Ukuzinikela kwabaNgcwele: UMama Teresa, amandla omthandazo
Xa uMariya watyelela iNgcwele uElizabhete, kwenzeka into engaqhelekanga: usana olungekazalwa lwaxhuma luvuyo esibelekweni sikanina. Kuyamangalisa ngokwenene ukuba uThixo wasebenzisa umntwana ongekazalwa ukuze amamkele okokuqala unyana wakhe owenziwe umntu.
Ngoku ukuqhomfa kuxhaphakile kuyo yonke indawo yaye umntwana owenziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo ulahlwa emgqomeni. Ukanti loo mntwana, esesibelekweni sikanina, wayedalelwe injongo enkulu efanayo kubo bonke abantu: ukuthanda nokuthandwa. Namhlanje njengoko sihlanganisene apha, masiqale sibulele abazali bethu ababesifuna, abasinike esi sipho simangalisayo sobomi kunye nokuba nokwenzeka kokuthanda nokuthandwa. Ebudeni bobomi bakhe basesidlangalaleni, uYesu waqhubeka ephindaphinda into efanayo: “Thandanani njengoko uThixo anithandayo. Njengoko uBawo wandithandayo, nam ndanithanda; Thandanani.
Xa sijonga emnqamlezweni siyazi ukuba uThixo usithande kangakanani na. Xa sikhangela emnqubeni, siyazi ukuba kukweliphi na ixesha eniqhubeka nisithanda ngalo.
Ukuba sifuna ukuthandwa nokuthandwa, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba sithandaze. Sifunda ukuthandaza. Sifundisa abantwana bethu ukuthandaza kwaye sithandaza kunye nabo, ekubeni isiqhamo somthandazo lukholo - "Ndiyakholwa" - kwaye isiqhamo sokholo luthando - "Ndiyathanda" - kwaye isiqhamo sothando yinkonzo - “Ndiyakhonza” – kwaye isiqhamo senkonzo luxolo. Luqala phi olu thando? Luqala phi olu xolo? Kusapho lwethu…
Ke ngoko masithandaze, masiqhubeke sithandaza, kuba umthandazo uya kusinika intliziyo ehlambulukileyo kwaye intliziyo ehlambulukileyo ikwazi ukubona ubuso bukaThixo nakumntwana ongekazalwa. Umthandazo sisipho esivela kuThixo ngokwenene, kuba usinika uvuyo lothando, uvuyo lokwabelana, uvuyo lokulondoloza iintsapho zethu kunye. Thandaza kwaye abantwana bakho bathandaze kunye nawe. Ndiziva zonke izinto ezimbi ezenzekayo namhlanje. Ndihlala ndisithi xa umama ekwazi ukumbulala umntwana wakhe, ayimangalisi into yokuba amadoda abulalane. UThixo uthi, "Nokuba umama angamlibala umntwana wakhe, andiyi kukulibala. Ndikufihlile entendeni yesandla sam, unqabile emehlweni am. Ndiyakuthanda".
NguThixo ngokwakhe othethayo: "Ndiyakuthanda".
Ukuba nje besinokuqonda ukuba kuthetha ukuthini “ukuthandazela ukusebenza”! Ukuba nje besinokulwenza nzulu ukholo lwethu! Umthandazo awuyonto nje yokuzonwabisa kunye nokukhupha amazwi. Ukuba besinokholo olulingana nokhozo lwemostade, besinokuthi le nto mayishukume ize ishukume… Ngaphandle kokuba iintliziyo zethu zinyulu asinakumbona uYesu kwabanye.
Ukuba asiwuhoyi umthandazo kwaye ukuba isebe alinamatheli emdiliyeni, liya koma. Olu manyano lwesebe nomdiliya ngumthandazo. Ukuba kukho le hook, ngoko kukho uthando, novuyo; ngoko kuphela siya kuba kukubengezela kothando lukaThixo, ithemba lolonwabo lwanaphakade, idangatye lothando oluvuthayo. Ngoba? Ngokuba sikunye noYesu Ukuba ufuna ngokunyanisekileyo ukufunda ukuthandaza gcina ukuthula.
Njengoko ulungiselela ukunyanga abantu abaneqhenqa, qala umsebenzi wakho ngomthandazo kwaye ubonise ububele obukhethekileyo nemfesane kwabo bagulayo. Oku kuya kukunceda ukhumbule ukuba ubamba uMzimba kaKristu. Ulambele le contact. Ngaba ungathanda ukungamniki?
Izibhambathiso zethu aziyonto ngaphandle kokunqula uThixo, ukuba unyanisekile emithandazweni yakho, ziyavakala izibhambathiso zakho; kungenjalo aziyi kuthetha nto. Ukwenza izifungo ngumthandazo, kuba yinxalenye yokunqula uThixo.Izifungo zizithembiso phakathi kwakho noThixo wedwa. Akukho balamli.
Yonke into yenzeka phakathi kukaYesu nawe.
Chitha ixesha lakho emthandazweni. Ukuba uyathandaza uya kuba nokholo, kwaye ukuba unokholo uya kufuna ukukhonza ngokwemvelo. Nabani na othandazayo unokuba nokholo kuphela kwaye xa kukho ukholo umntu unqwenela ukuyiguqula ibe yisenzo.
Ukholo oluguqulwe ngolu hlobo luba luvuyo kuba lusinika ithuba lokuguqulela uthando lwethu ngoKristu lube yimisebenzi.
Oko kukuthi, kuthetha ukuhlangana noKristu nokumkhonza.
Kufuneka uthandaze ngendlela ekhethekileyo, kuba kwibandla lethu umsebenzi sisiqhamo somthandazo kuphela… luthando lwethu olusebenzayo. Ukuba ngokwenene uthandana noKristu, nokuba ungabalulekanga kangakanani na umsebenzi, uya kuwenza kangangoko unako, uya kuwenza ngentliziyo yakho yonke. Ukuba umsebenzi wakho unobudenge, uthando lwakho ngoThixo lukwayinto engenamsebenzi; umsebenzi wakho mawubonise uthando lwakho. Umthandazo ngenene bubomi bomanyano, kukuba mnye noKristu… Ngoko ke umthandazo uyimfuneko njengomoya, njengegazi elisemzimbeni, njengayo nantoni na esigcina siphila, esigcina siphila elubabalweni lukaThixo.