Ukuthula Kuthule, by U-Arnold Friberg
KUPHELA ngezikhathi ezithile, ngithola izincwadi ezinjengalezi:
Ngicela ungikhulekele. Ngibuthakathaka kakhulu futhi nezono zami zenyama, ikakhulukazi utshwala, ziyangiklinya.
Ungavele ubeke utshwala esikhundleni "sezithombe zocansi", "inkanuko", "intukuthelo" noma ezinye izinto eziningi. Iqiniso ngukuthi amaKrestu amaningi namuhla azizwa egxishwe yizifiso zenyama, futhi engenakuzisiza ukuguquka.
Ngakho-ke indaba yokwehlisa umoya nolwandle kuVangeli lanamuhla ifaneleke kakhulu (bheka ukufundwa kwanamuhla kwezinkonzo lapha). USt. Mark uyasitshela:
Kwaqhamuka udweshu olunamandla futhi amagagasi ayephula umkhumbi, kangangokuthi wawusuqala ukugcwala. UJesu wayengemuva komkhumbi, elele emqamelweni. Base bemvusa, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, awunandaba nokuthi siyabhubha na?” Wavuka, wakhuza umoya, wathi olwandle, “Thula! Thula! ” Umoya wanqamuka, kwaba nokuthula okukhulu.
Umoya ufana nezinkanuko zethu ezihlasela amagagasi enyama yethu futhi zisongele ukusifaka esonweni esingathi sína. Kodwa uJesu, emva kokuthulisa isiphepho, ukhuza abafundi ngale ndlela:
Wethuselani? Anikabi nokukholwa na?
Kunezinto ezimbili ezibalulekile okufanele uziqaphele lapha. Okokuqala ukuthi uJesu ubabuza ukuthi kungani "bengakabi" nokholo. Manje, babengaphendula: “Kodwa Jesu, thina wenza ngena esikebheni nawe, yize sabona amafu esiphepho emkhathizwe. Thina kukhona ukukulandela, noma ngabe abaningi abakukho. Futhi thina wenza vusa wena. ” Kepha mhlawumbe iNkosi yethu ibingaphendula ithi:
Mntanami, uhlale esikebheni, kepha amehlo akho ethe njo emimoyeni yezifiso zakho kunami. Uyayifuna ngempela induduzo yokuba khona Kwami, kepha ukhohlwa masinyane imiyalo Yami. Futhi uyangivusa, kepha kade izilingo zikucindezele esikhundleni saphambilini. Lapho ufunda ukuphumula eceleni kwami emnsalweni wempilo yakho, kulapho ukholo lwakho luyoba ngeqiniso, nothando lwakho lube ngeqiniso.
Lokho ukukhuza okunamandla negama elinzima ukuzwa! Kodwa kuhle kakhulu ukuthi uJesu wangiphendula kanjani lapho ngikhononda kuYe ukuthi, noma ngithandaza nsuku zonke, ngithi iRosari, iya eMiseni, ukuvuma izono masonto onke, nanoma yini enye… ukuthi ngisawela ngibuye ngibuyele ezonweni ezifanayo. Iqiniso ukuthi bengingaboni, noma kunalokho, ngiphuphuthekiswe yizifiso zenyama. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangilandela uKristu emnsalweni, empeleni ngangihlala ngemuva kwentando yami.
UJohn weSiphambano ufundisa ukuthi izinkanuko zenyama yethu zingaphuphuthekisa ukucabanga, zenze ingqondo ibe mnyama, futhi zenze inkumbulo ibe mbi Ngempela, abafundi, yize babesanda kubona uJesu ekhipha amadimoni, ephakamisa abakhubazekile, futhi elapha inqwaba yezifo, base bekhohliwe masinyane amandla Akhe futhi balahlekelwa yimizwa yabo ngokushesha nje lapho sebegxilwe yimimoya namagagasi. Ngokunjalo futhi, uJohn weSiphambano ufundisa ukuthi kufanele sizilahle lezo zinkanuko ezilawula uthando lwethu nokuzinikela kwethu.
