Kudzipereka kwa tsikuli: kufunikira kwakukwiya mwa Mulungu

Ndi gwero la ukoma ndi kuyenera. Ofunda amalola mwayi chikwi wa ukoma kutuluka mmanja; ndipo madzulo azindikira za umphawi wake! Munthu wolimbikira amamatira pachilichonse kuti akule muubwino: chiyero cha cholinga, pemphero, nsembe, kuleza mtima, chikondi, kulunjika pantchito: ndi zabwino zingati zomwe amachita! Ndipo, popeza kuyenera kwa zochitikazo kumadalira koposa pazifukwa komanso chidwi chomwe achita, ndi zabwino zingati zomwe zingatheke tsiku limodzi!

Ndi gwero la chisomo chatsopano. Ndani amene Ambuye adzamuyang'anitsitse? Adzafalitsa ndani chuma chake, ngati sichoncho kwa anthu okhulupirika, othokoza komanso okonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito bwino? Miyoyo yosayamika, ochimwa adani a Mulungu, nthawi iliyonse amalandira chisomo chopanda malire; koma koposa kotani nanga miyoyo yoyera, yodzichepetsa, yamphamvu, yomwe nthawi zonse imagwirizanitsidwa ndi Mulungu, yomwe imamuyembekezera iye ndi kumukhalira iye, iyenera kupeza! Mumakhala bwanji?

Ndi gwero lamtendere ndi chitonthozo. Chikondi chimapeputsa mtolo uliwonse, ndikupangitsa goli lililonse kukhala lokoma ndi lokoma. Palibe chomwe chimawononga iwo omwe amakonda kwambiri. Kodi Oyera adapeza kuti mtendere waukulu pakati pa otsutsa? Kudalira koyera komwe kudawapangitsa kupuma mwa Mulungu: chisangalalo chomwecho pakati pa nsembe ndi kukoma koyera kwa mtima koyenera kuchitiridwa nsanje? Kodi ndi chiyani chomwe tsiku lina chinatipangitsa kukhala osangalala komanso okhutira? Mitandayo inali yosavuta; palibe chomwe chidatiwopsya!…. Mwa ichi tinali ofunitsitsa ndi onse a Mulungu; tsopano zonse zalemera! Chifukwa chiyani?… Ndife ofunda.

NTCHITO. - Chitani zinthu zitatu zachikondi chochokera pansi pamtima: Yesu, Mulungu wanga, ndikupemphani koposa zonse.