Ndi zomwe zimatanthawuza kukhala patsogolo pa Mulungu

Anthu amakhala olemba pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, kuyang'ana kwachilengedwe pamaso pa ena, mwachitsanzo. Ena mwa ife titha kusiya kuyankhula kapena kuganiza pang'onopang'ono ndipo timafunikira nthawi yochulukirapo kuti tidziwe momwe kuchuluka kwapakati kungathandizire. Ena angayamikire kulondola kwa chinenerocho kotero kuti sizingavute kusankha mawu osamveka bwino. Ndipo, zoona, ena amakonda kusadziwika kwa mawu olembedwa, chifukwa malingaliro awo ndi owopsa kuti sangakhale nawo pawokha.

Mosapangana m'modzi mwa anthuwa ndi omwe angatenge mphatso podzipangira. Ojambula otere ndi osowa. Olemba ambiri amakakamizidwa kuti alembe chifukwa cha kufooka kwina kwina.

Ndine wolemba pazifukwa zina pamwambapa. Udindo wokhawo womwe sindimawaganizirapo udali wa wokamba nkhani pagulu. Komabe, zomwe olemba ambiri amapeza posachedwa ndikuti ngati mutasankha kulemba simungathe kubisala kuseri kwa tsambalo. Ngati muli okongola kuti mupeze omvera, mumakakamizidwa kudziulula nokha ndikulankhula mawu pamaso pa omvera.

Pakupita pafupifupi zaka zana limodzi zamankhwala osindikizidwa, tsopano ndimakhala m'gawo lovuta kwambiri la olemba omwe amalankhula. Mosiyana ndi iwo omwe amalankhula ngakhale mwa mwayi, olemba omwe amayenera kuphunzira aphunzire chilankhulo chachiwiri: mawu olankhulidwa.

Momwe anthu ambiri amalankhulira ndizosiyana ndi momwe timalembera ngakhale cholembera chosavuta kwambiri, khadi yachisoni kapena kulowa kwa mtolankhani. Kodi pali chiyani cholembera chomwe chimakonda ziganizo zofiirira? Mauthenga mameseji ndi maimelo zimatha kukhala zothandiza kwambiri kapena zongothandiza, koma motalikirapo zimayenda kwambiri. Pakadali pano, ziganizo zopangidwira khutu osati diso ziyenera kukhala zazifupi, zoyeretsa komanso zowonekera. Popanda comma kapena malo othandizira owoneka, timalankhula ndi mtundu wamtengo wapatali womwe timatcha nthawi.

Ponena za wolemba ngati St. Paul, sitikudziwa momwe zimamvekera pamaso pake. Kupatula mbiri yokongoletsedwa bwino kwambiri mu Machitidwe a Atumwi, timamudziwa pafupifupi Paulo kuchokera m'makalata ake.

Itha kukhala yayikulu komanso ndakatulo, monga mu "Hymn to Christ" wa Colossesi wa mwezi uno, yolengezedwa Lamlungu lakhumi ndi chisanu la nthawi wamba. Paulo akuwonetsa masomphenyawo akumvetsetsa mpingo wa Yesu, kutuluka mu nthawi yeniyeni mu m'badwo wa Paulo. Ngati mungakhale pansi ndikulankhula ndi Paul za botolo la mowa lakale ndikumufunsa za zomwe adakumana nazo Yesu, malingaliro ake mwina sanali ochepera, omveka bwino.

Ndi mawu okhawo omwe amapezeka m'makalata ake omwe amapereka malingaliro omwe mwina Paulo anali nawo. Izi ndi nthawi pamene Paulo adasiya kuwongolera ndikwiya ndi wina: nthawi imeneyo amasiya kulemba ndikuyamba kusiya nthunzi. Paulo anali wolemba chifukwa chakufunika, osati kwenikweni kupsya mtima. Amayenera kulumikizana kutali ndipo mawu olembedwa amayenera kusintha mwamunayo kumadera omwe anali pambuyo pake.

Paul ndiosavuta kumvetsetsa polemba monga wokamba. Pamene adasilira kwa Peter chifukwa chokhala achinyengo pakudya ndi Amitundu kapena kuwombeza kwa Agalatia chifukwa chamadongosolo azotsatira zamaphunziro, sitikhala ndi malingaliro okhumudwitsa a Paul. (Maulendo onse awiriwa amapezeka m'Machaputala 2 ndi 5 a buku la Agalatiya - momveka bwino kalata yosalembedwa yokhala ndi chidwi chachikulu koposa uphungu wake wamasiku onse.)

Ndipamene Paulo analemba momwe wophunzira wa Mfarisi aliri, poyesa liwu lililonse komanso kumawerengera pamatsenga, pomwe timamva kuti ulusi wa tanthauzo lake watayika. Mwina ndi ulesi waluntha kwa ife, koma pamene Paulo akwawira m'mutu mwake malingaliro athu mu msonkhano atha kuyamba kuyendayenda.

