Maka eLouisiana

UMark Mallett muva nje e-Ohio

I sizoba seLacombe, eLouisiana kulo Septhemba 10, 2012 ozokhuluma futhi sicule eSacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church (7:00 pm). Kungukuhlangana okujabulisayo noFr. UKyle Dave, umfundisi lapho. Ngishilo uFr. UKyle kuwe kaningi; Ngangisesifundeni sakhe sangaphambili eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule, emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kokuba iSiphepho uKatrina sidlule kuso singashiyi lutho ngaphandle kwesithombe sikaSt Therese phakathi nendawo engcwele. Ngalesi sikhathi, ngifika emasontweni amabili ngemuva kweSiphepho u-Isaac…

Ngemuva kukaKatrina, uFr. UKyle wahlala nathi lapha eCanada, njengoba indlu yakhe yobukhosi yacekelwa phansi ukuqhuma kwesiphepho. Kwakunalezo zinsuku lapha lapho iNkosi yakhuluma ngamandla kuFr. Mina noKyle sisentabeni, kuhlwanyela obekunguhambo olunamandla lokuprofetha kule minyaka eyisikhombisa edlule. ^[1]Ukuze ubone uhlelo lomcimbi kaMark, iya ku- https://www.markmallett.com/Concerts.html

Isikhathi soku hlanganisa futhi ufikile. Ngithandazela ukuthi abaningi benu endaweni nikwazi ukuphumela obala kulokhu kuhlangana noJesu futhi engikholwa ukuthi kuzoba ubusuku engingasoze ngabukhohlwa. Zinjalo izinsuku. Wozani nizoqiniswa. Woza uzovuswa. Woza uhlangane noJesu ozoba nathi eSakramenteni eliNgcwele.

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Ngiyaqaphela futhi ukuthi angizange ngibhale ibhulogi entsha lapha emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Isikhathi sokuphumula somndeni neholide, kodwa futhi izinkinga zingisuse enkonzweni (umama womkami, uMargaret, uhlushwa umdlavuza wobuchopho… ngicela umkhumbule emithandazweni yakho). Kule nyanga, ngibhekise amabombo e-Louisiana nase-Mississippi isonto lonke. Uma ngibuyela ekhaya, ngizoqedela ukuhlanganisa i-albhamu yami entsha ezophuma ngasekupheleni kwale Nkwindla. Ngakho ngicela ungibekezelele njengoba zonke lezi zimfuno zenze kwaba nzima ukuhambisana nenkonzo yami ye-inthanethi. Ngamafuphi nje, ngizizwa ngicindezelekile.

Selokhu kwabhalwa Imfihlakalo Bablyon, ngiye ngabhekana nezilingo ezinkulu. Uma ngibheka okuqukethwe yilokho okubhaliwe, angimangali. Ngicela nje ukuthi niqhubeke nithandazela umndeni wami kanye nokuvikela kwethu. Ngizophinde ngikubhalele ezinsukwini ezizayo mayelana nenkinga yezimali eqhubekayo lo mnyango obhekene nayo. Sibe nenhlekelele yezimali ilandelana kulo nyaka ecishe yasikhubaza. Sithembela ekuqondiseni kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa futhi, eqinisweni, siyazi ukuthi ukusekela kwethu kuye kwaba khona esikhathini esidlule, futhi ngokunokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo, kuyovela kulabo abalandela lenkonzo futhi baqonde ukubaluleka kwayo ezikhathini zethu.

Ngiyanikhulekela mihla namalanga bafundi bami ukuthi impi ishuba ningayiyeki. Useduze nenhliziyo yami kunakuqala. Ngiyazi abaningi benu nabo bahlushwa izilingo eziningi kulezi zikhathi. Ngakho-ke, khumbula amazwi kaSt. Peter:

Bathandekayo, ungamangali ukuthi ukuvivinywa ngomlilo kwenzeka phakathi kwakho, njengokungathi kwenzeka okuthile okungajwayelekile kuwe. Kepha jabulani kuze kube sezingeni lokuthi nihlanganyele ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu, ukuze kuthi lapho kwembulwa inkazimulo yakhe nithokoze ngokwengeziwe. (1 Pet. 4:12)

Okokugcina, ngifuna ukubonga wonke umphefumulo ongibhalele incwadi, i-imeyili, ikhadi, noma okunye. Ngazifunda zonke. Kodwa kuyangidabukisa ukuthi angikwazi nje ukuphendula wonke umuntu njengoba isikhathi sami sifinyelele esiphethweni. Uma ungibhalele esikhathini esidlule ngombuzo ongokomoya olokhu uhlala enhliziyweni yakho, ungangabazi ukungibhalela futhi, futhi ngizokwenza konke okusemandleni ami ukuphendula.

Kwangathi uthando lukaJesu lungakusekela, likugcine uqinile ekukholweni, futhi likuvikele wena nabathandekayo bakho njalo.