Yintoni uStorge eBhayibhileni

I-Storge (ebizwa ngokuba yi-stor-JAY) ligama lesiGrike elisetyenziswe kubuKrestu ukubonisa uthando losapho, ubudlelwane phakathi koomama, oobawo, oonyana, iintombi, oodade nabantakwabo.

I-Empowered Potential Lexicon ichaza ubumnandi ngokuthi "ukuthanda abamelwane bakho, ngakumbi abazali okanye abantwana; uthando lomtshato lwabazali nolwabantwana, lwabafazi nolwamadoda; uthando; utyekele kuthando; thanda kakuhle; ikakhulu kukuthantamisa kwabazali nabantwana ”.

Uthando lukaStorge lwasebhayibhile
NgesiNgesi, igama uthando lineentsingiselo ezininzi, kodwa amaGrike amandulo ayenamagama amane okuchaza ngokuchanekileyo iindlela ezahlukeneyo zothando: i-eros, i-philae, i-agape, kunye ne-storge Njengokuba kunjalo nge-eros, elona gama lesiGrike alikho kwibhayibhile. Nangona kunjalo, indlela echaseneyo isetyenziswe kabini kwiTestamente eNtsha. U-Astorgos uthetha "ngaphandle kothando, ngaphandle kothando, ngaphandle kokuthanda izihlobo, ngaphandle kwentliziyo, ongenaluvelwano", kwaye iyafumaneka kwincwadi yabaseRoma nakweyesi-2 kuTimoti.

KwabaseRoma 1:31, abantu abangenabulungisa bachazwa njengabantu "abazizidenge, abangenalukholo, abangenantliziyo, abangenanceba" (ESV). Igama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi "ongenantliziyo" ngu-astorgos. Kwaye kweyesi-2 kuTimoti 3: 3, isizukulwana esingathobeliyo esiphila kwimihla yokugqibela siphawulwe "njengabangenantliziyo, abangamkelekanga, abanyelisi, abangenakuzeyisa, iindlobongela, abangathandi kulunga" (ESV). Kwakhona, "engenantliziyo" iguqulelwe nge-astorgos. Yiyo loo nto ukunqongophala kwesitora, uthando lwendalo phakathi kwamalungu osapho, luphawu lwamaxesha okugqibela.

Uhlobo olungqongqo lwesi siqobo lufumaneka kwabaseRoma 12:10: “Thandanani nomsa wobuzalwana. Yenzani imbeko omnye komnye ” (ESV) Kule vesi, igama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe "uthando" liyi-philostorgos, edibanisa ifilosofi kunye ne-storge. Kuthetha "ukuthanda kakhulu, ukuzinikela, ukuthanda kakhulu, ukuthanda ngendlela ebonisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwendoda nomfazi, umama nomntwana, utata nomntwana, njl."

Imizekelo yeStorge eZibhalweni
Imizekelo emininzi yothando losapho ifumaneka kwizibhalo, ezinje ngokuthandana nokukhuselana phakathi kukaNowa nenkosikazi yakhe, abantwana babo kunye noomazala wabo kwiGenesis; Uthando lukaYakobi ngoonyana bakhe; nothando olunamandla oodade wabo uMartha noMariya kwiincwadi zeVangeli ababenalo ngomntakwabo uLazaro.

Intsapho yayiyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenkcubeko yamandulo yamaYuda. KwiMithetho Elishumi, uThixo uyalela abantu bakhe ukuba:

Beka uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze uphile ixesha elide kulo ilizwe akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho. (Eksodus 20:12, NIV)
Xa siba ngabalandeli bakaYesu Krestu, singena kusapho lukaThixo.Iimpilo zethu zibotshelelwe kunye ngento eyomeleleyo kunemixokelelwane yenyama: amaqhina oMoya. Sidityaniswe ngento enamandla ngaphezu kwegazi lomntu: igazi likaYesu Krestu. UThixo ubiza usapho lwakhe ukuba lithandane ngothando olunzulu lokugcina uthando.