Njengoba ukulinywa kwenhlabathi kudingekile ukuze uthele — inhlabathi ethwetshuliwe ikhiqiza ukhula kuphela — ukukhubazeka kwezifiso kuyadingeka ukuze umuntu athele ngokomoya. Ngizama ukusho ukuthi ngaphandle kwalokhu kudumazeka, konke okwenziwayo ngenhloso yokuthuthuka ekupheleleni nasekwazini uNkulunkulu kanye nokuzizuzisa akusizi ngalutho njengembewu ehlwanyelwe emhlabathini ongalinyiwe.-Ummango weNtaba iKarmeli, Incwadi yokuqala, Isahluko, n. 4; Imisebenzi Eqoqiwe kaSt. John of the Cross, k. 123; ihunyushwe nguKieran Kavanaugh no-Otilio Redriguez
Njengoba nje abafundi babengaboni iNkosi enamandla onke phakathi kwabo, kunjalo nangawo lawo maKristu okuthi, naphezu kokuzinikela okuningi noma amapeni angajwayelekile, abalweli ngenkuthalo ukuphika izifiso zabo.
Ngoba lokhu kuyisici salabo abaphuphuthekiswe yizifiso zabo; lapho sebephakathi kweqiniso futhi nalokho okulungele bona, abasakuboni njengokuthi bebesebumnyameni. —USt. UJohn weSiphambano, i-Ibid. n. 7
Ngamanye amagama, kufanele siye emnsalo womkhumbi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, futhi…
Bekani ijoka lami phezu kwenu, nifunde kimi; ngoba ngimnene futhi ngithobekile ngenhliziyo, nizotholela imiphefumulo yenu ukuphumula. Ngoba ijoka lami lilula, nomthwalo wami ulula. (Math 11: 29-30)
Ijoka ivangeli likaKristu, elifingqwe ngamagama athi phenduka futhi thanda uNkulunkulu futhi umakhelwane. Ukuphenduka ukwenqaba uthando lwakho konke okunamathiselwe noma isidalwa; ukuthanda uNkulunkulu kungukuMfuna nenkazimulo yaKhe kukho konke; futhi ukuthanda umakhelwane ukubasebenzela njengoba noKristu asithanda futhi wasisebenzela. Ngokushesha kulijoka ngoba imvelo yethu ikuthola kunzima; kodwa futhi “kukhanya” ngoba kulula ukuthi umusa ukufeze kithi. ”Isisa, noma uthando lukaNkulunkulu”, kusho uVenerable Louis waseGranada, "kwenza umthetho ube mnandi futhi ujabulise." [1]Umhlahlandlela Woni, (Tan Books and Publishers) amakhasi 222 Iphuzu yilokhu: uma uzwa ukuthi awukwazi ukulawula izilingo zenyama, ungamangali ukuzwa uKristu ethi kuwe futhi, “Anikabi nalo ukholo?” Ngoba iNkosi yethu ayizange ifele ngokunembile ukuze ingagcini ngokususa izono zakho, kodwa nokunqoba amandla azo kuwe?
Siyazi ukuthi ubuntu bethu obudala babethelwa kanye naye ukuze umzimba wesono ubhujiswe, futhi singabe sisaba yizigqila zesono. (KwabaseRoma 6: 6)
Manje, yini okusindisa esonweni, uma kungenjalo ukuthola ukuxolelwa kwamaphutha edlule nomusa wokugwema abanye ngokuzayo? Kwaba yini ukuphela kokuza koMsindisi wethu, uma kungenjalo ukukusiza emsebenzini we
insindiso? Akazange afe esiphambanweni ukubhubhisa isono? Akazange avuke kwabafileyo ukuze akwazi ukukwazi ukuvukela empilweni yomusa? Kungani Wachitha iGazi Lakhe, uma kungenjalo ukwelapha amanxeba omphefumulo wakho? Kungani wafaka amasakramente, uma kungenjalo ukukuqinisa esonweni? Ukuza kwaKhe akuzange yini kunikeze indlela eya eZulwini bushelelezi futhi iqonde…? Kungani athumela uMoya oNgcwele, uma kungenjalo uzokuguqula usuke enyameni uye emoyeni? Kungani amthume ngaphansi kwesimo somlilo kepha ukukukhanyisela, ukukushisa, nokukuguqula abe nguyena, ukuze umphefumulo wakho ulungele umbuso wakhe wobunkulunkulu?… Uyesaba ukuthi isithembiso ngeke sigcwaliseke? , noma ukuthi ngosizo lomusa kaNkulunkulu ngeke ukwazi ukugcina umthetho waKhe? Ukungabaza kwakho kuyinhlamba; ngoba, okokuqala, ubuza ubuqiniso bamazwi kaNkulunkulu, bese kuthi kwesesibili, umhloniphe njengongakwazi ukufeza lokho akuthembisayo, ngoba ucabanga ukuthi uyakwazi ukukunikeza usizo olunganele izidingo zakho. —ULouis waseGranada onamandla, Umhlahlandlela Woni, (Tan Books and Publishers) amakhasi 218-220
O, yeka isikhumbuzo esibusisekile!
