LAPHO izinyathelo eziyisihlanu ezilula zokubuyisana ngokugcwele noNkulunkulu, uBaba wethu. Kepha ngaphambi kokuba ngibahlole, kufanele siqale sibhekane nenye inkinga: isithombe sethu esonakele ngobuyise Bakhe.
Abantu abakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu bathanda ukwenza icala lokuthi uNkulunkulu weTestamente Elidala “ungumuntu ozihlambululayo, onxanelwe igazi, onobandlululo, ozonda abantu bobulili obufanayo, obulala izingane, obulala abantu, obulala abantu, obulala izifo, ononya.”[1]URichard Dawkins, Ukudalwa KukaNkulunkulu Kepha ukufundwa kweTestamente Elidala ngokucophelela, okungelula ngokwedlulele, okulungile ngokwenkolo, nokungakhethi kuveza ukuthi akuyena uNkulunkulu oguqukile, kepha ngumuntu.
U-Adamu no-Eva babengebona nje abaqashi bensimu yase-Edene. Kunalokho, zombili zazingezinto ezibonakalayo futhi osebenzisana ngokomoya kwezenzweni zokudala eziqhubekayo zomhlaba.
U-Adam wakhombisa umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu emandleni akhe okutshala zonke izinto ngokukhanya kwaphezulu nangempilo yobunkulunkulu… wahlanganyela ngokuqhubekayo entandweni Yaphezulu, futhi “wandisa” waphindaphinda amandla aphezulu kuzo zonke izinto. —IsAm. UJoseph Iannuzzi, Isipho Sokuphila Kwintando Yaphezulu Emibhalweni kaLuisa Piccarreta, I-Kindle Edition, (izindawo 1009-1022)
Ngokulandelayo, lapho u-Adamu no-Eva bengalaleli, ubumnyama nokufa kwangena emhlabeni, kwathi ngesizukulwane ngasinye esisha, imiphumela yokungalaleli yanda futhi yaphindaphinda amandla okubhubhisa esono. Kepha uBaba akazange alahle isintu. Kunalokho, ngokwamandla omuntu nempendulo yokuzikhethela, Waqala ukudalula indlela eya ekubuyiselweni kweNtando Yaphezulu kithi ngochungechunge lwezivumelwano, izambulo, futhi ekugcineni, nokuzalwa kweNdodana yaKhe, uJesu Kristu.
Kepha kuthiwani ngalo lonke lolodlame lweTestamente Elidala, njll.
Ngonyaka odlule, insizwa ethile yeza kimi ngemuva komunye wemisebenzi yami ye-Advent. Wayekhathazekile futhi ecela usizo. Ukusebenzelana nemimoya, ukuvukela kanye nokulutha okumbalwa kwagcwala umlando wakhe. Ngochungechunge lwezingxoxo nokushintshana, bengimsiza abuyele endaweni ephelele ngokwamandla akhe nempendulo yokuzikhethela. Isinyathelo sokuqala kwaba ukuthi akwazi nje lokho uyathandwa, akukhathalekile ukuthi yini eyedlule. UNkulunkulu uluthando. Akashintshi ngokuya ngokuziphatha kwethu. Ngokulandelayo, ngamholela ekubeni alahle ukuzibandakanya kwakhe nemimoya, okuvula iminyango eya ebudemoni. Ukusuka lapho, ngimkhuthazile ukuthi abuyele eSakramente Lokubuyisana nokwamukela njalo uMthendeleko; ukuqala ukuqeda imidlalo yevidiyo enobudlova; ukuthola umsebenzi usuku olulodwa noma ezimbili ngesonto, njalonjalo. Kusezigabeni kuphela lapho ekwazile ukuqhubekela phambili.
Kwakunjalo-ke, hhayi kuphela ngabantu bakaNkulunkulu eTestamenteni eliDala, kodwa nangeSonto leTestamente Elisha. Ufike ngesikhathi kangakanani umyalezo okusolwa ukuthi uvela kuMama Wethu waseMedjugorje izolo:
Zingaki izinto engifisa ukukufundisa zona. Inhliziyo yami yomama ifisa kanjani ukuthi uphelele, futhi ungapheleliswa kuphela lapho umphefumulo wakho, umzimba nothando kuhlangene kuwe. Ngiyaninxusa njengezingane zami, nikhulekele kakhulu iSonto nezinceku zalo-abelusi benu; ukuze iSonto libe njengenkanuko yeNdodana yami — icace njengamanzi asentwasahlobo futhi igcwele uthando. —Nikezwe uMirjana, Mashi 2, 2018
Uyabona, ngisho neBandla alikakafiki kulokho iSt "Ubunye bokholo nolwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebudodeni obuvuthiwe, kuze kube sesilinganisweni esiphelele sikaKristu." [2]I-Eph 4: 13 Akakabi lowo makoti “Ebukhazikhazini, engenabala noma imibimbi noma yini enjalo, ukuze abe ngcwele futhi angabi nasici.” [3]I-Eph 5: 27 Kusukela Ekuphakameni KukaKristu, uNkulunkulu ubelokhu embula kancane, ngokwamandla ethu nempendulo yokuzikhethela, the ukugcwala wecebo Lakhe ekuhlengeni isintu.
