Kuthamanga siwachikhristu, phunzirani kudekha

I. Pogula ungwiro munthu ayenera kudikira nthawi zonse. Ndiyenera kupeza chinyengo, akutero St. Francis de Sales. Ena angafune ungwiro wopangidwa mokonzeka, kotero kuti kunali kokwanira kuti atengeke, ngati siketi, kuti adzipeze okha angwiro popanda khama. Izi zikanatheka, ndikanakhala munthu wangwiro kwambiri padziko lapansi; popeza kukanakhala m’mphamvu yanga kupereka ungwiro kwa ena, popanda iwo kuchita kalikonse, ndikadayamba kuuchotsa kwa ine ndekha. Zikuwoneka kwa iwo kuti ungwiro ndi luso, zomwe ndi zokwanira kupeza chinsinsi nthawi yomweyo kukhala ambuye popanda vuto lililonse. Chinyengo chotani nanga! Chinsinsi chachikulu ndicho kugwira ntchito ndi kugwira ntchito mwakhama posonyeza chikondi chaumulungu, kukwaniritsa mgwirizano ndi ubwino waumulungu.

Komabe, zindikirani mosamalitsa kuti udindo wochita ndi kuvutikira umanena za gawo lapamwamba la moyo wathu; chifukwa sitiyenera kulabadira kukana kochokera kumunsi kuposa zomwe apaulendo amachita, kapena agalu akuwuwa kutali (cf. Entertainment 9).

Chotero tiyeni tizoloŵere kufunafuna ungwiro wathu mwa njira wamba, ndi mtendere wa mumtima, kuchita zimene zimadalira ife kuti tipeze mikhalidwe yabwino, mwa kusasinthasintha m’kuichita, monga mwa chikhalidwe chathu ndi ntchito yathu; pamenepo, ponena za kufika msanga pa chonulirapo chimene tikuchiyembekezera, tiyeni tikhale oleza mtima, tikudziikizira tokha ku Chikhazikitso chaumulungu, chimene chidzasamalira kutitonthoza ife m’nthaŵi yokhazikitsidwa nalo; ndipo ngakhale titayenera kudikira mpaka ola la imfa, tiyeni tikhale okhutira, okhutira ndi kukwaniritsa ntchito yathu mwakuchita nthawi zonse zomwe zili kwa ife ndi mkati mwa mphamvu zathu. Nthawi zonse tidzakhala ndi chinthu chomwe tikufuna posachedwapa, pamene Mulungu akondwera kutipatsa.

Kusiya uku kudikirira ndikofunikira, chifukwa kusowa kwake kumasokoneza kwambiri moyo. Choncho tiyeni tikhale okhutira podziwa kuti Mulungu, amene amatilamulira, amachita zinthu bwino, ndipo tisayembekezere maganizo apadera kapena kuwala kwapadera, koma tiyeni tiyende ngati anthu akhungu pansi pa chitsogozo cha Kupereka uku ndi nthawi zonse ndi chidaliro ichi mwa Mulungu; ngakhale pakati pa mabwinja. , mantha, mdima ndi mitanda yamtundu uliwonse, zomwe adzakondwera kutitumizira (cf. Tratten. 10).

Ndiyenera kudziyeretsa osati chifukwa cha phindu langa, chitonthozo ndi ulemu, koma chifukwa cha ulemerero wa Mulungu ndi chipulumutso cha achichepere. Chotero ndidzakhala woleza mtima ndi wodekha nthaŵi iriyonse imene ndiyenera kuvomereza kuvutika kwanga, wokhutiritsidwa kuti chisomo champhamvuyonse chimagwira ntchito kupyolera mu kufooka kwanga.

II. Pamafunika kudzipirira. Kukhala mbuye wa moyo wanu kamphindi ndikukhala nawo kwathunthu m'manja mwanu, kuyambira pachiyambi, sizingatheke. Khalani okhutira ndikupeza malo pang'onopang'ono, akuchenjeza St. Francis de Sales, pamaso pa chilakolako chomwe chimakupangitsani nkhondo.

Muyenera kulolera ena; koma choyamba tidzilekerera tokha, ndi kukhala oleza mtima pokhala opanda ungwiro. Kodi tingakonde kupeza mpumulo wamkati, osadutsa m'mavuto wamba ndi zovuta?

Konzekeretsa moyo wako ku mtendere kuyambira m’mawa; masana samalani kukumbukira nthawi zambiri ndikubwezeretsanso m'manja mwanu. Ngati kusintha kwina kukuchitikirani, musachite mantha, musaganizire ngakhale pang'ono; koma, mutamuchenjeza iye, dzichepetseni nokha mwakachetechete pamaso pa Mulungu ndi kuyesa kubwezeretsa mzimu wanu mu chikhalidwe chokoma. Nenani kwa moyo wanu, Tiyeni, taponda phazi lathu; tiyeni tsopano, tikhale tcheru. - Ndipo nthawi iliyonse mukayambiranso, bwerezani zomwezo.

Ndiye pamene mukusangalala ndi mtendere, pindulani nawo ndi chifuniro chabwino, ndi kuchulukitsa zochita za kukoma mtima m’zochitika zonse zotheka, ngakhale zazing’ono, chifukwa, monga anena Yehova, kwa iwo amene ali okhulupirika m’zinthu zazing’ono, zazikulu zidzaikidwiratu. (Luka 16,10:444). Koma koposa zonse, musataye mtima, Mulungu agwira dzanja lanu, ndipo, ngakhale akulolani kuti mupunthwe, amatero kuti akuwonetseni kuti ngati sakugwirani, mungagwe kwathunthu: kotero mugwira dzanja lake mwamphamvu. Lemba XNUMX).

