Kufunafuna Mulungu pakati pamavuto azaumoyo

Patangopita mphindi zochepa, moyo wanga unasokonekera. Mayesowo adabwerera ndipo tidazindikira kuti amayi anga anali ndi khansa. Mavuto azaumoyo atha kutipangitsa kukhala opanda chiyembekezo ndikuwopa zamtsogolo zosadziwika. Pakati pa kutayika uku, tikamadzilirira tokha kapena wokondedwa, titha kumva kuti Mulungu watisiya. Kodi tingapeze bwanji Mulungu pakati pamavuto ngati awa? Kodi Mulungu ali kuti pakati pa zowawa zambiri? Ali kuti kumva zowawa zanga?

Kulimbana ndi mafunso
Muli kuti? Ndakhala zaka zambiri ndikubwereza funso ili m'mapemphero anga pomwe ndimayang'ana amayi anga akuyenda ndi khansa: matenda, opareshoni, chemotherapy, radiation. Nchifukwa chiyani munalola kuti izi zichitike? Chifukwa chiyani mwatisiya? Ngati mafunso awa akumveka bwino, ndichifukwa choti simuli nokha. Akhristu akhala akulimbana ndi mafunso awa kwazaka zambiri. Timapeza chitsanzo cha izi mu Masalmo 22: 1-2: “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji ine? Chifukwa chiyani uli kutali ndi kundipulumutsa, uli kutali ndikulira kwanga kwachisoni? Mulungu wanga, ndimalira masana, koma simundiyankha, usiku, koma sindikupeza mpumulo ”. Monga wamasalmo, ndinadzimva kuti ndasiyidwa. Ndinasowa chochita, ndikuyang'ana anthu omwe ndimawakonda, anthu abwino kwambiri omwe ndikuwadziwa, akuvutika mosayenera ndi matenda. Ndakwiyira Mulungu; Ndidafunsa Mulungu; Ndipo ndinamva ngati kuti Mulungu andinyalanyaza.Timaphunzira kuchokera mu Salmo 22 kuti Mulungu amatsimikizira kukhudzika kumeneku. Ndipo ndaphunzira kuti sikololedwa kokha kufunsa mafunso awa, koma Mulungu amalimbikitsa (Masalmo 55:22). Mwa ife, Mulungu adalenga anthu anzeru omwe ali ndi kuthekera kwakukulu kwachikondi ndi kumvera ena chisoni, kutha kudzimvera chisoni komanso kudzimvera mkwiyo tokha komanso iwo omwe timawasamalira. M'buku lake, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, a Rachel Held Evans awunika nkhani ya Yakobo akulimbana ndi Mulungu (Genesis 32: 22-32), ndikulemba "Ndikulimbanabe ndipo, monga Yakobo, Ndilimbana mpaka NDIDALITSIDWE. Mulungu sanandilole kupita. “Ndife ana a Mulungu: amatikonda ndipo amatisamalira bwino kapena moipa; mkati mwa zowawa zathu iye akadali Mulungu wathu.

Kupeza Chiyembekezo M'Malemba
Nditamva koyamba za amayi anga kuti anali ndi khansa zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinadabwa. Maso anga adaphimbidwa ndikudzimva kukhala wopanda thandizo, ndidatembenukira ku gawo lodziwika bwino kuyambira ndili mwana, Masalmo 23: "Ambuye ndiye mbusa wanga, sindisowa kanthu". Wokonda Sande sukulu, ndinaloweza vesili ndipo ndinalinena mobwerezabwereza. Tanthauzo lake linandisinthira litakhala mantra yanga, mwanjira ina, panthawi yomwe amayi anga ankachita opareshoni, chemotherapy komanso radiation. Vesi 4 limandizunza makamaka: "Ngakhale ndiyenda m'chigwa chakuda kwambiri, sindidzawopa choipa chilichonse, chifukwa muli ndi ine." Titha kugwiritsa ntchito mavesi, ndime, ndi nkhani za mabanja kuti tipeze chiyembekezo m'malemba. M'Baibulo lonse, Mulungu amatitsimikizira kuti ngakhale timayenda mu zigwa zakuda kwambiri, sitiyenera kuchita mantha: Mulungu "amanyamula katundu wathu tsiku lililonse" (Masalmo 68:19) ndipo akutilimbikitsa kukumbukira kuti "Ngati Mulungu ali ndi ife, ndani angatsutsane nafe? " (Aroma 8:31).

Monga wowasamalira komanso munthu woyenda limodzi ndi omwe akukumana ndi mavuto azaumoyo, ndimapezanso chiyembekezo mu 2 Akorinto 1: 3-4: "Alemekezeke Mulungu ndi Atate wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Tate wachifundo ndi Mulungu wa onse chitonthozo, chomwe chimatitonthoza m'masautso athu onse, kuti tithe kutonthoza iwo amene ali m'mavuto ndi chitonthozo chomwe ifenso timalandira kwa Mulungu ". Mwambi wakale umati kuti kuti tisamalire ena, tiyenera kudzisamalira tokha. Ndimakhala ndi chiyembekezo chodziwa kuti Mulungu andipatsa chitonthozo ndi mtendere kuti ndithe kuzipereka kwa iwo omwe ali ndi mavuto azovuta zathanzi.

Muzimva mtendere kudzera mu pemphero
Posachedwapa, mnzanga anali ndi khunyu. Anapita kuchipatala ndipo anapezeka kuti ali ndi chotupa muubongo. Nditamufunsa momwe ndingamuthandizire, adayankha kuti: "Ndikuganiza kuti kupemphera ndichinthu chachikulu." Kupyolera mu pemphero, titha kutenga zowawa zathu, masautso athu, zowawa zathu, mkwiyo wathu ndikusiya kwa Mulungu.

Monga ambiri, ndimawona othandizira nthawi zonse. Magawo anga sabata iliyonse amandipatsa malo otetezeka kufotokoza malingaliro anga onse ndipo ndimatuluka mopepuka. Ndimapempheranso chimodzimodzi. Mapemphero anga samatsata mawonekedwe apadera kapena samachitika nthawi yake. Ndimangopempherera zinthu zomwe zimalemetsa mtima wanga. Ndimapemphera mzimu wanga ukatopa. Ndimapempherera mphamvu pomwe ndilibe. Ndikupemphera kuti Mulungu achotse zipsinjo zanga ndikundilimbitsa mtima kuti ndikakumana ndi tsiku lina. Ndimapempherera kuchiritsidwa, komanso ndikupempherera kuti Mulungu atambasulire chisomo chake kwa iwo omwe ndimawakonda, kwa iwo omwe akuvutika pakudziwika, kuyesa, kuchitidwa opaleshoni ndi chithandizo. Pemphero limatilola ife kufotokoza mantha athu ndi kuchoka ndi lingaliro lamtendere pakati pa zosadziwika.

Ndikupemphera kuti mupeze chitonthozo, chiyembekezo ndi mtendere kudzera mwa Mulungu; mulole dzanja lake likhale pa inu ndi kudzaza thupi lanu ndi moyo wanu.