Ukhombise iqembu elilodwa labantu indlela eya esigodlweni sakhe; eqenjini lesibili ukhombe umnyango; kwesithathu ukhombise isitebhisi; kolwesine kwakukhona amakamelo okuqala; naseqenjini lokugcina uvule wonke amakamelo… —UJesu kuLuisa Picarretta, Umq. XIV, Novemba 6, 1922, Abangcwele ngentando yaphezulu nguFr. USergio Pellegrini, ngemvume kaMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseTrani, uGiovan Battista Pichierri, k. 23-24
Iphuzu yilokhu: yithina, hhayi uNkulunkulu, esingaguquguquki. UNkulunkulu uluthando. Akakaze ashintshe. Ubelokhu enesihe nothando uqobo, njengoba sifunda eTestamenteni Elidala namuhla (bheka imibhalo yezenkolo lapha):
Ngubani ofana nawe, uNkulunkulu osusa icala futhi oxolela isono ngensali yefa lakhe; ngubani ongaphikisi ngentukuthelo kuze kube phakade, kepha othokozela ubumnene, futhi ozophinde abe nesihawu kithi, anyathele phansi kwecala lethu? (UMikha 7: 18-19)
Futhi,
Uxolela bonke ububi bakho, uphulukisa konke ukugula kwakho… Akasisebenzeli njengokwezono zethu, futhi akasiphindiseli ngokwamacala ethu. Ngokuba njengokuphakama kwezulu phezu komhlaba unjalo umusa wakhe udlula labo abamesabayo. Njengokuqhelelana kwempumalanga nentshonalanga, uzibeke kude kangaka iziphambeko zethu. (IHubo 89)
Yilokho esifanayo Baba kwiTestamente Elisha, njengoba uJesu eveza emfanekisweni wendodana yolahleko eVangelini lanamuhla…
IZINYATHELO EZINHLANU ZIYA KUBABA
Ukwazi ukuthi uBaba wakho waseZulwini unomusa futhi unesihe, singabuyela Kuye nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngezinyathelo ezinhlanu ezilula (uma ungawukhumbuli umfanekiso wendodana yolahleko, ungayifunda lapha):
I. Nquma ukubuyela ekhaya
Ukuphela kwento esabekayo ngoNkulunkulu, okusho ukuthi, uyayihlonipha inkululeko yami yokuzikhethela. Ngifuna angisunduzele eZulwini! Kepha lokho kwehlisa isithunzi sethu. Uthando kumele lube ukukhetha. Ukuza ekhaya yi- ukukhetha. Kepha noma ngabe impilo yakho nesikhathi esedlule simbozwe "emgodini wengulube," njengendodana yolahleko, wena can yenza lokho kukhetha njengamanje.
Ungavumeli umphefumulo wesabe ukusondela kimi, noma izono zawo zibomvu klebhu. —UJesu kuya eSt Faustina, Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, n. 699
Manje yisikhathi sokuthi kuJesu: “Nkosi, ngivumele ngikhohliswe; ngigweme uthando lwakho ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane, nokho ngilapha futhi, ukuvuselela isivumelwano sami nawe. Ngiyakudinga. Ngisindise futhi, Nkosi, ngiphinde ungiyise ekwamukeleni kwakho okuhlengayo ”. Yeka ukuthi kujabulisa kanjani ukubuyela kuye noma nini lapho silahlekile! Ake ngisho lokhu futhi: UNkulunkulu akakhathali ukusixolela; yithina esikhathele ukufuna umusa wakhe. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 3; v Vatican.va
Ungenza ingoma engezansi komthandazo wakho:
II. Yamukela ukuthi uyathandwa
Ingwijikhwebu engavamile emfanekisweni wendodana yolahleko ukuthi ubaba ugijimela kuyo, ayigone futhi ayange indodana ngaphambi umfana wenza ukuvuma kwakhe. UNkulunkulu akakuthandi kuphela lapho usuphelele. Kunalokho, uyakuthanda njengamanje ngenxa yesizathu esilula sokuthi uyingane Yakhe, indalo Yakhe; uyindodana noma indodakazi yaKhe.
