Isikhathi eside kangakanani?

 

KUPHELA incwadi engisanda kuyithola:

Ngifunde imibhalo yakho iminyaka emi-2 futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi isendleleni. Umkami uthola izindawo futhi okuningi kwalokho akubhalayo kuhambisana nokwakho.

Kodwa kufanele ngihlanganyele nawe ukuthi mina nomkami siye sadumazeka kakhulu ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Sizizwa sengathi siyahlulwa empini nempi. Bheka nxazonke futhi ubone bonke ububi. Kunjengokungathi uSathane uyanqoba kuzo zonke izici. Sizizwa singasebenzi futhi sigcwele ukuphelelwa ithemba. Sizizwa sifuna ukuyeka, ngesikhathi lapho iNkosi noMama Obusisiwe besidinga kakhulu kanye nemithandazo yethu kakhulu!! Sizizwa sengathi sesiphenduka “umhlubuki”, njengoba kwashiwo kweminye yemibhalo yakho. Ngizila ukudla isonto ngalinye cishe iminyaka engu-9, kodwa ezinyangeni ezi-3 ezedlule ngikwazile ukukwenza kabili kuphela.

Ukhuluma ngethemba kanye nokunqoba okuzayo empini Mark. Ingabe unawo amazwi okukhuthaza? Isikhathi eside kangakanani ingabe kuzomele sibekezele futhi sihlupheke kulomhlaba esiphila kuwo? 

Mngane othandekayo, eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngahlala epiyanoni ngabhala iculo eliveza ngezindlela eziningi ukukhathala nosizi engiluzwa encwadini yakho. Ngifuna ukwabelana nawe ngaleyo ngoma manje ngaphambi kokuba ufunde yonke le ncwadi. Ibizwa Isikhathi eside kangakanani? Ungabuka ividiyo ngezansi, noma uchofoze isihloko ukuze uzwe ingoma ngekhwalithi ephezulu. 

Ingoma: Kunini?

(Chofoza isihloko ukuze uzwe ingoma. Kufanele iqale ukudlala ngokushesha. Uma uchofoza u-Ctrl-igundane lakho, ungadawuniloda ifayela khulula, ekufomethi ye-Mp3. Ividiyo engezansi.)
 

 

UNKULUNKULU UNGUMSHAYELI WETHU

Ohambeni lwami lwakamuva lwendiza oluya e-United States, ngangigqolozele ngefasitela emafini, ngithamele ilanga elalicwebezela ebusweni bami njengoba sehlela eChicago. Khona-ke kungazelelwe, saphonseka emafwini amnyama, aminyene azungeza umoya nemvula. Indiza yayiqhaqhazela njengoba abashayeli bezindiza bezulazula kulesi siphithiphithi. Ngafikelwa yi-adrenalin kungazelelwe lapho umhlabathi ushabalala futhi ngezwa ngiwa.

Futhi ngacabanga kimina, "Hmm... kuhlala kukhanya lapho uNkulunkulu ekhona." Ngempela, isimo sezulu sihlala libalele ngaphezu kwamafu. UNkulunkulu ungukukhanya. Uhlala ekukhanyeni. KuYe abukho ubumnyama. Lapho ngihlala kuNkulunkulu, okungukuthi hlala entandweni yaKhe, ngiphila kulokho kukhanya, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi hlobo luni lobumnyama obungizungezile.

Kuyiqiniso mfundi othandekayo ukuthi izinga lokunxanela igazi nokonakala osekusibekele lesi sizukulwane liyakhathaza kakhulu. Ukuhlubuka eBandleni kanye nomuzwa wokungabi namholi ezingeni lendawo kuwuvivinyo lomlilo kwabathembekile. Ukwehlukana kwemindeni nokwanda kobugebengu obunobudlova kuye kwanyakazisa ukulondeka kwabaningi, kuyilapho ukulahlekelwa umuzwa wesono jikelele emphakathini uwonke kushiye lesi sizukulwane singondlekile ngokomoya futhi sidangele ngokomzwelo.

Lawa ngamafu Amakhulu akhiqize isiyaluyalu esidumazayo ezikhathini zethu. Kodwa uNkulunkulu usengumshayeli wethu. NoMary uhlezi esihlalweni somshayeli wendiza. Lena akuyona indiza esezophahlazeka, kodwa eyodwa okuyinto nakanjani izofika. Ubuzile, "Kuyoze kube nini sikhuthazela futhi sihlupheka kulo mhlaba esiphila kuwo ?" Impendulo ithi:

Sisesimisweni esifanele.

Ngokudabukisayo, imiphefumulo eminingi izogxuma isuka kulo msebenzi ngaphambi kokuba ihlale; abanye bayothuka futhi bahlukanise omunye komunye; kuzoba neqembu elincane elizozama ukugqekeza endlini yabagibeli futhi lilwe nokulawula okuphelele kude noNkulunkulu, kuyilapho abanye beyohlala ngokuthula bathandaze noma balethe induduzo kulabo ababazungezile ngamazwi nangezenzo zabo.