Kukhala mtumiki wa Mulungu kumatanthauza kukhala wachifundo kwa ena, kupanga kumtunda kwa mzimu chigamulo chofunika kwambiri chotsatira chifuniro cha Mulungu, kukhala ndi kudzichepetsa kwakukulu ndi kuphweka, kumene kumasonkhezera chidaliro mwa Mulungu ndi kutithandiza kudzuka pa chilichonse. ogwa athu, kukhala oleza mtima nafe m'masautso athu, kulekerera ena mwamtendere muzolakwa zawo (Letter 409).

Tumikirani Yehova mokhulupirika, koma mumtumikire ndi ufulu waubwana ndi wachikondi popanda kukwiyitsa mtima wanu. Pitirizani mkati mwanu mzimu wa chimwemwe choyera, mopambanitsa muzochita zanu ndi mawu anu, kuti anthu abwino omwe amakuwonani alandire chimwemwe ndi kulemekeza Mulungu (Mt 5,16), chinthu chokhacho chomwe timakhumba (Letter 472). Uthenga uwu wachidaliro ndi chidaliro kuchokera kwa St. Francis de Sales umatsimikizira, kubwezera kulimba mtima ndikuwonetsa njira yotsimikizika yopitira patsogolo, ngakhale kuti tili ndi zofooka, kupewa pusillanimity ndi kudzikuza.

III. Momwe mungadzipangire nokha pantchito zambiri kuti mupewe kuthamanga kwambiri. Kuchuluka kwa ntchito ndi chikhalidwe chabwino chopezera zabwino zenizeni komanso zolimba. Kuchulukana kwa zinthu ndi kufera chikhulupiriro kosalekeza; kusiyanasiyana ndi kuchuluka kwa ntchito kumakwiyitsa kuposa kuuma kwawo.

Pochita zinthu zanu, amaphunzitsa St. Francis de Sales, musakhulupirire kuti mutha kuchita bwino ndi bizinesi yanu, koma chifukwa cha thandizo la Mulungu; chotero dalirani kotheratu m’Chisungiko Chake, muli wokhutiritsidwa kuti Iye adzachita chothekera kaamba ka inu, malinga ngati inu muikamo khama lodekha. M’chenicheni, khama lopupuluma limawononga mtima ndi malonda ndipo si khama, koma zodetsa nkhaŵa ndi zosokoneza.

Posachedwapa tidzakhala mu umuyaya, kumene kudzawoneka mmene zinthu zonse za dziko lapansi zilili zazing’ono ndi kuti zilibe kanthu kaya zichitidwa kapena ayi; pano, m’malo mwake, timadera nkhaŵa nazo, monga ngati ndi zinthu zazikulu. Pamene tinali aang’ono, tinali ofunitsitsa chotani nanga kusonkhanitsa zidutswa za matailosi, matabwa ndi matope kuti timange nyumba ndi nyumba zazing’ono! Ndipo ngati wina anazigwetsa pansi, panali vuto; koma tsopano tikudziwa kuti zonsezo zinali zochepa kwambiri. Chotero kudzakhala tsiku limodzi kumwamba; ndiyeno tidzaona kuti kugwirizana kwathu ndi dziko kunalidi kwachibwana.

Ndi ichi sindikutanthauza kuonetsera chisamaliro chimene tiyenera kukhala nacho pa zing’onozing’ono ndi zazing’ono zotere, popeza kuti Mulungu watipatsa ife kuti tigwire ntchito pa dziko lapansi; koma ndikufuna kuchotsa kutentha thupi pokuyembekezerani. Titha kuchita zinthu zachibwana, koma pozichita sititaya mtima. Ndipo ngati wina wagubuduza mabokosi athu ndi zinthu zing'onozing'ono, tisadere nkhawa kwambiri, chifukwa madzulo akadzafika, pamene tidzafunika kubisala, ndikutanthauza kuti tikamwalira, tinthu tating'onoting'ono timeneti tidzakhala opanda ntchito. adzabwerera ku nyumba ya Atate wathu (Masalmo 121,1:XNUMX).

Khalani ndi chidwi pazochitika zanu, koma dziwani kuti mulibe ntchito yofunika kwambiri kuposa chipulumutso chanu (Letter 455).

Mu ntchito zosiyanasiyana, wapadera ndi chikhalidwe cha moyo umene umagwirira nawo ntchito. Chikondi chokha ndi chomwe chimasiyanitsa phindu la zinthu zomwe timachita. Tiyeni tiyesetse nthawi zonse kukhala ndi zokometsera ndi zolemekezeka zakumverera, zomwe zimatipangitsa ife kufuna kokha kukoma kwa Ambuye, ndipo Iye adzapanga zochita zathu kukhala zokongola ndi zangwiro, ngakhale zing'onozing'ono ndi zofala (Letter 1975).

O Ambuye, ndiloleni ndiganize zokhala nthawi zonse ndikugwiritsa ntchito bwino mwayi wakutumikirani, ndikuchita zabwino mphindi ndi mphindi, osadandaula ndi zam'mbuyo kapena zam'tsogolo, kuti mphindi iliyonse yomwe ilipo indibweretsere zomwe ndiyenera kuchita modekha komanso mwachangu. , chifukwa cha ulemerero wanu (cf. Letter 503).