IN Usuku lwesi-3, sikhulume ngalo Umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ngathi, kodwa kuthiwani ngomfanekiso wethu kaNkulunkulu? Kusukela ekuweni kuka-Adamu kanye no-Eva, umfanekiso wethu kaBaba usuhlanekezelwe. Simbuka ngeso lengqondo yemvelo yethu ewile kanye nobudlelwano babantu… futhi nalokho kudinga ukwelapheka.
Ake siqale Egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele, amen.
Woza Moya oNgcwele, futhi ubhoboze ezahlulelweni zami zaKho, zikaNkulunkulu wami. Ngiphe amehlo amasha engingabona ngawo iqiniso loMdali wami. Nginike izindlebe ezintsha ukuze zizwe izwi Lakhe elithambile. Ngiphe inhliziyo yenyama esikhundleni senhliziyo yetshe evame ukwakha udonga phakathi kwami noBaba. Woza Moya oNgcwele: shisa ukumesaba kwami uNkulunkulu; sula izinyembezi zami zokuzizwa ngilahliwe; futhi ungisize ngithembe ukuthi uBaba uhlala ekhona futhi akakude. Ngiyakhuleka ngoJesu Kristu iNkosi yami, amen.
Masiqhubeke nomkhuleko wethu, simema uMoya oNgcwele ukuba agcwalise izinhliziyo zethu...
Woza Moya Ongcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Futhi ushise ukwesaba kwami, futhi usule izinyembezi zami
Futhi ngethemba ukuthi ulapha, Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza Moya oNgcwele
Futhi ushise ukwesaba kwami, futhi usule izinyembezi zami
Futhi ngethemba ukuthi ulapha, Moya oNgcwele
Futhi ushise ukwesaba kwami, futhi usule izinyembezi zami
Futhi ngethemba ukuthi ulapha, Moya oNgcwele
Woza Moya oNgcwele...
-Mark Mallett, ovela Yazisa iNkosi, 2005©
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Njengoba sifika ezinsukwini zokugcina zalokhu kuhoxa, ungathi uyini umfanekiso wakho kaBaba waseZulwini namuhla? Ingabe umbona kakhulu njengesiqu uSt. UPawuli asinika sona: “Abba”, okusho ukuthi “Baba” ngesiHeberu… Ikuphi ukwesaba noma ukungabaza okuqhubekayo onakho ngoBaba, futhi ngani?
Thatha isikhashana kujenali yakho ukuze ubhale phansi imicabango yakho yokuthi umbona kanjani uNkulunkulu uBaba.
Ubufakazi Obuncane
Ngazalwa ngingumKatolika okhulele ebuntwaneni. Kusukela ngisemncane, ngamthanda uJesu. Ngathola injabulo yokuthanda, ukudumisa, kanye nokufunda Ngaye. Ukuphila komkhaya wethu ngokwengxenye enkulu kwakujabulisa futhi kugcwele uhleko. O, saba nezimpi zethu… kodwa futhi besazi ukuthethelela. Safunda indlela yokuthandaza ndawonye. Safunda ukudlala ndawonye. Ngesikhathi ngihamba ekhaya, umndeni wami wawungabangane bami abakhulu, futhi ubuhlobo bami noJesu baqhubeka bukhula. Umhlaba wawubukeka njengomngcele omuhle...
Ehlobo lonyaka wami we-19, ngangiprakthiza umculo weMisa nomngane wami ngesikhathi kukhala ucingo. Ubaba wangicela ukuba ngibuyele ekhaya. Ngambuza ukuthi kungani kodwa wathi, “Woza nje ekhaya.” Ngashayela ekhaya, futhi lapho ngiqala uhambo lwami lokuya emnyango ongemuva, ngaba nalomuzwa wokuthi impilo yami izoshintsha. Lapho ngivula umnyango, umndeni wami umile, wonke ukhala.
"Ini??" Ngibuzile.
