Ke kū like ke Akua

I kekahi manawa, ke hoʻāʻo mākou e ʻike hou aku i ko mākou Haku lokomaikaʻi, me he mea lā he hāmau ʻo ia. Malia paha ua komo ka hewa i loko o ke ala a i ʻole ua ʻae paha ʻoe i kou manaʻo no ke Akua e ʻōpua i kona leo maoli a me kona alo maoli. I kekahi mau manawa, hūnā ʻo Iesū i kona alo a hūnā no kekahi kumu. Hana ia i kēia ma ke ʻano e komo i loko. Mai hopohopo inā he hāmau ke Akua no kēia kumu. He ʻāpana mau ia o ka huakaʻi (ʻike i ka Diary No. 18).

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā pehea ke ʻano o ke Akua. Aia paha ia i kēia manawa, maliʻa paha he mamao. E waiho ʻē aʻe a hoʻomaopopo he pili mau ke Akua iā ʻoe, inā makemake ʻoe ʻaʻole paha. Hilinaʻi iā ia a ʻike ʻo ia mau me ʻoe, me ka nānā ʻole i kou ʻano. Inā he mamao ia, e nānā mua i kou lunamanaʻo, e ʻae i kekahi lawehala e hiki mai ana ma ke ala, a laila e lawe i kahi hana o ke aloha a hilinaʻi i waena o nā mea āu e hele nei.

E ka Haku, paulele wau iā ʻoe no ka mea piliwi wau iā ʻoe a me kou aloha pau ʻole iaʻu. Hilinaʻi wau ma laila mau ʻoe a mālama ʻoe iaʻu e pili ana i nā manawa āpau o koʻu ola. Ke hiki ʻole iaʻu ke ʻike i kou alo akua i koʻu ola, e kōkua iaʻu e ʻimi iā ʻoe a ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi iā ʻoe. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.