Lesi Siphepho sibi impela. Kodwa umyalezo ovela eZulwini namuhla uthi:

Lungiselela okokwehla.

 

PHEZU KWAMFU

Njengoba indiza yethu igxumagxuma yehlela esikhumulweni sezindiza, ngabona ukuthi lapho nje ngibheka ngaphakathi, ngqo, umuzwa wokuwa washabalala. Kodwa noma nini lapho ngibuka ngaphandle amafu aminyene, imicabango ethusayo yokuwela phansi noma ukushayisana nesakhiwo noma enye indiza yayidansa emcabangweni wami njengombani omhlophe.

Kulesi Siphepho samanje, asikwazi ukuzibamba bazizwa isiphithiphithi. Yilabo abayiziwula kuphela abenza sengathi abukho ubuhlobo nezinxushunxushu ezingavamile zezenhlalo nezemvelo zesikhathi sethu enkingeni ebuhlungu yokuziphatha. Kodwa kunesilingo esikhulu sokwesaba nokuphelelwa ithemba. Kungumbuzo wokuthi lapho silungisa amehlo ethu. Ngikholwe, lokhu kuyinto okumele ngilwe nayo ihora ngalinye kulesi siphrofetho esiyimfihlakalo! Kodwa isixazululo yilesi: susa amehlo akho kumaThunderheads lapho sebeqala ukweba ukuthula kwakho, futhi nibheke ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yenu kuLowo ohlezi ngaphakathi, nigxilise amehlo enu kuye.

Njengoba sizungezwe ifu elikhulu kangaka lofakazi, masisuse yonke imithwalo nesono esisinamathele futhi siphikelele ekugijimeni umncintiswano ophambi kwethu kuyilapho sigxilise amehlo ethu kuJesu, umholi nomphelelisi wokukholwa. ( Hebheru 11:1-2 )

Ukugxilisa amehlo akho kuJesu kuthatha umsebenzi omncane! Yebo, kusho ukucosha isiphambano sakho, ukuzincisha ubumnandi benyama, nokulandela ezinyathelweni zeNkosi ezigcwele igazi. Ingabe nakho lokhu kubonakala kwesabisa? Kuphela lowo ongenalo ukholo! Ngokuba siyazi ukuthi ukuphikelela ekugijimeni lo mncintiswano akusitholi nje kuphela umqhele wokuphila okuphakade, kodwa nokunambitha kombuso weZulu lapha emhlabeni.

Lapho ekugcineni ngifika eDallas, ngajoyina cishe amakholwa angamashumi amahlanu eBandla lapho, futhi sakhuleka eNkosini eSakramente Elingcwele. Kwakukhona ukuthululwa komusa okungaka, isibusiso esinjena sokuthula nenjabulo ezinhliziyweni eziningi... ngempela sahlangana noJesu. Abanye abantu baze baphulukiswa. Yebo, uMbuso weZulu ungowalabo abasondela esihlalweni sobukhosi bengabantwana abancane.

Ngifuna ngempela ukumemeza: UJesu uthembisa ukuthi labo abeza Yena ukwanelisa ukoma kwabo—ngokulalela
Ngokulandela imiyalo yaKhe, ngokuMfuna emaSakramenteni, ngokuzindla ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu...

… Noma ngubani ophuza amanzi engizomnika wona akasoze oma; amanzi engizomnika wona ayoba ngumthombo wamanzi kuye ophumela ekuphileni okuphakade. (Johane 4:14)

Intwasahlobo iyiNjabulo. Amanzi Ukuthula. Umthombo uluthando olungenamibandela. OkweNtwasahlobo ephilayo unguMoya oNgcwele, futhi lezi izithelo azithela ngokuchichimayo enhliziyweni evundile ukholo—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uzungezwe ibutho elikhulu lempi, noma uhlala endaweni enokuthula wedwa. UJesu uzowanikeza lamanzi amaningi. Kodwa ibhakede olehlisela eMthonjeni akumele ligcwale ukungabaza noma isono, noma lingeke libambe lutho. Inhliziyo yakho lelo bhakede. Kufanele ibe nobuze, noma-ke, i ukuzithulula lokho wukholo nokwethemba, ukuphenduka kanye nokuzinikela. (Ningakhohliswa! Anikwazi ukuba uMlobokazi kaKristu uma nilala nesono.)

Vumela umphefumulo wakho ukhale, "O Nkulunkulu, ngizwa sengathi lo mhlaba uwela ikhanda kuqala emhlabathini, ukuthi ubumnyama bungizungezile, angikwazi ukubamba umoya wami njengoba isikhathi sigijima .... kodwa ngithembela Kuwe ngokuphelele, ngokuba wathi ngisho nezinwele zekhanda lami zibaliwe. Uma ukhathalela ondlunkulu, kakhulu kangakanani-ke ngethemba ukuthi Wena? owachitha igazi lakho ngenxa yami,uzongithwala manje."

