IT kwakuhamba ibanga lesihlanu nengxenye ngemoto ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza kuya emphakathini oqhelile e-Upper Michigan lapho ngangizobuyela khona. Ngangazi ngalo mcimbi izinyanga, kodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho ngiqala uhambo lwami lapho umyalezo engangibizelwe ukuzowukhuluma wagcina ugcwalise inhliziyo yami. Kwaqala ngamazwi eNkosi yethu:
… Lapho iNdodana yomuntu ifika, ingabe iyokuthola ukukholwa emhlabeni? (Luka 18: 8)
Umongo wala magama ngumfanekiso uJesu awusho "ngesidingo sokuthi bathandaze njalo ngaphandle kokukhathala"(Lk 18: 1-8). Ngokumangazayo, uphetha lo mfanekiso ngalo mbuzo okhathazayo wokuthi uzoluthola yini ukholo emhlabeni lapho ebuya. Umongo ukuthi imiphefumulo phikelela noma cha.
LUYINI UKHOLO?
Kepha usho ukuthini ngokuthi "ukukholwa"? Uma asho ukukholelwa ebukhoneni Bakhe, ukuba senyameni Kwakhe, ukufa nokuvuka Kwakhe, kungenzeka kube nemiphefumulo eminingi evuma lokhu ngokwengqondo, uma kungasese kuphela. Yebo, ngisho nosathane uyakukholwa lokhu. Kepha angikholwa ukuthi yilokhu uJesu ayekusho.
UJames uthi,
Khombisa ukukholwa kwakho kimi ngaphandle kwemisebenzi, nami ngizokukhombisa ukukholwa kwami ngemisebenzi yami. (Jakobe 2:18).
Futhi imisebenzi uJesu ayifunayo kithi ingafingqwa ngomyalo owodwa:
Yilo umyalo wami: thandanani njengoba nami nginithanda. (Johane 15:12)
Uthando luyabekezela, uthando lunomusa. Alunamhawu, (uthando) aluzikhukhumezi, alugcini umoya, aludeleli, aluzifuneli izinzuzo zalo siqu, aluthukutheli ngokushesha, alukhathaleli ukulimala, aluthokozi ngokungalungile kodwa lithokoza ngeqiniso. Lubekezelela zonke izinto, lukholwa yizinto zonke, luthemba izinto zonke, lukhuthazelela zonke izinto. (1 Kor 13: 4-7)
UBaba oNgcwele, kwi-encyclical yakhe yakamuva ICaritas In Veritate (Uthando Ngeqiniso), uxwayisa ngokuthi uthando olungasuki eqinisweni lunemiphumela emibi emphakathini. Laba bobabili abakwazi ukuhlukanisa. Singasebenza egameni lobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle nothando, kepha uma lingahlanganisiwe "eqinisweni elisikhululayo," kungenzeka sihola abanye ubugqila, noma ngabe kuphakathi kobudlelwano bethu noma phakathi kwezenzo zezomnotho nezepolitiki zamazwe nezindikimba ezibusayo. Umbhalo wakhe ofika ngesikhathi futhi ongokwesiprofetho uphinde uqhakambise abaprofethi bamanga abavela, ngisho ngaphakathi kweBandla uqobo lwalo, abathi benza egameni lothando, kepha beqhela othandweni lweqiniso ngoba alukhanyiswanga yiqiniso "elinomsuka kaNkulunkulu, Uthando Olungunaphakade neQiniso Eliphelele" (encyclical, n. 1). Izibonelo ezisobala yilabo abagqugquzela ukufa kwengane engakazalwa noma abakhuthaza umshado wezitabane ngenkathi bethi baxhasa "amalungelo abantu." Kodwa-ke wona la "malungelo" avula indlela eya ekungcwabeni okubi okusongela izimpilo zamalungu abuthakathaka omphakathi wesintu futhi agumbuqele amaqiniso angokwemvelo futhi angenakuphikiswa maqondana nesithunzi somuntu kanye nezocansi zomuntu.
Maye kulabo abathi okubi kuhle, nokubi okuhle bathi, abaguqula ubumnyama bube ngukukhanya, nokukhanya kube ubumnyama, abaguqula okubabayo bakwenza okumnandi, nabamnandi kwaba ababayo! (Isaya 5:20)
UKHOLO: UTHANDO NEQINISO
Njengoba ngibhala Ikhandlela Elishunqayo, ukukhanya kweQiniso kuyaphela, ngaphandle kwalabo, njengezintombi ezinhlanu ezihlakaniphile, abagcwalisa izinhliziyo zabo ngamafutha okholo. Uthando luyabanda ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, okungukuthi, izenzo ezihlose noma zokuthi zilungile kepha zimbi ngokwangaphakathi. Lokhu kuyingozi futhi kuyadida, futhi bangaki abadukiswa!
Inkinga yangempela kulo mzuzu womlando wethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyanyamalala emkhathizwe womuntu, futhi, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuNkulunkulu, isintu siphulukana nokuthwala kwaso, nemiphumela ebonakala ngokusobala eyonakalisayo. -Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi Bomhlaba, Mashi 10, 2009; I-Catholic Online
Kuyovela abaprofethi bamanga abaningi futhi bakhohlise abaningi; futhi ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola. (Math 24: 11-12)
Ukholo-ke lungabhekwa kanjena: ukuthanda futhi iqiniso in isenzo. Uma enye yezinto ezintathu zokholo ilahlekile, lapho-ke kuyinkolo ebuthakathaka noma engekho nhlobo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uye wakhuthazela futhi wahlupheka ngenxa yegama lami, futhi awukhathali. Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAm 2: 3-5)
UKUBEKEZELA
Kulolu suku lapho iqiniso lichazwa kabusha, lapho uthando lwangempela luya ngokuncipha, futhi ukuyekethisa kuwubhadane, kubalulekile ukuthi, njengowesifazane osemfanekisweni kaKristu, phikelela. UJesu waxwayisa kakhulu:
Nonke ukholo lwenu luyozanyazanyiswa, ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: 'Ngizoshaya umalusi, izimvu zihlakazeke…' Bhekani futhi nithandaze ukuze ningavivinywa. Umoya uyavuma kodwa inyama ibuthakathaka. (Marku 14:27, 38)
Uma ufana nami, noma kunjalo, khona-ke uzoba nesizathu esihle sokungabaza amandla akho. Lokhu kuhle. UNkulunkulu ufuna sithembele kuye ngokuphelele (futhi kufanele, ngoba siyizidalwa eziwile ezidinga umusa ukuze siguqulwe sibe ngabantu bonke). Eqinisweni, Uyasihlinzeka ngalezi zikhathi ezingavamile i ulwandle lomusa ngokuqondile ngoba ukubekezela. Ngizochaza lokhu ngokuzindla kwami okulandelayo.