“Udadewenu ushone engozini yemoto.”
ULori wayeneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, engumhlengikazi wokuphefumula. Wayemuhle egcwala ikamelo ngohleko. Kwakungu-May 19, 1986. Esikhundleni samazinga okushisa apholile avamile azungeze ama-degree angu-20, kwakuyisiphepho esishisayo. Wadlula i-snowplow emgwaqeni onguthelawayeka ebangela ukumhlophe, wabe esewela umzila wangena elolini elizayo. Abahlengikazi nodokotela, ozakwabo, bazama ukumsindisa - kodwa akwenzekanga.
Udadewethu okuwukuphela kwakhe wayengasekho… umhlaba omuhle engangiwakhile wawa. Ngangididekile futhi ngithukile. Ngikhule ngibuka abazali bami bepha abampofu, bevakashela abantu abadala, besiza amadoda ejele, besiza abesifazane abakhulelwe, besungula iqembu lentsha… futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, sithande thina zingane ngothando olujulile. Futhi manje, uNkulunkulu wayebize indodakazi yabo ekhaya.
Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi, lapho ngigone ingane yami yokuqala yentombazane, ngangivame ukucabanga ngabazali bami bephethe uLori. Ngahluleka ukuzibamba kodwa ngazibuza ukuthi kwakuyoba nzima kangakanani ukulahlekelwa lokhu kuphila okuncane okuyigugu. Ngahlala phansi ngolunye usuku, futhi ngafaka leyo micabango emculweni...
Ngiyakuthanda mntwana
Ngehora lesine ekuseni lapho indodakazi yami izalwa
Uthinte okuthile okujulile kimi
Ngangimangele ngempilo entsha engayibona futhi mina
Ame lapho ngakhala
Yebo, wathinta okuthize ngaphakathi
Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Uyinyama yami neyami
Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Njengoba uzohamba, ngizokuthanda kanjalo
Kuyahlekisa ukuthi isikhathi singakushiya kanjani ngemuva,
Njalo usohambeni
Ubeneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, manje akasabonwa
Endlini yethu encane ethule
Ngezinye izikhathi ngizizwa ngingedwa
Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Uyinyama yami neyami
Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Njengoba uzohamba, ngizokuthanda kanjalo
Ngezinye izikhathi ehlobo, iqabunga liyawa ngokushesha
Kudala ngaphambi kokuba iqhakaze ngokugcwele
Ngakho-ke nsuku zonke manje, ngiyakhothama futhi ngiyakhuleka:
“Nkosi, bamba intombazanyana yami namuhla,
Uma umbona, tshela ubaba wakhe ukuthi: "
“Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Uyinyama yami neyami
Ngiyakuthanda baby, ngiyakuthanda baby
Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi uhlale wazi,
Sengathi iNkosi Enhle ingakutshela kanjalo
Ngiyakuthanda mntwana"
-Mark Mallett, ovela Abasengozini, 2013©
UNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu - Angiyena
Lapho ngiba neminyaka engama-35, umngane wami othandekayo nomeluleki wami, umama, washona ngenxa yomdlavuza. Ngaphinde ngasala ngiqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu, kanti angiyena.
Yeka ukuthi aziphenyeki kanjani izahlulelo Zakhe nezindlela zakhe ezingaphenyeki! “Ngokuba ngubani owazi umqondo weNkosi, noma ngubani oke waba ngumeluleki wayo na? Noma ubani omnike isipho ukuze abuyiselwe?” ( Roma 11:33-35 )
Ngamanye amazwi, ingabe uNkulunkulu usikweleta okuthile? Akuyena owaqala ukuhlupheka emhlabeni wethu. Wapha isintu isipho sokungafi emhlabeni omuhle, kanye nemvelo engamthanda futhi imazi, nazo zonke izipho eza nalokho. Ngokuhlubuka kwethu, ukufa kwangena emhlabeni kanye nomhosha ongenasiphelo phakathi kwethu nobuNkulunkulu okuwuNkulunkulu kuphela ongawugcwalisa, futhi owawugcwalisa. Akuthina yini esinesikweletu sothando nokubonga okufanele sisikhokhe?
