Amandla omthandazo kunye neenceba ezifunyanwa ngawo
Ukukubonisa amandla omthandazo kunye neenceba ezikutsalela ezulwini, ndiya kukuxelela ukuba kungomthandazo kuphela apho bonke abalungileyo babe nethamsanqa lokunyamezela. Umthandazo emphefumlweni wethu ufana nemvula emhlabeni. Gquba umhlaba kangangoko uthanda, ukuba akukho mvula, konke okwenzayo kuya kuba ngamampunge. Ngoko ke yenzani okulungileyo ngokuthanda kwenu; ukuba anithanga nithandaze futhi ngokufanelekileyo, anisayi kusindiswa; ngokuba umthandazo uvula amehlo omphefumlo wethu, uwenze uve ubukhulu benkxwaleko yawo, imfuneko yokusabela kuThixo; kumenza woyike ubuthathaka bakhe.
UmKristu ubala yonke into kuThixo kuphela, kwaye akukho nto ixhomekeke kuye. Ewe, kungomthandazo onke amalungisa aye azingisa. Ngapha koko, nathi ngokwethu siyaqonda ukuba kamsinya nje sakuba siyityeshela imithandazo yethu, silahlekelwa ngoko nangoko incasa yezinto zasezulwini: sicinga ngomhlaba kuphela; yaye ukuba siphinda siqalise ukuthandaza, siyayiva ingcamango nomnqweno wezinto zasezulwini uzalwa ngokutsha kuthi. Ewe, ukuba sinethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba sibe selubabalweni lukaThixo, siya kuba nokusabela emthandazweni, okanye siya kuqiniseka ukuba asizingise ixesha elide endleleni yezulu.
Okwesibini, sithi bonke aboni, ngaphandle kommangaliso ongaqhelekanga owenzeka ngokunqabileyo kakhulu, batyala inguquko yabo kuphela ngomthandazo. Uyabona uMonica oNgcwele, into ayenzayo ukucela ukuguqulwa konyana wakhe: ngoku uphantsi kweenyawo zakhe zokubethelwa emnqamlezweni ethandaza kwaye ekhala; ngoku ifunyanwa ngabantu abalumkileyo, becela uncedo kwimithandazo yabo. Khangela kuSaint Augustine ngokwakhe, xa wayefuna ukuguquka... Ewe, nangona sasingaboni, ukuba besinokusabela emthandazweni kwaye ukuba sithandaza ngokufanelekileyo, siya kuqiniseka ukuba iNkosi elungileyo iya kusixolela.
Hayi!, mawethu, masingamangaliswa kukuba usathana esenza konke anako ukusenza singayihoyi imithandazo yethu, asenze siyithethe kakubi; kukuba uqonda ngcono kunathi indlela owoyika ngayo umthandazo esihogweni, kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuba iNkosi elungileyo ikwazi ukwala oko sikucelayo kuye ngomthandazo…
INkosi elungileyo ayijongi imithandazo ende okanye mihle, kodwa yenziwa ngokusuka emazantsi entliziyo, ngentlonipho enkulu nomnqweno onyanisekileyo wokukholisa uThixo.Nanku umzekelo omhle. Kunikelwa ingxelo kubomi bukaSt. Bonaventure, ugqirha omkhulu weCawa, ukuba icawa elula kakhulu yathi kuye: “Bawo, mna ndingafundanga, ucinga ukuba ndingathandaza eNkosini elungileyo ndize ndiyithande? ".
I-St. Bonaventure ithi kuye: «Awu, mhlobo, ngokuyininzi ezi zithandwa kakhulu yiNkosi kwaye zikholisekile kuye». Olu nqulo lulungileyo, lukhwankqisiwe zezo ndaba zilungileyo ngolo hlobo, luhamba luze lume emnyango wekhaya loonongendi, lusithi kuye wonk’ ubani ambonayo odlulayo: “Yizani, zihlobo, ndiniphathele iindaba ezilungileyo; UGqirha uBonaventura wandixelela ukuba thina abanye, nokuba asinalwazi, sinokuyithanda iNkosi elungileyo njengoko sifundileyo. Olunjani lona uvuyo kuthi ukuba sikwazi ukuyithanda iNkosi elungileyo size siyikholise, singazi nto!”.
Kule nto, ndiya kukuxelela ukuba akukho nto ilula kunokuthandaza kwiNkosi enhle, kwaye akukho nto ithuthuzelayo.
Sithi umthandazo kukuphakanyiswa kwentliziyo yethu kuThixo.Kungcono xa kusithiwa, yincoko emnandi yomntwana noyise, yesifundo nokumkani wakhe, yomkhonzi nenkosi yakhe, yomhlobo nomhlobo wakhe, ubeka intliziyo yakhe umvandedwa neentsizi zakhe.