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Usuku 18

Njengoba inyamazane ilangazelela imifudlana yamanzi…

 

MHLAWUMBE uzizwa ungakwazi ukubungcwele njengoba ngenza ngokuqhubeka nokubhala le Lenten Retreat. Kuhle. Lapho-ke sobabili sesifake iphuzu elibucayi ekuzazini-ukuthi ngaphandle komusa kaNkulunkulu akukho esingakwenza. Kepha lokho akusho ukuthi akukho okumele sikwenze.

Ngakhala kuBaba kanye, “Nkosi, kunjengokungathi izinto eziyinkulungwane zingidonsela ukunaka kwami.” Impendulo yakhe yathi, “…futhi ngikunikeza umusa ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane. Ngifune, ngilambele, ungibize — kodwa qiniseka ukuthi ubheka ezindaweni ezilungile. ”

Namuhla, njengoba singekho isizukulwane ngaphambi kwethu, sihlaselwa umzuzu ngamunye yiziphazamiso eziyinkulungwane. Empeleni. Uma kungaveli emsakazweni, kuthelevishini, ku-Facebook, ku-Twitter, ku-Pinterest, ku-Messenger, kumasayithi amasha, kumasayithi ezemidlalo, kumasayithi ezitolo, ocingweni… manje sekuvela emicabangweni yethu, njengoba isikhathi sokunakwa kwalesi sizukulwane sobuchwepheshe sifinyeziwe . Kufanele sikunake lokhu… i umfanekiso wesilo isivele ifuna ukukhonzwa nokukhulekelwa kwethu, futhi sivame ukuyinikela ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane ezicashile. ^[1]isib. IsAm 13:15

Ngakho-ke kufanele sibheke futhi sizibuze lo mbuzo obalulekile: Ngenzani ngesikhathi sami? Isikhathi uthando. Nginikela isikhathi sami kulokho engikuthandayo. Ngakho-ke, uJesu wathi,

Akekho ongakhonza amakhosi amabili. Uyozonda enye athande enye, noma azinikele kokunye adelele enye. (Math 6:24)

Ukuze ngivule indlela yesihlanu yokuba khona kukaNkulunkulu, kufanele ngibuze ukuthi ngiyafana yini nomhubi:

Njengendluzele ilangazelela imifudlana yamanzi, kanjalo umphefumulo wami ulangazelela wena, Nkulunkulu. Umphefumulo wami womele uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu ophilayo. Ngingangena nini ngibone ubuso bukaNkulunkulu? (AmaHubo 42: 2-3)

Futhi uma ngivuma ukuthi angimfuni uNkulunkulu, ngimlambele, ngimbize… lokho kungenxa yokuthi inhliziyo yami ihlukene phakathi. Njengoba ingoma kaJohnny Lee iqhubeka, “Bengifuna uthando kuzo zonke izindawo ezingafanele… ”Kepha qiniseka, uNkulunkulu usakufuna, futhi wakwenza kube nokwenzeka ngezindlela ezincane eziyinkulungwane. Futhi-ke, njengoba omunye umbhali wezingoma abhala kumaHubo 43:

Thumela ukukhanya kwakho nokwethembeka kwakho, ukuze kube ngumhlahlandlela wami; mabangilethe entabeni yakho engcwele, lapho uhlala khona. (IHubo 43: 3)

Umbuzo awukho noma ngabe womele uthando, injongo nenjongo noma cha. Sonke sinjalo. Umbuzo uthi lapho sibheke khona ukuqeda ukoma kwethu. Ngakho-ke, namuhla, uJesu ucela ukuthi wenze i- isinqumo sobuqhawe. Kuyisinqumo sokwenza isikhathi ngaYe. Cha, kungaphezu kwalokho: ukungcweliswa konke isikhathi sakho kuYe…

Ngakho-ke noma ngabe niyadla noma niyaphuza, noma yini eniyenzayo, kwenzeleni konke ukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu… noma yini eniyenzayo, ngezwi noma ngesenzo, kwenzeni konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, nibonga uNkulunkulu uYise ngayo. (1 Kor 10:13; Kol 3:17)

Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, umphathi wami wezenkolo wangibuza, "Injani impilo yakho yokuthandaza?" Ngaphendula ngathi ngangimatasatasa ngempela, ukuthi ngangizimisele ukuthandaza, kodwa ngangilandelwa eceleni, njll. Waphendula wathi, “Uma ungathandazi, uchitha isikhathi sami.” Futhi ngalowo mzuzu, ngaqonda: uma ngingenzi isikhathi seNkosi — isikhathi ngomkhuleko, ukuthula, nokuzindla — ngakho ngiyachitha my isikhathi futhi.

Futhi-ke, angifuni ukuchitha isikhathi sakho nami. Namuhla, mina nawe kumele sithathe isinqumo sobuqhawe uma sifisa ukukhula sibe ngamaKrestu avuthiwe: ukuthi sizonikeza isikhathi kuJesu nsuku zonke. Okufanele sikwenze ngaleso sikhathi yilokho esizoxoxa ngakho ezinsukwini ezizayo…

 

ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO

Sinikeza isikhathi kulokho esikuthandayo. Isikhathi sokuthatha isinqumo sobuqhawe sokubuyisela isikhathi kuNkulunkulu.

Ningazifanisi nalenkathi kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nikwazi okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle nokujabulisayo nokupheleleyo. (Rom 12: 2)

 

Ukujoyina uMark kule Lenten Retreat,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.

 

 

Isihlahla nguDenise Mallett ube ngumbuyekezi omangalisayo. Ngijabule kakhulu ukuhlanganyela inoveli yokuqala yendodakazi yami. Ngahleka, ngakhala, futhi isithombe, abalingiswa, nokuxoxa izindaba okunamandla kuyaqhubeka ukuhlala emphefumulweni wami. I-classic esheshayo!
 

Isihlahla iyinoveli ebhalwe kahle kakhulu futhi ehehayo. UMallett ubhale inganekwane ehloniphekile yabantu neyenkolo mayelana nokuzidela, uthando, ubuqili kanye nokufuna iqiniso kanye nencazelo yokugcina. Uma le ncwadi yake yenziwa ifilimu — futhi kufanele kube njalo — umhlaba udinga kuphela ukuzinikela eqinisweni lomyalezo waphakade.
—Fr. UDonald Calloway, MIC, umbhali & isikhulumi

Ukushayela uDenise Mallett umbhali onesiphiwo esimangazayo kuyisinciphiso! Isihlahla kuyaheha futhi kubhalwe kahle. Ngilokhu ngizibuza ukuthi, "Umuntu angabhala kanjani into enjengale?" Akakhulumi.
—UKen Yasinski, Isikhulumi esingumKatolika, umbhali nomsunguli weFacetoFace Ministries

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