Akuyena uBaba kodwa inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela okufanele siyesabe!
Kufanele bakhononde ngani abaphilayo? ngezono zabo! Masiphenye, sihlole izindlela zethu, sibuyele kuJehova; ( IsiLilo 3:39-40 )
Ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu akuzange kususe ukuhlupheka nokufa kodwa kwakunikeza injongo. Manje, ukuhlupheka kungasicwenga futhi ukufa kuba umnyango oya phakade.
Ukugula kuba yindlela yokuguqula... (Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, n. 1502)
IVangeli likaJohane lithi: “UNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangangokuba waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze wonke umuntu okholwa yiyo angabhubhi kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.”[1]John 3: 16 Alisho ukuthi noma ubani okholwa Kuye uyoba nempilo ephelele. Noma impilo engenazinkathazo. Noma ukuphila okuphumelelayo. Ithembisa ukuphila okuphakade. Ukuhlupheka, ukubola, usizi… lokhu manje sekuphenduka ukudla uNkulunkulu avuthisa ngakho, aqinise, futhi ekugcineni asihlanzele inkazimulo yaphakade.
Siyazi ukuthi konke kusebenzelana kube ngokuhle kwabamthandayo uNkulunkulu, ababizwe ngokwecebo lakhe. ( Roma 8:28 )
Akahluphi ngokuzithandela noma alethe usizi kubantu. (IsiLilo 3:33)
Eqinisweni, ngangiphathe iNkosi njengomshini othengisayo: uma umuntu eziphatha kahle, enza izinto ezifanele, eya eMiseni, athandaze… konke kuzohamba kahle. Kodwa uma lokho bekuyiqiniso, bengingeke yini ngibe nguNkulunkulu futhi kube Nguye owenza lokho my ukubhida?
Umfanekiso wami kaBaba wawudinga ukuphiliswa. Kwaqala ngokuqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthanda wonke umuntu, hhayi “amaKristu alungile” kuphela.
…Wenza ilanga laKhe liphumele ababi nabahle, futhi enze imvula ine phezu kwabalungile nabangalungile. ( Mathewu 5:45 )
Okuhle kuza kubo bonke, kanjalo nokuhlupheka. Kodwa uma simvumela, uNkulunkulu unguMalusi Omuhle ozohamba nathi “esigodini sethunzi lokufa” (cf. AmaHubo 23). Akakususi ukufa, kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba - kodwa uthembisa ukusivikela kukho.
… umelwe ukubusa aze abeke zonke izitha zakhe phansi kwezinyawo zakhe. Isitha sokugcina esiyobhujiswa ukufa. (Funda eyoku-1 Korinte 15:25-26.)
Ngosuku olwandulela umngcwabo kadadewethu, umama wahlala emaphethelweni ombhede wami wabuka mina nomfowethu. “Bafana, sinezinto ezimbili esingakhetha kuzo,” esho ngokuthula. “Singasola uNkulunkulu ngalokhu, sithi, ‘Ngemva kwakho konke esikwenzileyo, kungani usiphathe ngale ndlela? Noma,” kuqhubeka umama, “singakwethemba lokho uJesu ulapha nathi manje. Ukuthi Usibambe futhi ekhala kanye nathi, nokuthi Uzosisiza sidlule kulokhu.” Futhi Wakwenza.