Lowo ngumthandazo walowo ogxilisa amehlo akhe kuJesu. Ngaphambi kokuthi ufunde imicabango yami yokugcina, ngifuna ukwabelana nelinye iculo engilibhalile. Makube umkhuleko emlonyeni wakho, nehubo enhliziyweni yakho.

Ingoma: Ngilungise Amehlo Ami

 

IZINKANYEZI ZOBUNGCWELE

Ububi akuwona kuphela ifu elisizungezile. Kukhona nalelo “fu lofakazi” uSt. Paul akhuluma ngalo. Lena imiphefumulo eyahamba phambi kwethu manje, ngobufakazi bempilo yayo, engasibonisa indlela okufanele sihambe ngayo. Singasikhohlwa kanjani isibindi sika-Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya owacela ukufela ukholo? Noma uSt. Perpetua owaqondisa isandla esiqhaqhazelayo se-gladiator emphinjeni wakhe? Noma uSt. Maximilian Kolbe owashintsha impilo yakhe wathatha esinye isiboshwa ekamu lokufa? Siyabona ezikhathini zethu ukuphila okunamandla kukaMama Teresa noma kukaPapa John Paul II, okwathi nakuba kungenakho ukuhlupheka, kwaba amalangabi aphilayo othando kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuwukukhipha imizimba emigwaqweni yaseCalcutta noma ukumemezela iqiniso phambi kobuKhomanisi futhi. ezinye izinhlobo zokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo.

Lolu hlobo lwenjabulo, isibindi, nentshiseko luvelaphi phakathi kwezivunguvungu ezimbi kangaka? Kuvela ekucabangeni kukaJesu emiphefumulweni yabo… bese belingisa abakubonayo.

Esikhathini esidlule, amazwi afika kimi:

Njengoba ubumnyama buya ngokuba mnyama, iStars iya ngokuya ikhanya.

Singabheka izikhathi esiphila kuzo njengezicindezelayo—noma njengethuba lokufakaza. Lapho umhlaba ugcwele ukudla okungenamsoco, ingabe imiphefumulo ngeke ekugcineni iqale ukufuna ukudla kwangempela? Lapho sebechithe izifiso zabo ezikhohlisayo nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okungavinjelwe, ngeke yini, njengendodana yolahleko, bayifune indlu kaYise? Ngikholwa ukuthi bazokwenza futhi bayoba… futhi mina nawe kufanele sibe lapho kubo njengezandla, izinyawo, nomlomo kaJesu. Njengoba ubumnyama buya ngokuya buba mnyama, ubungcwele bempilo yakho kufanele bubonakale kakhulu. 

Yibani ngabangenasici nabamsulwa, bantwana bakaNkulunkulu abangenasici phakathi kwesizukulwane esigwegwile nesiphambeneyo, enikhanya phakathi kwaso njengezinkanyiso ezweni, njengoba nibambelele ezwini lokuphila… (Fil 2:15-16)

Ngingalokotha ngithi leli yihora lokuvangela okukhulu okuzoshanela umhlaba. Yihora lenkazimulo yeBandla lapho lizodonsela khona maduzane amasela amaningi esifubeni sakhe, “Ungikhumbule lapho ungena embusweni wakho…” kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo bahlekwa usulu futhi bezingelwa, ngisho nangaphakathi kwezinhlanga zakhe. Sekuyihora lokuba uMoya oNgcwele athululwe phezu kwesintu ukuze amadodana namadodakazi ethu aprofethe, izinsizwa zethu zibone imibono, amakhehla aphuphe amaphupho ekusasa eligcwele ithemba.

Lezi izinsuku zokulungiselela i- kokwehla, ukwehlela eNkathini Yokuthula lapho yonke indalo izokhazimula futhi njengeNsimi yase-Edene njengoba ukubusa kukaJesu kunabela emaphethelweni omhlaba. Akulona usuku lokuphelelwa ithemba kodwa ukuntwela kweThemba; akusona isikhathi sokulala, kepha silungiselela impi.

Futhi labo abagxilisa amehlo abo kuJesu, labo abalambele futhi bomele ukulunga, bememeza:Koze kube nini, Nkosi?"... bona, ngempela, bayokwaneliswa.

Amanzi avukile neziphepho ezinzima ziphezu kwethu, kepha asesabi ukuminza, ngoba simi siqinile edwaleni. Ulwandle maluthukuthele, alikwazi ukuphula idwala. Vumela amagagasi aphakame, awakwazi ukusika isikebhe sikaJesu. Yini okufanele siyesabe? Ukufa? Impilo kimi isho uKristu, nokufa kuyinzuzo. Ukudingiswa? Umhlaba nokugcwala kwawo kungokukaJehova. Ukuphucwa izimpahla zethu? Asilethanga lutho kulo mhlaba, futhi asisoze sathatha lutho kuwo… Ngalokho ngigxila esimweni samanje, futhi ngiyaninxusa, bahlobo bami, ukuba nibe nokuzethemba. —USt. UJohn Chrysostom, I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. IV, iphe. I-1377

 
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