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KUNGANI ingabe uNkulunkulu uyangivumela ngihlupheke ngale ndlela? Kungani kunezithiyo eziningi kangaka enjabulweni nasekukhuleni ebungcweleni? Kungani impilo kumele ibe buhlungu kangaka? Kuzwakala sengathi ngisuka esigodini ngiye esigodini (yize ngazi ukuthi kunezintaba eziphakathi nendawo). Kungani, Nkulunkulu?
UMFULA UYAJIKA
Imifula eminingi emikhulu igeleza kusuka ezinguzungeni zeqhwa ezintabeni, futhi ifike lapho idabula khona olwandle noma inqwaba yemifudlana kanye namachibi. Lo mthamo omkhulu wamanzi awugcini nje ngokusika umugqa oqonde enjongweni yawo ebonakalayo; kunalokho ivunguza futhi isonteke futhi igobe ithathe uhambo olubonakala lungapheli. Endleleni, ihlangabezana nezithiyo eziningi nezithiyo ezingabonakala zivimbela ukuqhubeka kwayo… kepha njengoba isithiyo ngasinye singena emanzini, indlela entsha iyakhiwa, nomfula uqhubekela phambili.
Kube njalo-ke kuma-Israyeli ngenkathi uNkulunkulu ewahola ebakhipha eGibhithe, edabula uLwandle Olubomvu, eya ehlane. 
Uhambo lwabo lokuya eZweni Lesithembiso kwakufanele lube yizinsuku ezimbalwa. Esikhundleni salokho, kwaphela iminyaka engamashumi amane. Kungani uNkulunkulu kubonakala sengathi uthatha “indlela ende”? Kungani engazange ahole ngokushesha ama-Israyeli, phakathi nokudumisa nokuthokoza kwabo ngokusindiswa kwabo kuFaro, angene ezweni eligeleza ubisi noju?
Kungani, Jesu wami, uvumela ukunqoba kwami nenjabulo yami iwele ezandleni zabaphangi abangishiya ngishayiwe futhi ngilimele eceleni kwendlela? Njengendoda empofu emfanekisweni wakho, ngiphumele ukuhamba okumnandi kuphela. Ngifisa ukuthula nokuthula kuphela nokuphila okulula. Bangobani la mahlebezi ehlela kimi ejika imini ibe sebusuku, iphunga lokusa libe intuthu yosizi, nendlela eyake yacaca yaba yintaba yezinkinga? Nkulunkulu wami, kungani ubonakala ukude kangaka — wena engangihamba naye? Ushonephi? Kungani, ngenkathi uLwandle lubonakala lungaphezukwelutho usungibuyisele emuva ogwadule olomile nolunesizungu?
UMFULA WOKUPHILA
UJesu wathi,
Okholwa kimi… 'Kuyogobhoza enhliziyweni yakhe imifula yamanzi aphilayo.' (Johane 7:38)
Inhliziyo yakho injengendawo eluhlaza, futhi uMoya oNgcwele, onguMfula Wokuphila, uqala ukugeleza usuka eMbhapathizweni wakho, ulolonge futhi umise umphefumulo wakho njengoba egeleza. Ngoba noma isono sethu sigeziwe, imiphefumulo yethu isabuswa ubuthakathaka benyama, nokuthambekela ezinkanukweni, “konke okusezweni, inkanuko yenkanuko, ukuheha kwamehlo, nokuphila kokuziqhenya…”(1 Johane 2:16).
Zivelaphi izimpi futhi izingxabano eziphakathi kwenu zivelaphi? Akuveli ezinkanukweni zakho ezenza impi ngaphakathi kwamalungu akho? (Jakobe 4: 1)
Le mpi yangaphakathi ingumphumela walelo “damu” lokuqala elakhiwa u-Adam no-Eva, leso sithikamezo sokuqala esabulala ukushona komfula owawugeleza phakathi komuntu noMdali wakhe. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, umuntu noNkulunkulu waKhe babebumbene ngendlela ulwandle nolwandle oluxubana nokuhlangana ngayo. Kodwa isono sabeka indawo yezintaba yebanga phakathi kwethu nobungcwele bukaNkulunkulu. Ngoba senziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, senziwe ngesipho sokucabanga, unembeza nenkululeko yokuzikhethela — amandla aphethe amandla okwenza okubi okukhulu futhi akhohliswe — inxeba lijulile… lijule kakhulu kangangokuba uNkulunkulu kwakufanele afe enyameni yethu ukuze uqale ukubuyiselwa kwendalo yakhe ayithandayo. KuJesu, sithole ukuphulukiswa nokukhululwa kwethu.
