Kudzipereka kwa Oyera Mtima: Amayi Teresa, mphamvu ya pemphero

Pamene Mariya anachezera St. Elizabeti, chodabwitsa chinachitika: mwana wosabadwayo analumpha ndi chisangalalo m’mimba mwa amayi ake. N’zodabwitsadi kuti Mulungu anagwiritsa ntchito mwana wosabadwa kuti alandire kulandira koyamba kwa mwana wake wopangidwa ndi munthu.

Tsopano kuchotsa mimba kuli ponseponse ndipo khanda lopangidwa m’chifanizo cha Mulungu limaponyedwa m’zinyalala. Komabe mwana ameneyo, m’mimba mwa mayiyo, analengedwa ndi cholinga chachikulu chofanana cha anthu onse: kukonda ndi kukondedwa. Lero, popeza tasonkhanitsidwa pano, tiyeni choyamba tithokoze makolo athu omwe amatifuna, omwe adatipatsa mphatso yabwino kwambiri ya moyo komanso mwayi woti tizikonda ndi kukondedwa. Kwa nthaŵi yaikulu ya moyo wake wapoyera, Yesu anapitiriza kubwerezabwereza mfundo imodzimodziyo kuti: “Mukondane wina ndi mnzake, monga momwe Mulungu amakukonderani. Monga momwe Atate wandikonda Ine, Inenso ndakonda inu. mukondane wina ndi mzake.

Kuyang’ana pamtanda timadziwa mmene Mulungu anatikondera. Kuyang'ana pa chihema, tikudziwa pa nthawi yomwe mukupitiriza kutikonda.

Ngati tikufuna kukonda ndi kukondedwa, m’pofunika kwambiri kuti tizipemphera. Timaphunzira kupemphera. Timaphunzitsa ana athu kupemphera ndi kupemphera nawo, chifukwa chipatso cha pemphero ndi chikhulupiriro - "Ndikhulupirira" - ndipo chipatso cha chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi - "Ndimakonda" - ndipo chipatso cha chikondi ndi utumiki - "Ndimatumikira" - ndipo chipatso cha utumiki ndi mtendere. Kodi chikondi chimenechi chikuyamba kuti? Kodi mtendere umenewu ukuyambira kuti? M'banja lathu…

Chotero tiyeni tipemphere, tiyeni tipemphere mosalekeza, pakuti pemphero lidzatipatsa ife mtima woyera ndipo mtima woyera udzakhoza kuona nkhope ya Mulungu ngakhale mwa mwana wosabadwa. Pemphero ndi mphatso yochokeradi kwa Mulungu, chifukwa limatipatsa chisangalalo cha chikondi, chimwemwe chogawana, chimwemwe cha kusunga mabanja athu pamodzi. Pempherani ndipo ana anu apemphere nanu. Ndikumva zowawa zonse zikuchitika lero. Nthawi zonse ndimanena kuti ngati mayi atha kupha mwana wake, ndiye sizodabwitsa kuti amuna amaphana. Mulungu akuti, “Ngakhale mayi angaiwale mwana wake, ine sindidzaiwala iwe. Ndakubisa m’dzanja langa, ndiwe wamtengo wapatali pamaso panga. Ndimakukondani".

Ndi Mulungu mwiniyo amene amalankhula kuti: “Ndimakukondani”.

Tikadangomvetsetsa tanthauzo la “kupemphera kuti tigwire ntchito”! Tikadangokulitsa chikhulupiriro chathu! Pemphero si chinthu chongosangalatsa komanso chongolankhula. Tikadakhala ndi chikhulupiriro chofanana ndi kambewu kampiru, tinganene kuti chinthu ichi chisunthe ndipo chimasuntha… Pokhapokha ngati mitima yathu ili yoyera sitingathe kuwona Yesu mwa ena.

Ngati tinyalanyaza pemphero ndipo ngati nthambi siimamatira ku mpesa, idzauma. Chigwirizano ichi cha nthambi ndi mpesa ndi pemphero. Ngati pali mbedza iyi, ndiye kuti pali chikondi, ndi chisangalalo; pamenepo kokha tidzakhala kuwala kwa chikondi cha Mulungu, chiyembekezo cha chimwemwe chosatha, lawi la chikondi choyaka. Chifukwa? Chifukwa ndife amodzi ndi Yesu ngati mukufunadi kuphunzira kupemphera khalani chete.

Pamene mukukonzekera kuchitira odwala khate, yambani ntchito yanu ndi pemphero ndi kusonyeza kukoma mtima kwapadera ndi chifundo kwa odwala. Izi zidzakuthandizani kukumbukira kuti mukukhudza Thupi la Khristu. Ali ndi njala yokhudzana ndi izi. Kodi mungakonde kusamupatsa?

Lonjezo lathu silili china koma Kupembedza Mulungu.Ngati mupemphera moona mtima, zowinda zanu zili zomveka; kapena sangatanthauze kanthu. Kulonjeza ndi kupemphera, chifukwa ndi gawo lopembedza Mulungu.Malumbiro ndi malonjezano pakati pa inu ndi Mulungu nokha. Palibe oyimira pakati.

Zonse zimachitika pakati pa Yesu ndi inu.

Gwiritsani ntchito nthawi yanu m'pemphero. Ngati mupemphera mudzakhala ndi chikhulupiriro, ndipo ngati muli ndi chikhulupiriro mwachibadwa mudzafuna kutumikira. Aliyense amene amapemphera akhoza kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro chokha ndipo pamene pali chikhulupiriro munthu amafuna kuchisintha kukhala zochita.

Chikhulupiriro chosinthidwa motere chimakhala chimwemwe chifukwa chimatipatsa mwayi womasulira chikondi chathu cha Khristu kukhala ntchito.

Ndiko kuti, zikutanthauza kukumana ndi Khristu ndi kumutumikira.

Muyenera kupemphera mwapadera, chifukwa mu mpingo ntchito ndi chipatso cha pemphero basi… ndi chikondi chathu chochita. Ngati mulidi m’chikondi ndi Khristu, ngakhale ntchitoyo ndi yochepa chotani, mudzaichita momwe mungathere, mudzaichita ndi mtima wanu wonse. Ngati ntchito yanu ndi yosasamala, chikondi chanu pa Mulungu chilinso chochepa; ntchito yanu iyenera kutsimikizira chikondi chanu. Pemphero ndi moyo wa umodzi, ndi kukhala m'modzi ndi Khristu… Chifukwa chake pemphero ndi lofunika monga mpweya, monga magazi a m'thupi, monga chilichonse chomwe chimatisunga ndi moyo, chomwe chimatisunga amoyo m'chisomo cha Mulungu.