Ngakho-ke kudingeka izinto ezimbili. Okokuqala, ukuyeka lezo zinkanuko ezifuna ukuvuvukala zibe igagasi lesono. Okwesibili, ukuba nokholo kuNkulunkulu nasemuseni waKhe namandla okwenza lokho akuthembise kuwe. NoNkulunkulu kuthanda kwenze uma umlalela, lapho uthatha Isiphambano Sothando abanye esikhundleni senyama yakho. Futhi ukuthi uNkulunkulu angakwenza masinyane kanjani lokhu uma uzimisele ngokungavumeli abanye onkulunkulu ngaphambi Kwakhe. USt Paul ufingqa konke lokhu okungenhla ngale ndlela:
Ngoba nabizelwa inkululeko, bazalwane. Kepha ungayisebenzisi le nkululeko njengethuba lenyama; kunalokho khonzanani ngothando. Ngoba umthetho wonke ugcwaliseka entweni eyodwa, ethi: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena. Kepha uma niqhubeka nilumana futhi nishwabadelana, qaphela ukuthi aniqedi omunye komunye. Ngithi-ke: phila ngoMoya futhi ngokuqinisekile ngeke usenelise isifiso senyama. (Gal 5: 13-16)
Ingabe ubona sengathi lokhu akunakwenzeka? USt. Cyprian wake wangabaza ukuthi lokhu kungenzeka yena uqobo, ebona ukuthi unamathele kanjani ezifisweni zenyama yakhe.
Nganxusa ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukusiphula imikhuba emibi efakwe kithi yimvelo yethu ekhohlakele futhi iqinisekiswe yimikhuba yeminyaka… -Umhlahlandlela Woni, (Tan Books and Publishers) amakhasi 228
USt. Augustine naye wazizwa ngendlela efanayo.
… Lapho eqala ukucabanga ngokungathi sína ngokushiya umhlaba, ubunzima obuyinkulungwane baziveza engqondweni yakhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kwavela ubumnandi bangesikhathi esidlule sempilo yakhe, bethi, “Uzohlukana nathi unomphela? Ngeke sisaba abangane bakho yini? ” —Ibhid. k. 229
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Augustine wamangazwa yilabo ababehlala kuleyo nkululeko yangempela yamaKristu, ngakho wamemeza:
Akuyena yini uNkulunkulu owabanika amandla okwenza lokho abakwenzile? Ngenkathi uqhubeka nokuthembela kuwe kufanele uwe. Ziphonse kuNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokwesaba; Ngeke akushiye. —Ibhid. k. 229
Ngokulahla leso sivunguvungu sezifiso esasifuna ukubacwila bobabili, uCyprian no-Augustine bathola inkululeko nenjabulo entsha eyadalula ukukhohlisa okuphelele nezithembiso eziyize zezinkanuko zabo zakudala. Izingqondo zabo, manje ezingafinyelelwe izifiso zabo, zaqala ukungagcwaliswa ngobumnyama, kepha ukukhanya kukaKristu.
Nalokhu sekuyindaba yami, futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukumemezela lokho UJesu Kristu uyiNkosi yazo zonke izivunguvungu.
Uma ungathanda ukondla izidingo zomndeni wethu,
mane uchofoze inkinobho engezansi.
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga!
Ukuhamba noMark ku The Manje iZwi,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.
Imibhalo yaphansi
| ↑1 | Umhlahlandlela Woni, (Tan Books and Publishers) amakhasi 222 |
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