheka kwami okungenangqondo nokungaqondakali kunencazelo ngoba ubona zonke izinyembezi zami, futhi uyozivuza lapho lokhu kuphila okufushane sekuphelile.
Konke okunye kuzodlula futhi kuzosuswa kithi, kodwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu lingunaphakade futhi linikeza incazelo emsebenzini wethu wansuku zonke. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, KuMarta noMariya, Julayi 18th, 2010, I-Zenit.org
Ngakho-ke, injabulo ngalo mqondo ayiwona umzwelo; akuwona umboniso ofana nokuhleka ngempoqo, ukuphaphama, noma ukushesha lapho ubhekene nezilingo. Kuyi-a isithelo sikaMoya oNgcwele azalwe kusukela ithemba. Empilweni kaKristu kanye nasemazwini, Wasinika ukholo; ekufeni Kwakhe, Wasinika ukuthanda; futhi ekuVukeni Kwakhe wasinika ithemba -nethemba lokuthi ukufa nesono akuyena umnqobi wokugcina. Ukuthi ukukhishwa kwezisu, izithombe zobulili ezingcolile, isehlukaniso, impi, ukuhlukana, ubumpofu, nazo zonke izinkinga zezenhlalo ezibangela ukuhlupheka kwanamuhla, azinalo izwi lokugcina. Injabulo-ke ingane yalelithemba. Kuyinjabulo ethwelwe emaphikweni ombono waphezulu.
Emithandazweni yeBandla, siyafunda:
Nkosi, khumbula iBandla lakho eliyi- pilgrim. sihlezi sikhala emifuleni yaseBabele. Ungasivumeli ukuba sidonseleke ekusingatheni kwezwe elidlulayo, kodwa usikhulule kubo bonke ububi futhi uphakamise imicabango yethu eJerusalema lasezulwini.. -Umbhalo wamahora, IHubo-umthandazo, Umq. II, p. 1182
Lapho siphakamisela imicabango yethu eZulwini, ngempela sithola injabulo, nakuba kungase kucashe futhi kuthule, kufihlwe enhliziyweni njengoba ngokuvamile kwakunjalo injabulo kaMama Obusisiwe. Ku-Knights of Columbus, sinesiqubulo sesiLatini:
I-Tempus fugit, i-memento mori .
"Isikhathi siyahamba, khumbula ukufa." Ukuphila ngalendlela, ukukhumbula ukuthi ingcebo yethu yezinto ezibonakalayo, imisebenzi yethu, isimo sethu, impilo yethu—kanye nokuhlupheka kwethu—kudlula, futhi kudlula ngokushesha, kusisiza ukuba sigcine umbono waphezulu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, sifana naleyo lapho,
...imbewu ehlwanyelwe emeveni yilowo olizwayo izwi, kepha ukukhathazeka kwezwe nengcebo yengcebo kuminyanisa izwi, lingatheli. ( Mathewu 13:22 )
Isithelo, njenge injabulo. Nakulokhu, isingenile Umthandazo lapho lesi sithelo sitholwa futhi siphinde satholwa...
NGIYATHANDWA
Namuhla, ngaphambi kokuba ngihlale phansi ukuze nginibhalele, ngiguqe phambi kweTabernakele ebandleni. Ngimi phezu kwalasha wosizi kanye nokona kwami, ngabheka phezulu kuMnqamlezo. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngabona khona futhi ukuthi angilahlwa. Ngingaba kanjani? Lapha ngangiguqe phambi Kwakhe, ngicela intethelelo Yakhe, futhi ngizimisele ukuqala phansi, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lesi yisikhathi sesigidi sokuqala phansi. Wayengakwenza kanjani Yena, ubani ngafa ukuze ngithethelelwe, ukwenqaba inhliziyo eqotho nezisolayo (bheka iHubo 51:19)? Nakuba izithiyo kanye nezilingo ezangenza ngalahlekelwa ukubekezela zisekhona, kwakungaphakathi emphefumulweni wami injabulo enokuthula nekhona manje. Kwakuyinjabulo ukuthi ngiyathandwa, ukuthi ngithethelelwe, ukuthi isandla Sakhe sizivumele lezi zinto, ngakho-ke, kwanele kimi ukwazi.