Posakhalitsa ndidakumana ndi chisoni ndi Paul pomwe ndidapuma pantchito. Monga wolemba wolankhula, sindinkatha kulankhula chilankhulo chachilendo chimenecho, kuyankhula mokweza. Mu ora lotsiriza la sabata ndinapatsa gululo lingaliro lopanda tanthauzo lachipembedzo lomwe okhulupirira amayitanidwa kukonzekera moyo wawo ndi Mulungu ku likulu. Ndidachirikiza zonena izi ndi mawu abambo aJesuit a Peter van Breemen akuti Mulungu ndi wofunikira m'moyo wathu kapena Mulungu si kanthu.

Adakweza dzanja. "Kodi sizowopsa?" Mwamunayo adakana.

Pokhala woganiza pang'ono, ndidaganizira funso lake kwakanthawi. Sindimayembekezera kuti Mulungu pakadali pano atha kukhala wokayikira kwa okhulupirira. Lingaliro la Van Breemen kuti Mulungu si kanthu ngati sichinali choyambirira chikuwoneka kuti ndi cholumikizana ndi chiphunzitsochi - m'mutu mwanga. Palinso lingaliro lina lomwe lapeza lingaliro la mtundu wapadera ndi woyipitsitsa.

Kodi Paulo sanalimbikire izi ponena kuti: "Iye ndiye woyamba wa zinthu zonse ndipo mwa Iye zinthu zonse zigwirizana '? Kwa Paulo, Kristu ndiye gulu lenileni la zenizeni. Umphumphu umapezeka pakupanga maziko athu pazabwino zake. Paulo akuti Kristu ndiye woyamba, Khristu ndiye mutu, Khristu ndiye poyambirira, Khristu ndiye chiyambi, Khristu ndiye chidzalo. Khristu amayanjanitsa munthu ndi umulungu, zakale komanso zamtsogolo, zakumwamba ndi zapansi, zomangika pamodzi.

"Inde," pamapeto pake ndidagwirizana ndi mwamunayo. "Zovuta." Choonadi chitha kukhala chankhanza - monga kutaya, kuzunzika, kuperewera, kufa. Choonadi chimafuna ife, ndichifukwa chake timakonda kuthawa kapena kuchifewetsa ndi zina ndi zina. Chifukwa chake timavomereza Mulungu kukhala pakati: pokhapokha ngati banja ndi ntchito, maudindo ndi zisangalalo, kukhudzika kwandale ndi dziko. Ndikosavuta kutsimikiza, popanda ma asterisks, kuti Khristu ali pakatikati, kuti mayendedwe athu kudzera mwa iye ndipo miyoyo yathu ikupitilira zofuna zake. "Ine ndine njira, chowonadi ndi moyo." Zovuta, zadazi komanso zopempha. Popanda kunyengerera, momwe malingaliro adziko lapansi amapitira.

Olemba ena azaumulungu adafunafuna malo ena. Nkhani ya mkhristu wabwino yadzaukitsidwa nthawi zambiri. A Joseph Champlin adalemba buku labwino zaka makumi angapo zapitazo lotchedwa The Marginal Catholic: Challenge, Don't Crush. Mwachidziwikire pamlingo waubusa, tonse titha kugwiritsa ntchito kachipinda kakang'ono koyendetsera, kapena kwambiri. Komabe, kulimbikitsidwa kwaubusa sikuchotsa mphamvu pazomwe ananena a Van Breemen.

Ngati Mulungu ndi Mulungu - wamphamvuyonse, wamphamvuyonse komanso wamphamvuzonse Alfa ndi Omega - ngati Mulungu ali wochita kugwiritsa ntchito dzina lofiirira, chifukwa chake kukana ukulu wa Mulungu m'moyo wathu ndiko kukana tanthauzo la umulungu. Mulungu sangakwere mfuti ya uzimu kapena kukhala bwenzi mthumba lanu nthawi yakusowa. Ngati Mulungu si wofunikira kwambiri, timachepetsa umulungu wake m'njira zina zosavuta, kukokera Mulungu mu ntchito yanzeru. Akatsitsidwa, Mulungu amasiya kukhala Mulungu m'malo mwathu.

Khosi? Inde. Aliyense wa ife amasankha yekha.

Nditakumana ndi kukwiya moona mtima kwa wochita nawo chidwi cha Mulungu, ndikadakonda kuyambiranso. Wolemba amatha kusintha osayima; wokonza, wocheperako nthawi ndi malo, osati zochuluka.

Ndikufuna kunena motsimikiza kuti kuzindikira kuti Mulungu samakhalako sikutanthauza kuti kumapemphera, kuthera nthawi iliyonse kutchalitchi kapena kuganiza za malingaliro achipembedzo. Kwa wokhulupirira weniweni, Mulungu amakhala pachimake pa banja komanso kuntchito, zisankho zachuma komanso malingaliro andale. Chifuniro Chaumulungu chimakhala cholowa chamtima kwambiri masiku athu ano kuti mwina sitingadziwe momwe zimapangitsira china chilichonse kuti zitheke. Zinthu zonse zimagwirira ntchito limodzi pakatikati. Kupanda kutero, mapulani athu amawululidwa mwachangu bwanji ndipo chiyembekezo chathu chatha!