Noma insindiso yethu ingafinyelelwa ngomzuzwana owodwa ekubhapathizweni, ukungcweliswa kwethu akunjalo (ngoba sonke sigcina sona). Umphefumulo womuntu uyimfihlakalo enkulu engenakunqotshwa ngisho nomuntu uqobo. NguNkulunkulu kuphela ongakwazi. Ngakho-ke, uMoya oNgcwele uthunyelwe njengoMmeli wethu, uMsizi wethu, ukuze asakhe kabusha futhi asibumbe sibuyele kuphethini yobunkulunkulu esadalwa ngayo, 
iphethini okungukuthi, ngamagama, uthando. UMoya oNgcwele uza njengoMfula ogijimayo ukusenza kabusha ngomfanekiso ebesihlose ukuba sibe kuwo njalo.
Kepha zingaki izithiyo othandweni! Zingaki izithiyo ezikhona ekuzinikeleni nasekusizeni abampofu! Futhi kungalesi sizathu ukuthi sihlupheka. Hhayi ngoba uNkulunkulu ekhipha isijeziso ngakho konke esikwenzayo, kepha ngokuhlupheka, uthando lwethu luyasuswa amandla amakhulu oMfula Wokuphila. Lapho ubuntu obudala buyekela okusha, kulapho siba kakhulu khona ngokwethu—Esadalelwa ukuba sibe yibo ngempela. Lapho siba ngokwethu ngokwengeziwe, siyokwazi ngokwengeziwe ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu, sikwazi leyo njabulo nokuthula nothando okuyisisekelo Sakhe. Futhi le nqubo ibuhlungu. Kuyinqubo okufanele, empeleni, isisuse ngokuphelele ebuntwini obudala ukuze isigqokise okusha.
IZIDWANA ZOKUGQUMA
Kunzima ukubona lokhu phakathi kwecala. Kunzima ukubona phakathi kwesilingo ukuthi engikubekezelelayo, uma ngikhuthazela, 
empeleni kungisondeza eduze nolwandle olungapheli. Ngaleso sikhathi, engikubonayo nengikuzwayo kuphela amagagasi amabi okungabaza, ukuwela okulingayo esonweni, amadwala aminyene wamanga necala. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ngiphonswa ngokungahleliwe esikhathini samanje sempilo esingavuzi okuhle noma sijezise ababi, kepha kumane nje kungukuvela kwesiyaluyalu somzuzu ngamunye ngize ngife.
Kepha iqiniso liwukuthi, lo Mfula omkhulu udala indawo enhle ngaphakathi. Yize konke engikubonayo okwamanje kungamadwala awayo kanye nezihlahla eziwile eziqhamuka kula maWave amakhulu, eqinisweni, kukhona into emangalisayo eyenzeka emphefumulweni wami uma ngiqhubeka nokuqhubeka nenqubo. (Yebo, ungona, uwe, ukhubeke njalonjalo. Kepha uma uqhubeka ubuyela kuNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo eqotho, uhlala kulokho!) Iphuzu yileli: UNkulunkulu ukudale waba muhle, ujabule, ujabule ngcwele. Unentshisekelo yokubona ukuphelela kwakho kunami nawe ngoba Uyazi ukuthi imiphefumulo yethu ingaba mihle kanjani! Lokhu, empeleni, kuyi- isilonda esijulile enhliziyweni kaNkulunkulu… uNkulunkulu, elangazelela ukubona umphefumulo wakho useduze naKhe, womele isikhathi lapho uzomthanda ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, umphefumulo, ingqondo namandla, ngoba lapho uyoba ngumuntu ophelele, khona-ke uzobona amandla akho amakhulu ! Kepha lokhu kubonakala kukude kangakanani lapho ngizibuka esibukweni. Futhi noNkulunkulu uyakwazi lokhu. Uyazi ukuthi ngiphatheke kabi kanjani lapho ngimnweba… kepha kubukeka sengathi ngiwela kude ezingalweni Zakhe.
Ungesabi uMsindisi wakho, mphefumulo onesono. Ngenza isinyathelo sokuqala sokuza kuwe, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi uwedwa awukwazi ukuziphakamisela kimi. Mntanami, ungabaleki uYihlo; zimisele ukukhuluma ngokukhululekile noNkulunkulu wakho onesihe ofuna ukukhuluma amazwi okuxolela nokunikela ngomusa wakhe kuwe. Uthandeka kangakanani umphefumulo wakho Kimi! Ngiloba igama lakho esandleni Sami; uqoshwe njengesilonda esijulile Enhliziyweni Yami. -Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1485
Bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, kunento eyodwa okufanele niyenze. Noma ungenakho nhlobo ukulunga, noma ngabe uhlala phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngezandla ezingenalutho nenhliziyo enamabala njengesinxibi emnyango wekhishi lesobho… kufanele ukwethemba. Thembela othandweni lukaNkulunkulu nakuhlelo lwakho. Ngibhala lawa mazwi ngokwesaba okuthile okungcwele enhliziyweni yami. Ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi eminye imiphefumulo izoziqhenya kakhulu ngokungathembela, futhi iyaziqhenya ngokuzithoba njengengane encane bese ikhala kuNkulunkulu wayo… futhi bayochitha ingunaphakade lentukuthelo nokuziqhenya nenzondo kuMdali wabo.
