Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 11, 2007.
AS uzama ukuphendula ubizo lukaJesu lokuthi umlandele kulezi zikhathi ezinesiphithiphithi, ukulahla okunamathiselwe kwakho emhlabeni, uku uthatha umhlaba ngokuzithandela ngokwakho ngezinto ezingadingeki nokuphishekela izinto ezibonakalayo, ukumelana nezilingo ezikhangiswa ngesibindi yonke indawo, lindela ukungena empini eshubile. Kodwa ungavumeli lokhu kukudikibalise!
KUZOBA MESSY
Ngenkathi ngithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe namuhla, ngizwe iNkosi isho ukuthi akufanele sikhathazeke uma umzabalazo wethu nesilingo ungcolile. Ekuziqhenyeni kwethu, sifisa ukunqoba isono sethu nge-flick yeqhawe yesihlakala, isimo esingcwele, nenhliziyo ekhunjulwa ngokuphelele. Sifisa ukususa isilingo njengekhasi elidabulwe kahle lisuka kulayini wamachashazi wephedi yokubhala. Esikhundleni salokho, isithombe engisibonile enhliziyweni yami bekuyiphepha elinamaphethelo ajikinyene futhi angalingani, likhishwe futhi lishisiwe ekugcineni, kepha noma kunjalo, kwehlukaniswe nokubopha. Futhi uJesu wayethi kimi “Lokhu kwamukelekile!"
Umzabalazo wesono unzima futhi unodlame. Kepha iphuzu lapha akukhona ukuwina ngesitayela, kepha ukuwina nje.
Umbuso wezulu uhlushwa udlame, futhi abanodlame bayawuthatha ngenkani. (Math 11:12)
Umbuso wezulu uthathwa ngu udlame futhi qinisa, okusho ukuthi, udlame ku kuthanda futhi izifiso zenyama. Yebo, sithanda ukucabanga ukuthi sesithuthuke kakhulu ngokomoya ukuthi kufanele sijike futhi sidubule isibhamu esihlanzekile singene enhliziyweni yesilingo. Kepha iqiniso liwukuthi, lesi silingo siyasicupha size, ngokuzumayo, sisibambe ewrestling. Manje ngilwa isandla ngesandla! Ngiya emibuthanweni ngemicabango yami, ngibonisana ngapha nangapha, impi yengqondo, isisindo, ukuhlunga, ukukala… Futhi yilokho kanye lapho uSathane ephonsa khona ukuziphikisa ngemuva:
Hawu! Bheka ulwa nalesi silingo. Ukhangwa kalula. Usengumhlaba, awunamphefumulo futhi unesono esimangalisayo! Awuwulungele uMbuso kaNkulunkulu!
Kodwa ungalaleli, mfowethu! Qhubeka ulwe nodadewethu! Lesi yisandla sokulwa neGethsemane esaze saphula umjuluko wegazi esiphongweni soMsindisi. Lesi yisikhathi sokuthobeka lapho kufanele uphendukele kuNkulunkulu bese uthi, “Ngibuthakathaka kakhulu! Jesu ngisize! Jesu yiba nomusa! ” Bese ulwa! Uma kukhulunywa ngokulingwa ngocansi, gijima uma kufanele. Empeleni. Futhi ungacabangi ukuthi uzomqhatha uSathane ngobuqili. Cha, impi yakho ingeyomoya, ngakho-ke kufanele uphendukele eNkosini ezokulwela! Dlidliza amazinyo, bamba iRosari yakho, thwebula amehlo akho. Thandaza, thandaza, thandaza!
Akusona isono ukulwa nesilingo-kuyisono ukusinikela.
GIJIMA UMNCintiswano
Ngubani okhathalelayo uma uzizwa sengathi uyisifo sengqondo! Lapho umgijimi wama-Olimpiki elula intambo, kungazelelwe lonke ifomu nesitayela kuphuma ngefasitela. Umgijimi uqala ukuphonsa izingalo nomzimba wakhe phambili, encike entanjeni, eshiya umusa ne-finesse othulini. Kepha lapho bebeka umqhele womnqobi esiphongweni sakhe, ingabe isixuku esijabulayo sithi ngokuzumayo, “Wayebukeka kanjani yena ngesikhathi ephula irekhodi!” Kunjalo nangabangcwele, lelo "lifu lofakazi" abasithokozisayo size sifike entanjeni. Babona inhliziyo elangazelela uNkulunkulu futhi ilwela ukufinyelela entanjeni. Balandela umkhondo wegazi owushiye ngemuva, futhi bajabule, ngoba kuyiyona ndlela efanayo abahamba ngayo. Bayayincoma impi yakho, hhayi ifomu lakho.
Ngakho-ke, njengoba sizungezwe yifu elikhulu kangaka lofakazi, masisuse yonke imithwalo nezono ezisinamathele futhi siphikelele ekugijimeni umjaho ophambi kwethu ngenkathi sigcine amehlo ethu ethe njo kuJesu, umholi nomphelelisi ukukholwa… Emzabalazweni wakho wokulwa nesono awukamelani kuze kube seqophelweni lokuchitha igazi. (Heb 12: 1-2, 4)
Nokho, sekuyisikhathi sokuchitha igazi elincane.
Ukubeletha kuyaxaka. Kukhona ubuhlungu obukhulu, ukububula, igazi noketshezi yonke indawo. Akukho lutho oluhle ngakho. Kepha lapho kuzalwa impilo encane, impi ingena esikhundleni sesimangaliso esiguqula igumbi libe izinyembezi zokuhleka nenjabulo.
Ningesabi, bancane… ngoba lokho uJesu azokuthulula emiphefumulweni yalabo abangena kule mpi ezinsukwini ezizayo kungaphezu kokucabanga kwenu…
… Kepha kufanele ukulwele!
Ubusisiwe umuntu okhuthazela esilingweni, ngokuba lapho esefakazelwe yena uyakwamukela umqhele wokuphila awuthembisa labo abamthandayo. (Jakobe 1:12)
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 ngokwethaba. (1 Pt 4: 12-13)