Izilingo zami zisekhona. Kodwa ngiyathandwa. Ngingabonga kuzo zonke izimo ngoba ngiyathandwa, futhi ubengeke avumele ngisho nokuhlupheka kwami uma bekungayalelwanga ngokuzuzisa umphefumulo wami nabanye.
UNENKAKHA
Futhi ngenxa yokuthi sithandwa uNkulunkulu, unendaba nemininingwane. UPawulu oNgcwele uthi “thokozani eNkosini,” kodwa-ke...
…INkosi is eduze. Ningakhathazeki ngalutho, kepha kukho konke izicelo zenu mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu ngokukhuleka nokunxusa kanye nokubonga. ( Fil 4:5-6 )
U-St. Peter uyabhala,
Phonsa zonke izinkathazo zakho kuye ngoba uyakukhathalela. (1 Pet. 5: 7)
INkosi iyakuzwa ukukhala kwabampofu… abampofu ngokomoya, labo abakhala ngobumpofu babo ngokukholwa ukwethemba.
bonke ababiza kimi ngiyakubaphendula; ngiyakuba nabo osizini; ngiyakubakhulula, ngibanike udumo. ( IHubo 91:15 )
Kuyisithembiso esingokomoya. Lapho udadewethu eshona engozini yemoto lapho ngineminyaka engu-19 ubudala, isithelo senjabulo sabonakala siwela esihlahleni senhliziyo yami. Ngingajabula kanjani uma ngingaphinde ngimbone udadewethu kule mpilo? “Angangikhulula” kanjani kulolu sizi?
Impendulo ithi, ekugcineni, ngomusa Wakhe, ngabiza Yena kunokuba ngiphuze utshwala, ubulili, noma ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo ukuze ngiqede usizi lwami. Ngikhumbula udadewethu kuze kube namuhla… kodwa uJehova uyinjabulo yami ngoba mina ngethemba ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngimbone futhi, kodwa ngizombona bheka iNkosi eyangithanda kuqala. Ukufa kukadadewethu, ubuthakathaka bempilo, ukudlula kwazo zonke izinto, ukungabi nalutho kwesono... lezi zimo zabhekana nami ngisemncane kakhulu, futhi iqiniso lakhona lalima inhlabathi yenhliziyo yami ukuze injabulo—injabulo yeqiniso—ibe khona. azalwe ethembeni.
Ngakho kanjani wena ujabule kulesi simo samanje sokulahlwa njengoba ubuka ukufa okungokomoya komyeni wakho kanye nokuwohloka okudabukisayo kwezifungo zakhe zomshado njengoba ebonakala ethathwa imisinga yaseBabiloni?
Ngasemifuleni yaseBabele sahlala khona, sakhala, sikhumbula iSiyoni…. Besingahlabelela kanjani ingoma kaJehova…? ( IHubo 137:1, 4 )
Impendulo iwukuthi, ngalo mzuzu, ubizwa futhi ku-a umbono waphezulu. Isono asiyona intando kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa futhi angenza zonke izinto zisebenzele okuhle kulabo abamthandayo. Ungase ubizwe, njengoJesu, ukuba unikele ngokuphila kwakho ngenxa yomyeni wakho, ukugcwaliseka okungokoqobo kwezifungo zakho kuye. Kanjalo, udinga ukubona ukuthi ukubaluleka komphefumulo womyeni wakho kukudlula kude ukuhlupheka kwalokhu kuphila kwamanje. Injabulo ingazalwa ngethemba lokuthi ukuhlupheka kwakho ngeke kuphela kuphele ngentokozo engachazeki, kodwa umphefumulo womyeni wakho ungase ukhululwe phakade ngomnikelo ongokomoya womkhuleko nokumnxusela (lokho akusho ukuthi kufanele uzifake engozini noma uzibeke engozini abanye abaseduze kwakho. wena, noma ukuthi kufanele uhlukunyezwe wena.)
Injabulo kulezi zimo yisithelo sikaMoya oNgcwele, esizalwa ethembeni, futhi sitholakala ku intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngifuna ukubhala ngalokhu ngokulandelayo—intando kaNkulunkulu. Izincwadi zami ezintathu zokugcina zonke beziwukulungiselela. Okwamanje, ngithandazela wena nomyeni wakho ukuba yena—kanye nezigidi zamadoda anjengaye—bakhululwe osizini olubhubhisayo lwezithombe ezingcolile zobulili ezibhidliza buthule imikhaya nemishado emhlabeni wonke.
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