Kepha manje, kulo mzuzu, uMfula ugeleza emphefumulweni wakho njengoba ufunda la mazwi. Intaba yezinkinga ezungeze wena ungazizwa sengathi ingena ngaphakathi, ukuthi ukugoba osebeni lomfula kungaphezu kwakho, kubuhlungu kakhulu, futhi kunesizungu. Kepha lapha awukwazi ukubona; awukwazi ukubona iHlathi elikhulu lamaGrace elibekwe ngale kwale bend noma iMeadows enkulu yeVirtue ebekwe phambi kwakho. Yinye kuphela indlela yalokhu kuvuswa "komuntu omusha", lokho okuqhubeka ngale ndlela, kulesi sigodi seSithunzi Sokufa, ngomoya ukwethemba. Kuyindlela yeSiphambano. Ayikho enye indlela.
O mphefumulo ocwile ebumnyameni, ungalahli ithemba, Konke akukalahleki. Woza uthembe uNkulunkulu wakho, oluthando nesihe. - n. 1486
Ngiyakwazi bazizwa UNkulunkulu ekhuluma la mazwi njengoba ngiwabhala, futhi uma ngingakuchazela igama le- ngokuphelele thanda kuzo, ukwesaba kwakho kuzophela njengenkungu evutha amalangabi! Ungesabi! Ungesabi lokhu kuhlupheka, ngoba akukho nelilodwa iconsi lako elivunyelwe empilweni yakho ngaphandle kwentando kaNkulunkulu eyekelelayo. Konke kumiselwe ukuqoshwa ngaphakathi kuwe, futhi ngaphandle, umphefumulo omuhle, umphefumulo ophilayo, umphefumulo onamandla okuqukatha uNkulunkulu.
Ungaba ngumKristu onjani uma kungekho buhlungu empilweni yakho? Silindele, ngakho-ke, futhi usamukele, ngoba ubuhlungu bufana nomlilo othunyelwe nguNkulunkulu ukuhlanza umphefumulo wakho, inhliziyo yakho nengqondo yakho. Ngenxa yalokho, ungayeka ukuzicabangela wena, bese uphuma uye kubo bonke abafowenu nodadewenu. Ngakho-ke uma kukhona ubuhlungu empilweni yakho, zama ukwengeza amagama athi, “Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngobuhlungu!”—Inceku kaNkulunkulu, uCatherine de Hueck Doherty, Umusa Kuyo Yonke Isikhathi
Bonga kuzo zonke izimo ngoba akakulahlile. (Wayeyaphi yonke indawo?) Kepha uma enawe, kuhlala kunjalo ngendlela yokuthi kungaphazamisi intando yakho. Kunalokho ulinda, ngokulinda komile, ukuze usondele kuye:
Sondelani kuNkulunkulu naye uzosondela kini. (Jakobe 4: 8)
Futhi uzobuya futhi njengoMfula ophilayo onamandla, onamandla, onothando, obekezelayo, ojabulayo futhi onesihe ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi lowo asewuqalile futhi azowufeza ngosuku lweNkosi.
Isihe sami sikhulu kunezono zakho nezomhlaba wonke. Ngubani ongalinganisa ubukhulu bokulunga kwami? Ngawe kuwe ngivela ezulwini; ngawe ngavumela ukuba ngibethelwe esiphambanweni; ngawe ngivumela iNhliziyo yami Engcwele igwazwe ngentambo, ngaleyo ndlela ngikuvulele umthombo wesirhawu. Woza-ke ngokuthembela ukuzodonsa umusa kulo mthombo. Angikaze ngiyilahle inhliziyo ephendukayo. Usizi lwakho luye lwanyamalala ekujuleni kwesihe Sami. Ungaphikisani Nami ngobuhlungu bakho. Uzongijabulisa uma ungidlulisela kimi zonke izinkathazo nosizi lwakho. Ngizonqwabelanisa phezu kwakho amagugu omusa Wami. -Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1485
Noma ngihamba esigodini esimnyama, angesabi ukuthi kukhona okubi ohlangothini lwami… (AmaHubo 23: 4)
