Kuzvipira kwezuva: kubatsira kwekushingairira muna Mwari

Icho chitubu chehunhu uye hunhu. Iyo inodziya inorega chiuru mikana yesimba rakatsvedza kubva muruoko; uye manheru anozoziva nezvehurombo hwake! Iye murume anoshingairira anonamira pane zvese kuti akure mune kunaka: kuchena kwechinangwa, munamato, zvibayiro, moyo murefu, rudo, kunyatsoita basa: uye hunyanzvi hwakawanda sei hwaanoshandisa! Uye, zvichipiwa kuti hunhu hwezviito hunotsamira pamusoro pezvose pane chikonzero uye kushinga kwavanoitwa nako, mangani mvumo inokwanisika muzuva rimwe!

Iyo sosi yenyasha nyowani. Ndianiko achasundirwa meso aIshe? Ndivanaani vaachawaridza hupfumi hwake, kana zvisiri pamweya yakatendeka, vanoonga uye vachida kuishandisa zvakanaka? Mweya isingaongi, vatadzi vavengi vaMwari, nguva imwe neimwe inogamuchira nyasha dzisingagumi; asi zvikuru sei mweya mutsvene, unozvininipisa, unoshingaira, unogara wakabatana kuna Mwari, unomushuvira uye unomuraramira, unofanira kuwana! Unorarama sei?

Inopa rugare nerunyaradzo. Rudo runorerutsa mutoro wese, uye rwunoita kuti joko rega rive rinotapira uye rinotapira. Hapana chinodhura avo vanoda zvakawanda. Vatsvene vakawanepi runyararo rwakadzama mukati mekushorwa? Kuvimba kutsvene uko kwakaita kuti vazorore muna Mwari: mufaro iwoyo pakati pezvibayiro uye nekuyera kutsvene kwemoyo kwakakodzera godo? Chii chakamboita rimwe zuva kutiita kuti tifare uye tigutsikane? Michinjiko pachawo yaive nyore; hapana chakatityisa!… Mune izvo zvataive takashinga uye naMwari wese; izvozvi zvese zvinorema! Sei?… Isu tinodziya.

MAITIRO. - Ita zvinhu zvitatu zverudo rukuru: Jesu, Mwari wangu, ndinokufemera pamusoro pezvose.