Ngakho-ke, mphefumulo othandekayo, vele umvumele Akuthande.
INkosi ayibaphoxi labo abazibeka kule ngozi; noma nini lapho sithatha igxathu eliya kuJesu, siyaqaphela ukuthi usevele ukhona, usilindele ngezandla ezimhlophe. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 3; v Vatican.va
III. Vuma izono zakho
Akukho ukubuyisana kwangempela kuze kube thina buyisana, okokuqala nge iqiniso ngathi, bese kuba nalabo esibalimazile. Kungakho ubaba engayinqandi indodana yakhe yolahleko ekuvumeni ukungafaneleki kwayo.
Kanjalo futhi, uJesu wasungula iSakramente Lokuxolelana ngenkathi etshela abaPhostoli: “Izono ozixolelayo zithethelelwe, nezono ozigcinayo zigcinwa.” [4]John 20: 23 Ngakho-ke lapho sivuma izono zethu kuNkulunkulu ngommeleli waKhe, umpristi, nasi isithembiso:
Uma sizivuma izono zethu, uthembekile futhi ulungile futhi uzothethelela izono zethu asihlanze kukho konke okubi. (1 Johane 1: 9)
Ukube umphefumulo ubufana nesidumbu esibolayo ukuze ngokombono womuntu, kungabi khona [ithemba] lokubuyiselwa futhi konke kube sekuvele kulahlekile, akunjalo ngoNkulunkulu. Isimangaliso Sesihe SikaNkulunkulu sibuyisela lowo mphefumulo ngokugcwele. O, babuhlungu kangakanani labo abangasizakali ngesimangaliso somusa kaNkulunkulu! -Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, n. 1448
IV. Ukuqedwa
Kwesinye isikhathi amaKrestu angamaVangeli athi kimi, "Kungani ungavumi izono zakho kuNkulunkulu ngqo?" Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingaguqa eceleni kombhede wami futhi ngenze njalo (futhi ngenza nsuku zonke). Kepha umcamelo wami, umshayeli wekhumbi, noma umgundi wezinwele awanalo igunya lokukwenza khulula kimi ngezono zami, noma ngabe ngiyazivuma — ngenkathi umpristi omisiwe ongumKatolika enza: “Izono ozixolelayo zithethelelwe…”
Isikhathi sokuxolelwa[5]lapho umpristi ememezela amazwi entethelelo: “Ngiyakuxolela izono zakho egameni likaYise, neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele…” lesi yisikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu engihlukanisa ngesithunzi somfanekiso waKhe engidalwe kuwo — lapho esusa izingubo ezinamabala zesikhathi sami esidlule ezimbozwe endaweni yezingulube zezono zami.
Phangisa, ulethe ingubo enhle kunazo zonke, umgqokise; ufake indandatho emunweni wakhe nezimbadada ezinyaweni zakhe. (Luka 15:22)
V. Ukubuyiselwa
Ngenkathi izinyathelo ezintathu zokuqala zincike enkululekweni yami yokuzikhethela, ezimbili zokugcina zincike emseni kaNkulunkulu nasemuseni wakhe. Akagcini ngokungixolela futhi abuyise isithunzi sami, kepha uBaba uyabona ukuthi ngisalambile futhi ngiswele!
Thatha ithole elikhuluphalisiwe ulihlabe. Bese-ke sigubhe ngedili… (Luka 15:23)
Uyabona, uBaba akenelisanga ukukukhulula. Ufisa uku philisa futhi ngikubuyisele ngokuphelele ngefayela le- “Idili” somusa. Kuphela lapho umvumela ukuthi aqhubeke nalokhu kubuyiselwa — okhetha “ukuhlala ekhaya” ukuze ulalele, ufunde, futhi ukhule — kuba “Ke” kuqala umkhosi.
… Kufanele sijabule futhi sijabule, ngoba umfowenu ubekade efile wabuye waphila; ubelahlekile futhi utholakele. (Luka 15:23)
Uyathandwa.
Uma ukwazi ukuxhasa lobu buphostoli besikhathi esigcwele,
chofoza inkinobho engezansi.
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga!
Ukuhamba noMark in The Manje iZwi,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.
