Noonoo i kēia lā inā paha ua piha kou aloha i ke Akua

ʻLelo maila ʻo Iesū i ka pane ʻana: “ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kāu e noi nei. Hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i ke kīʻaha e inu wau? "Ua haʻi lākou iā ia:" Hiki iā mākou. " Pane aku ʻo ia, "E inu ʻoe i kaʻu kīʻaha, akā e noho ʻoe ma koʻu ʻākau a me koʻu hema, ʻaʻole naʻu ia e hāʻawi aku, akā na ka poʻe no ia a koʻu Makua i hoʻomākaukau ai." Matiu 20: 22-23

Maʻalahi ke loaʻa nā manaʻo maikaʻi, akā ua lawa paha? ʻO ka ʻeuanelio ala i luna i ʻōlelo ʻia e Iesū i nā hoahānau ʻo James lāua ʻo John ma hope o ko lākou makuahine aloha i hele mai ai iā Iesū a noi iā ia e hoʻohiki iā ia e noho kāna mau keikikāne ʻelua i kāna ʻākau a haʻalele i ka wā e noho aliʻi aliʻi ana ʻo ia. Maliʻa iki paha o ka wiwo ʻole o kāna noi ʻana no kā Iesū, akā maopopo leʻa he aloha makuahine ma hope o kāna noi.

Eia nō naʻe, mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ia i ʻike maoli i kāna mea e noi ai. A inā ua maopopo iā ia kāna mea e noi aku ai iā ia, ʻaʻole paha ia e noi iā Iesū no kēia "aloha". Ke hele nei ʻo Iesū i Ierusalema kahi e lawe ai i kona noho aliʻi ma ke keʻa a kau ʻia ma ke keʻa. A ma kēia ʻano i nīnau ʻia ai ʻo Iesū inā hiki iā James lāua ʻo John ke hui pū me ia ma kona noho aliʻi. ʻO kēia ke kumu i nīnau ai ʻo Iesū i kēia mau lunaʻōlelo ʻelua: "Hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i ke kīʻaha aʻu e inu ai?" Pane mai lākou: "Hiki iā mākou". A hōʻoia ʻo Iesū i kēia ma ka haʻi ʻana iā lākou: "E inu ʻoe i koʻu kīʻaha".

Ua kono ʻia lākou e Iesū e hāhai i kona mau wāwae a hāʻawi wiwo ʻole i ko lākou ola no ke aloha o haʻi. Ua haʻalele lākou i ka makaʻu a mākaukau a mākaukau e ʻōlelo "ʻAe" i kā lākou keʻa ke ʻimi nei lākou e lawelawe iā Kristo a me kāna misionari.

ʻAʻole ka hahai ʻana iā Iesū i kahi mea a mākou e hana nei i ka hapalua. Inā makemake mākou e lilo i mea ukali maoli na Kristo, no laila pono pū mākou e inu i ke kīʻaha o Kona Koko Kūpono i loko o ko mākou ʻuhane a hānai ʻia e kēlā makana i mākaukau mākou a hāʻawi aku iā mākou iho i kahi o ka mōhai. Pono mākou e mākaukau a mākaukau hoʻi e kāohi i kekahi mea, ʻoiai ke kumu o ka mōhai.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, he kakaikahi loa ka poʻe e kāhea ʻia e lilo i mau martyrs maoli e like me kēia mau lunaʻōlelo, akā ua kāhea ʻia mākou āpau e lilo i mau martyrs i ka ʻuhane. ʻO kēia ka mea e hāʻawi pio loa iā Kristo a me kāna makemake ua make mākou no mākou iho.

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā iā Iesū nāna i nīnau iā ʻoe i kēia nīnau: "Hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i ke kīʻaha aʻu e inu ai?" Hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi hauʻoli me ka hauʻoli ʻole i kekahi mea? Hiki i kou aloha i ke Akua a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke hoʻopiha a piha loa he martyr ʻoe i ka manaʻo maoli o ka ʻōlelo? Hoʻoholo ʻoe e ʻōlelo "ʻAe", inu i ke kīʻaha o Kona Koko Kūpono a hāʻawi i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā i ka mōhai piha. He waiwai ia a hiki iā ʻoe ke hana!

E ka Haku, e piha loa kuʻu aloha iā ʻoe a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole paʻa ia mea. Hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi i koʻu manaʻo i kāu ʻoiaʻiʻo a me koʻu makemake i kou ala. A e lilo ka makana o Kou Koko Lilo i mea ikaika ma kēia huakaʻi i hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻohālike i kou aloha hemolele a me ka mōhai. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.