TO pick up one Cross means to uzikhiphe ngokuphelele ngenxa yothando lomunye. UJesu ukubeka ngenye indlela:
Yilo umyalo wami: thandanani njengoba nami nginithanda. Akekho onothando olukhulu kunalolu, ukudela impilo yakhe ngenxa yabangane bakhe. (Johane 15: 12-13)
Sifanele ukuthanda njengoba noJesu asithanda. Emsebenzini Wakhe uqobo, okwakuwumsebenzi womhlaba wonke, kwakuhilela ukufa esiphambanweni. Kepha thina esingomama nobaba, odadewethu nabafowethu, abapristi namademoni, kufanele sithande kanjani lapho singabizelwa ukufela ukholo okungokoqobo? UJesu wembula nalokhu futhi, hhayi eKalvari kuphela, kepha nsuku zonke ngenkathi ehamba phakathi kwethu. Njengoba uSt. Paul wathi, “Wazidela, wathatha isimo sesigqila…” [1](Filipi 2: 5-8) Kanjani?
KwiVangeli lanamuhla (imibhalo yenkolo lapha), sifunda ukuthi iNkosi yaphuma kanjani esinagogeni ngemva kokushumayela yalibangisa emzini kaSimoni Petru. Kodwa kunokuba athole ukuphumula, uJesu wabizelwa ngokushesha ukuba aphulukise. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, uJesu wakhonza unina kaSimoni. Kwathi kusihlwa, ekushoneni kwelanga, umuzi wonke wabonakala usondele ngasemnyango wakhe, abagulayo, nabagulayo, nabanamademoni. Futhi “Welapha abaningi.” Engasenabuthongo, uJesu wavuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuze ekugcineni athole a “indawo eyihlane, lapho ayekhuleka khona.” Kodwa ke…
USimoni nababe naye bamsukela, bathi sebemfumene bathi: “Bonke bayakufuna.”
UJesu akazange athi, “Batshele ukuthi balinde,” noma “Nginike imizuzu embalwa,” noma “Ngikhathele. Ngiyeke ngilale.” Kunalokho,
Masiqhubeke siye emizaneni eseduze ukuze ngishumayele nakhona. Lokhu ngize ngakho.
Kunjengokungathi uJesu uyisigqila sabaPhostoli Bakhe, isigqila sabantu ababemfuna ngokungakhathali.
Kanjalo futhi, izitsha, ukudla, nelondolo kusibiza ngokungakhathali. Basincenga ukuthi siphazamise ukuphumula kwethu nokuphumula, sikhonze, futhi sikhonze futhi. Imisebenzi yethu esondla imindeni yethu futhi ekhokha izikweletu isikhanga ekuseni, isikhipha emibhedeni ethokomele, futhi iyala inkonzo yethu. Bese kuba inqwaba yezidingo ezingalindelekile nokuhlehla kokungqongqoza emnyango, ukugula kothandekayo, imoto edinga ukulungiswa, umgwaqo oseceleni odinga ifosholo, noma umzali osekhulile odinga usizo nenduduzo. Kulapho-ke lapho iSiphambano siqala khona ngempela ukwakheka ezimpilweni zethu. Kulapho-ke izinzipho Zothando futhi 
Inkonzo iqala ukubhoboza imikhawulo yokubekezela nothando lwethu, futhi iveze izinga esithanda ngalo ngempela njengoba uJesu athanda.
Yebo, ngezinye izikhathi iKhalvari ibukeka njengentaba yokuhlanza izingubo.
Futhi lamaKhalvari ansuku zonke esibizelwe ukukhuphuka ngokobizo lwethu—uma ezosiguqula nomhlaba osizungezile—kufanele awenze ngothando. Uthando alunqeni. Ikhuphukela emsebenzini wesikhathi lapho ibiza, ishiya izithakazelo zayo, futhi ifune izidingo zomunye. Ngisho yabo engenangqondo izidingo.
Ngemuva kokufunda Isiphambano, Isiphambano!, omunye umfundi wabelana ngendlela anqikaza ngayo lapho umkakhe emcela ukuba abase umlilo eziko edilini lakhe lesidlo sakusihlwa ngalobobusuku.
Izovele imunce wonke umoya ofudumele endlini. Futhi ngimazisa. Ekuseni ngalolo suku, ngaba neshifu yaseCopernican. Inhliziyo yami yashintsha. Owesifazane wenze umsebenzi omningi ekwenzeni lokhu kube kusihlwa okumnandi. Uma efuna umlilo, menzele umlilo. Ngenza kanjalo. Akukhona ukuthi ingqondo yami yayinephutha. Kwakungelona nje uthando.
Kukangaki ngenza okufanayo! Nginikeze zonke izizathu ezifanele zokuthi kungani lesi sicelo noma leso sicelo singafikelwanga sikhathi, singenangqondo, singenangqondo… futhi noJesu ubengenza okufanayo. Ubekhonze ubusuku nemini. Wayekudinga ukuphumula Kwakhe… kodwa esikhundleni salokho, wazidela waba yisigqila.
Ngale ndlela sazi ukuthi sikuye: noma ubani othi uhlala kuye kufanele aphile njengoba nje yena ephila. ( 1 Johane 2:5 )
Uyabona, asikho isidingo sokuzila ukudla okukhulu kanye nokuzisola ukuze sithole isiphambano. Kusithola usuku ngalunye emsebenzini wesikhashana, emisebenzini yethu evamile kanye nezibopho.
Ngokuba yilokhu uthando, ukuthi sihambe ngokwemiyalo yakhe; yiwo umyalo, njengalokho nezwa kwasekuqaleni, okufanele nihambe ngawo. ( 2 Johane 1:6 )
Futhi ingabe asifezi yini imiyalo kaKristu yokondla abalambile, ukwembathisa abanqunu, nokuvakashela abagulayo nababoshiwe noma nini lapho sipheka ukudla, siwasha izingubo, noma siphambukisa ukunaka kwethu ezinkathazweni nasejele. 
uyakhathalela lokho kuthwalisa imindeni yethu kanye nomakhelwane? Lapho senza lezi zinto ngothando, ngaphandle kokukhathalela izithakazelo zethu siqu noma ukunethezeka, siba omunye uKristu kubo… futhi siqhubeke nokuvuselelwa kwezwe.
Okudingekayo ukuthi sibe nenhliziyo enjengoSamuweli. Esifundweni sokuqala sanamuhla, isikhathi ngasinye lapho ezwa igama lakhe libizwa phakathi nobusuku, wayegxuma ebuthongweni futhi aziveze: "Ngilapha." Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho imindeni yethu, ubizo, kanye nemisebenzi yethu ibiza igama lethu, nathi kufanele sigxume, njengoSamuweli… njengoJesu… futhi sithi, “Nangu mina. ngizoba nguKristu kuwe.”
Bheka, ngiyeza... Ukwenza intando yakho, Nkulunkulu wami, kuyintokozo yami, nomthetho wakho usenhliziyweni yami. (Ihubo Lanamuhla)
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