Kodi tidzakhala angelo tikamapita kumwamba?

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CHIKHULUPIRIRO CHENU
KUTI MUPATSE JOE

Wokondedwa Bambo Joe: Ndamva zinthu zambiri ndikuwona zithunzi zambiri zakumwamba ndipo ndikudandaula ngati izi zichitika. Kodi padzakhala nyumba zachifumu ndi misewu yagolide ndipo tidzakhala angelo?

Ili ndiye nkhani yofunika kwambiri kwa tonsefe: imfa imatikhudza tonsefe mopanda kutero ndipo nthawi ina itikhudza tonsefe. Timayesa, ngati mpingo komanso m'gululi, kufotokoza malingaliro a imfa, chiukitsiro ndi kumwamba chifukwa izi ndizofunika kwa ife. kumwamba ndi cholinga chathu, koma ngati ti kuyiwala cholinga chathu, timakhala otayika.

Ndigwiritsa ntchito Lemba ndi chikhalidwe chathu kuyankha mafunso awa, mothandizidwa ndi Dr Peter Kreeft, wafilosofi wokondedwa komanso mnyamata yemwe adalemba zambiri zakumwamba. Ngati mutayipa "kumwamba" ndi dzina lake mu Google, mupeza zolemba zambiri zothandiza pamutuwu. Chifukwa chake tili ndi malingaliro, tiyeni tidumphiramo.

Zinthu zoyambirira zimayamba: Kodi timakhala angelo tikamwalira?

Yankho lalifupi? Ayi.

Chakhala chofala pachikhalidwe chathu kunena, "Kumwamba kwapeza mngelo wina" munthu akafa. Ndikuganiza kuti awa ndi mawu omwe timagwiritsa ntchito ndipo, pankhaniyi, zitha kuwoneka ngati zopanda vuto. Komabe, ndikufuna kunena kuti, monga anthu, sitimakhala angelo tikamwalira. Anthufe ndife osiyana ndi ena m'chilengedwe ndipo tili ndi ulemu wapadera. Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti kuganiza kuti tiyenera kusintha kuchoka pa anthu kupita ku chinthu china kuti tilowe kumwamba kungakhale ndi zotsatirapo zoipa zambiri, mwamaganizidwe ndi zamulungu. Sindikulemetsani ndi izi tsopano, chifukwa zingatenge malo ambiri kuposa ine.

Chinsinsi chake ndi ichi: Monga anthu, inu ndi ine ndife zolengedwa zosiyana kwambiri ndi angelo. Mwakusiyana kwambiri pakati pa ife ndi angelo ndikuti ndife ziwalo / mizimu, pomwe angelo ndi mzimu woyela. Tikafika kumwamba, tidzalumikizana ndi angelo kumeneko, koma tidzalumikizana nawo ngati anthu.

Ndiye anthu amtundu wanji?

Ngati tiyang'ana malembawo, tikuwona kuti zomwe zimachitika pambuyo poti timwalira ndizotikonzekera.

Tikamwalira, mzimu wathu umachoka m'thupi lathu kukaweruzidwa, ndipo pakadzayamba, thupi limayamba kuvunda.

Kuweruzaku kudzatipangitsa kupita kumwamba kapena ku gehena, podziwa kuti, purigatoriyo siyosiyana ndi kumwamba.

Nthawi inayake yodziwika ndi Mulungu yekha, Khristu adzabweranso, ndipo izi zikadzachitika, matupi athu adzaukitsidwa ndikuyambiranso, kenako adzalumikizana ndi mizimu yathu kulikonse komwe kuli. (Monga chochititsa chidwi, manda ambiri achikatolika amaika m'manda anthu kuti matupi awo akadzuka Kudza Kwachiwiri kwa Kristu, ayang'ane kum'mawa!)

Popeza tinalengedwa monga thupi / mzimu, tidzakhala kumwamba kapena ku gehena monga thupi / mzimu.

Ndiye kodi izi zidzakhala zotani? Nchiyani chidzapangitse kumwamba kukhala kumwamba?

Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe, kwa zaka zoposa 2000, akhristu akhala akuyesera kufotokoza, moona, ndilibe chiyembekezo chambiri chokhoza kuzichita bwino kuposa ambiri aiwo. Chinsinsi ndikuganiza za izi motere: zomwe tingachite ndikugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi zomwe tikudziwa kuti tifotokozere zomwe sizingathe kufotokozedwa.

Chithunzi changa chokonda kumwamba chimachokera kwa St. John m'buku la Chivumbulutso. Mmenemo, amatipatsa zithunzi za anthu akumwamba akugwedeza nthambi za kanjedza. Chifukwa? Chifukwa nthambi za kanjedza? Amayimira nkhani yolembedwa yakulowa kwa Yesu mu Yerusalemu mopambana: Kumwamba, tikukondwerera Mfumu yomwe idagonjetsa tchimo ndi imfa.

Chinsinsi chake ndi ichi: tanthauzo lakumwamba ndichisangalalo, ndipo mawu omwewo amatipatsa tanthauzo lakumwamba. Tikawona mawu oti "chisangalalo", timaphunzira kuti amachokera ku liwu lachi Greek la ekstasis, lomwe limatanthauza "kukhala pambali pa iwe wekha". Tili ndi malingaliro ndi manong'onong'o akumwamba ndi gehena m'moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku; tikamadzikonda kwambiri, timayamba kudzikonda kwambiri, timakhala osasangalala kwambiri. Tawona anthu omwe amangokhalira kuchita zomwe akufuna komanso kuthekera kwawo kupangitsa moyo kukhala wowopsa kwa iwo eni komanso kwa onse owazungulira.

Tonse tawona ndikukumana ndi chodabwitsa chodzipereka. Zosasinthika monga momwe zilili, tikamakhalira Mulungu, tikamakhalira ena, timapeza chisangalalo chakuya, lingaliro lomwe limapitilira chilichonse chomwe tingadzifotokozere tokha.

Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zomwe Yesu amatanthauza pamene amatiuza kuti timapeza miyoyo yathu tikaitaya. Khristu, yemwe amadziwa chikhalidwe chathu, amene amadziwa mitima yathu, amadziwa kuti "sapumula kufikira atapuma mwa [Mulungu]". Kumwamba, tidzakhala kunja kwa tokha kuyang'ana pa zomwe ndizofunika kwambiri: Mulungu.

Ndikufuna kumaliza ndi mawu ochokera kwa Peter Kreeft. Pomwe atafunsidwa ngati tikhala otopa kumwamba, yankho lake linandisiya wopanda mpweya ndi kukongola kwake komanso kuphweka. Adati:

“Sitidzatopetsedwa chifukwa tili ndi Mulungu, ndipo Mulungu alibe malire. Sitifika pamapeto pofufuza. Ndi chatsopano tsiku lililonse. Sitidzatopetsedwa chifukwa tili ndi Mulungu ndipo Mulungu ndi wamuyaya. Nthawi siyidutsa (vuto la kunyong'onyeka); ali yekha. Nthawi zonse zilipo muyaya, popeza zochitika zonse za chiwembu zimapezeka m'malingaliro a wolemba. Palibe kuyembekezera. Sitidzatopetsedwa chifukwa tili ndi Mulungu, ndipo Mulungu ndiye chikondi. Ngakhale padziko lapansi, anthu okhawo omwe satopa ndi okonda “.

Abale ndi alongo, Mulungu watipatsa chiyembekezo chakumwamba. Tilabadire chifundo chake ndi kuitanira kwake ku chiyero, kuti titha kukhala ndi chiyembekezo ndi chisangalalo!