Whakaarohia i tenei ra mo to hihiri mo te mahi aroha ki etahi atu

Ka oti nga mea katoa i whakahaua ai koe, ka ki atu, He pononga huakore matou; i mahia e taatau nga tikanga ki a maatau ". Ruka 17: 10b

He rerenga uaua tenei ki te kii ana he uaua ake ki te maarama pono ina korero ana.

Whakaarohia te horopaki e tika ana kia whakaputaina, kia ora hoki tenei whakaaro ki te mahi Karaitiana. Hei tauira, whakaarohia he whaea e whakapau ana i te ra ki te horoi ka whakareri i te kai a te whanau. I te mutunga o te ra, he pai tonu kia mohiohia mo tana pukumahi, me te mihi ki a ia. Ae ra, ka maioha ana te whanau ka mohio ana ki tenei mahi aroha, he mauruuru tenei mauruuru, ehara hoki i te mahi aroha noa. He pai te mihi ki te whakaputa i a raatau. Engari ko tenei waahanga ehara i te mea nui mo te kaha ki te whakawhetai mo te aroha me te mahi ki etahi atu, engari mo ta tatou hiahia ki te mahi. Me mihi koe? Kei te whakarato ranei koe i tetahi ratonga na te mea he pai me te tika ki te mahi?

Kua maarama a Ihu ko ta tatou mahi Karaitiana ki etahi atu, ahakoa i roto i te whanau, i etahi atu waahanga ranei, me matua akiaki e tetahi mahi o te mahi. Me mahi tatou na te aroha ahakoa te manaaki, te mohio ranei o etahi atu.

Na whakaarohia, ki te whakapau koe i to ra ki te mahi karakia ana ka mahia taua mahi hei painga mo etahi atu. Na whakaarohia kaore tetahi i whakaputa i te maioha mo o mahi. Me whakarereke tenei i to pono ki te mahi? Me aukati te urupare, te kore urupare ranei o etahi atu ki a koe mai i te mahi ta te Atua i hiahia ai kia mahi koe? Ae kaore. Me mahi me te whakatutuki i ta tatou mahi Karaitiana ma te mea noa he mea tika te mahi ana na te mea ko ta te Atua e hiahia ana ki a taatau.

Whakaarohia i tenei ra mo to hihiri mo te mahi aroha ki etahi atu. Whakamātauria ki te whakahua i enei kupu rongopai i roto i te waa o to koiora. He uaua pea i te tuatahi, engari ki te taea e koe te mahi me te whakaaro he "pononga huakore" koe kaore he mea i mahia e koe engari ko te mea "i herea koe ki te mahi", katahi koe ka mohio kua pau katoa to aroha he hōhonutanga hou.

E te Ariki, awhina ahau ki te mahi rangatira me taku ngakau katoa mo te aroha ki a koe me etahi atu. Awhinahia ahau ki te tuku i a au ano ahakoa nga ahuatanga o etahi atu kia kitea taku pai i roto i tenei mahi aroha. Ihu whakapono ahau ki a koe.