Yintoni iLente kwaye kutheni ibalulekile?
Wakhe wazibuza ukuba abantu bathetha ngantoni xa besithi banikela ngento yeLent? Ngaba ufuna uncedo lokuqonda ukuba yintoni iLente kunye nendlela edibana ngayo nePasika? I-Lent ziintsuku ezingama-40 (ngaphandle kweCawa) ukusuka ngoLwesithathu we-Ash ukuya ngoMgqibelo ngaphambi kwepasika. ILent ihlala ichazwa njengexesha lokuzilungiselela kunye nethuba lokujulisa uThixo.Lonto ithetha ukuba lixesha lokucamngca okulungiselela iintliziyo neengqondo zabantu ukuba zilungele uLwesihlanu oLungileyo kunye nePasika. Zithini iintsuku eziphambili zeLente?
Uthuthu Lwesithathu lusuku lokuqala lweLente. Usenokuba uqaphele abantu abanomnqamlezo omnyama onqabileyo emabunzini abo. Leyo ngumlotha wenkonzo ye-Ash ngoLwesithathu. Uthuthu luphawu losizi lwethu lwezinto esizenzileyo ezingalunganga kunye nokwahlulwa kwabantu abangafezekanga kuThixo ogqibeleleyo. NgoLwesine ongcwele lusuku oluphambi koLwesihlanu oLungileyo. Isikhumbuzo ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuba uYesu afe xa wayesabelana ngesidlo sePasika kunye nabahlobo bakhe abasenyongweni kunye nabalandeli.
NgoLwesihlanu olungileyo lusuku apho amaKrestu ekhumbula ukufa kukaYesu, "Okulungileyo" kubonisa indlela ukufa kukaYesu okulidini kuthi ngayo ukuze sikwazi ukuxolelwa nguThixo ngenxa yeziphoso okanye izono zethu. NgeCawe yePasika ngumbhiyozo ovuyayo wokuvuka kukaYesu ekufeni ukusinika ithuba lobomi obungunaphakade. Ngelixa abantu besifa, uYesu udale indlela yokuba abantu babe nobudlelwane noThixo kobu bomi kwaye bachithe unaphakade kunye naye ezulwini. Kwenzeka ntoni ngexesha lokuzila kwaye ngoba? Izinto ezintathu eziphambili abantu abagxila kuzo ngexesha leLente ngumthandazo, ukuzila ukutya (ukuyeka okuthile ukunciphisa iziphazamiso kwaye kugxile ngakumbi kuThixo), kunye nokunikela, okanye uthando. Umthandazo ngexesha leLente ugxile kwimfuno yethu yokuxolelwa nguThixo, ikwangumba wokuguquka (ukujika ezonweni zethu) nokufumana inceba nothando lukaThixo.
Ukuzila ukutya, okanye ukuncama into, yinto eqhelekileyo ngexesha lokuzila. Umbono kukuba ukuyeka into eyinxalenye yobomi obuqhelekileyo, njengokutya idessert okanye ukuskrolela kuFacebook, kunokuba sisikhumbuzo sedini likaYesu.Elo xesha linokuphinda lithathelwe indawo lixesha elininzi lokunxibelelana noThixo.Ukunika imali okanye ukwenza Into elungileyo kwabanye yindlela yokuphendula kubabalo lukaThixo, isisa nothando. Umzekelo, abanye abantu bachitha ixesha bevolontiya okanye benikela ngemali ababeqhele ukuyisebenzisa ukuthenga into, enje ngekofu yakusasa. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ukwenza ezi zinto akunakuze kuzuze okanye kulifanele idini likaYesu okanye ubudlelwane noThixo.abantu abafezekanga kwaye abanakuze bamlungele uThixo ogqibeleleyo. NguYesu kuphela onamandla okusisindisa kuthi. UYesu wazincama ngoLwesihlanu oLungileyo ukuze athwale isohlwayo sazo zonke iimpazamo zethu kwaye asinike uxolelo. Wavuswa ekufeni ngeCawe yePasika ukusinika ithuba lokuba nobudlelwane noThixo ngonaphakade. Ukuchitha ixesha ngexesha lokuthandaza, ukuzila ukutya, kunye nokunikela kunokwenza umbingelelo kaYesu ngoLwesihlanu oLungileyo kunye noVuko lwaKhe ngePasika lube nentsingiselo ngakumbi.