Isiphephelo Esithembekile
UJohn Paul II wake wathi:
UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisela injabulo yethu yangempela. ISonto lidinga abangcwele. Bonke babizelwe ebungcweleni, futhi abantu abangcwele kuphela abangavuselela ubuntu. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, iVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit
UPapa Benedict kamuva wengeza,
UKristu akazange athembise ukuphila okulula. Labo abafisa ukunethezeka bashayele inombolo okungeyona. Kunalokho, usibonisa indlela eya ezintweni ezinkulu, ezinhle, eya ekuphileni okuyiqiniso. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe kumaPilgrim aseJalimane, ngomhlaka 25 Ephreli 2005
"Izinto ezinkulu, ezinhle, impilo eyiqiniso" - lokhu kungenzeka ku- phakathi yokuhlupheka, ngenxa yokuthi sinoBaba onothando osisekelayo. Usithumela iNdodana Yakhe ukuthi izosivulela indlela yaseZulwini. Usithumela uMoya ukuze sibe nokuPhila namandla akhe. Futhi uyasilondoloza eqinisweni ukuze sihlale sikhululekile.
Futhi lapho sehluleka? “Uma sizivuma izono zethu, uthembekile, ulungile, futhi uyakuthethelela izono zethu, asihlanze kukho konke ukungalungi.”[2]I-1 John 1: 9 UNkulunkulu akayena umashiqela esimenze waba nguye.
Izenzo zomusa zikaJehova azipheli, ububele bakhe abupheli; bayenziwa batsha ekuseni njalo; ukuthembeka kwakho kukhulu. ( IsiLilo 3:22-23 )
Kuthiwani ngokugula, ukulahlekelwa, ukufa nokuhlupheka? Nasi isithembiso sikaBaba:
“Noma izintaba zinyakaziswa, namagquma esuswa, nokho umusa wami ongaphuthi kini awuyikunyakaziswa, nesivumelwano sami sokuthula ngeke sisuswe,” usho uJehova okuhawukelayo. ( Isaya 54:10 )
Izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu kulempilo akuzona ezokugcina ukunethezeka kwakho kodwa zigcina impilo yakho ukuthula. UFr. UStan Fortuna CFR wayevame ukuthi, “Sonke sizohlupheka. Ungahlupheka kanye noKristu noma uhlupheke ngaphandle Kwakhe. Ngizohlupheka kanye noKristu.”
Lapho uJesu ethandaza kuBaba, wathi:
angiceli ukuba ubakhiphe emhlabeni, kodwa ukuba ubagcine komubi. ( Johane 17:15 )
Ngamanye amazwi, “Angikuceli ukuba ususe ububi bokuhlupheka—iziphambano zabo, ezidingekayo ukuze bahlanzwe. Ngicela ukuthi nizivikele ububi obubi kunabo bonke: inkohliso kasathane eyayizobahlukanisa Nami kuze kube phakade.
Lesi isiphephelo uBaba anelulela sona isikhathi ngasinye. Lawa angamaphiko Elula njengesikhukhukazi, ukuze alondoloze insindiso yakho ukuze umazi futhi umthande uBaba wakho waseZulwini kuze kube phakade.
Esikhundleni sokucasha kuNkulunkulu, qala ukucasha in Yena. Zibone ngeso lengqondo usemathangeni kaBaba, izingalo Zakhe zikugaqele ngenkathi ukhuleka ngaleliculo, futhi uJesu noMoya oNgcwele bekuzungezile ngothando lwabo...
Indawo yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Ukuhlala Kuwe ubuso nobuso
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Ngihaqe Nkosi yami
Ngizungeze, Nkulunkulu wami
O ngizungeze, Jesu
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Ukuhlala Kuwe ubuso nobuso
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Ngihaqe Nkosi yami
Ngizungeze, Nkulunkulu wami
O ngizungeze, Jesu
Ngihaqe Nkosi yami
Ngihaqe, Nkulunkulu wami
O ngizungeze, Jesu
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Ukuhlala Kuwe ubuso nobuso
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
Wena uyisiphephelo sami, uyisiphephelo sami
Ngihlala ebukhoneni bakho
Wena uyindawo yami yokucasha
-Mark Mallett, ovela Yazisa iNkosi, 2005©
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