INYAMA ayIQINISI NANJANI, UMOYA WOBOMI
Owu nyana wam endimthandayo ndinguBawo wakho waseZulwini, ndiyakuthanda ngothando olukhulu kwaye olungenasiphelo, ngaphandle kwakho konke ukwazi kwam kuya kuba lilize kuwe uthando lwam nendalo yam iyaboniswa. Wenzani? Ujonga ubomi bakho kwaye ubona izinto ezininzi zingalunganga. Imeko yakho yezoqoqosho, ubomi bothando, umsebenzi awonelisi kwaye awusakholelwa kuwe. Ndize kukuxelela, musani ukoyika, inyama ayisebenzi, kodwa ke umphefumlo unika ubomi.
Ndicele umoya oyiNgcwele. Ndibuze umoya wam. Ukuba unomoya wam uya kubona ubomi ngamehlo ahlukileyo, uya kubona ubomi ngamehlo am, ngamehlo kaThixo.Mhlaba ngoku ugxile ekuthandeni izinto zonke kwaye wonke umntu ucinga kuphela ngokwandisa ubutyebi kunye nentlalo-ntle yabo . Imeko yeli lizwe iyadlula. Konke okwakho akusayi kuba nto. Thanda umphefumlo wakho, uwukhathalele, uwondle ngokutya kokomoya kwe-Ekrisarist kunye nomthandazo. Thatha inxaxheba ebomini bakho ukulandela iimfundiso zonyana wam uYesu.
Wayengusomandla, yonke into eyayinokwenzeka ngegama lam, ndandimenze mkhulu ukususela ekuzalweni, kodwa wayecinga ukusasaza igama lam, ingcinga yam. Wayefuna ukukufundisa oku. Uzile kulomhlaba ezokuxelela ukuba inyama ayenzi nto kodwa umoya unika ubomi. Ukuba ulandela iinkanuko zakho uya kudideka kwaye ube krakra endaweni yoko ukuba undilandela ndingumdali wakho kwaye uYise uya kubona ukuba ubomi bakho buza kuhamba bonwabile kwaye ndiza kukukhusela kuyo yonke imigibe yotshaba.
Ewe, utshaba njengengonyama egqumayo luhamba lufuna umntu ukuba aluqwenge. Kodwa hlala ubotshelelwe kum kwaye ungoyiki. Akanakwenza nto ngakuwe ukuba ubeka mna kuqala ebomini bakho. Ufuna ukukukhohlisa ndikuxelele ukuba ubomi beli lizwe. Kodwa musani ukulahlekiswa. Ubomi abukho kulomhlaba kuphela, ubomi banaphakade. Ubomi bungaphaya komhlaba. Umphefumlo wakho awufi kwaye nobomi buqhubeka ebukumkanini bam. Ngale nto kufuneka ungathandabuzi, kufuneka uqiniseke kwaye undithembe, ndinguBawo umdali wakho.
Nyana wam, yeka iinkanuko zeli lizwe wedwa. Andifuni ukuba uphile ubomi obunqabileyo kodwa ulandele umsebenzi wakho kodwa ungabinamali ebomini bakho. Ndilandela onke amanyathelo akho kwaye ndilawula ubukho bakho bonke kodwa ndikushiya ukhululekile ukukhetha ubomi bakho bonke. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyangenelela ukukunika ukukhanya kodwa awusoloko uzijongile iifowuni zam. Nyana wam ndizele ukukuxelela, yeka iinkanuko zeli lizwe wedwa, inyama ayisebenzi kodwa umoya unika ubomi.
Unyana wam uYesu wawathetha la mazwi kuNikodemus olungileyo owayeyifuna le nyaniso wayifuna kunyana wam. Ngokungafaniyo nabanye ogqirha bomthetho, wayeqonda ukuba le nyaniso ihleli kunyana wam uYesu. Kwaye wena? Wena, ubuqondile ukuba unyana wam uYesu yinyaniso? Okanye ufune inyani kubutyebi nakwimpahla yexabiso. Uya kudideka kwaye uphoxeke xa usenza njalo. Shiya ingcinga yeli lizwe kwaye uqondise amanyathelo akho kum Ndinokukunika ubomi, mna ndingakunika ubomi obungenasiphelo.
Amaxesha amaninzi ndiye ndangenelela ebomini bakho. Into oyibiza ngokuba lithuba, ithamsanqa, ithuba, ndim ndenza ukuvula iindlela phambi kobukho bakho. Ndiyenza ukubonisa uthando lwam kuwe, inkathalo yam endinayo ngesidalwa sam. Ndihlala ndicinga ngawe kodwa ubhekela kum? Wakhe wandibulela ngayo yonke into endiyenzileyo? Okanye ngaba ubundikhumbula kwizifo, kwiintshutshiso, kubuhlungu kwaye ufuna ndenze into oyifunayo? Iintshutshiso ngamanye amaxesha zenzeka kuba ziyinxalenye yobomi kodwa nesizathu sokuba undikhumbule kakhulu kwiintshutshiso kunasekuhlaleni endikunika kona.
Nyana wam uze kum. Ungalandeli izifiso zeli lizwe, undilandele, ulandele uMdali wakho, uYihlo. Sukulandela inyama. Inyama ayisebenzi, kodwa umoya unika ubomi. Mna ndinguMoya oyiNgcwele ndikulungele ukugcwalisa ngam xa ufuna. Jonga nje isidalwa sam endimthandayo.
Ndiyakuthanda, Thixo uBawo.
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