Ukuzinikela ukoyisa ixhala

Umthwalo wakho wulahlele eNkosini, uzokuxhasa! UThixo akasoze avumele amalungisa agungqe. —INdumiso 55:22 (CEB)

Ndinendlela yokugcina ixhala njengeqabane elisenyongweni, ndingakulungeli ukuyikhulula. Ndiyammema umzuzwana nje emva koko ndimnike ithuba lokukhwela endlini. Ixhala lihamba entlokweni yam, endaweni yokuba ndilwe nalo okanye ndilibeke ezandleni zikaThixo, ndiyalakha, ndilondla ngamanye amaxhala, kwaye kungekudala amaxhala andile, endifaka kufinya.

Ngenye imini ndandizondla ngexhala ngakumbi, ndizifaka entolongweni endiyenzileyo. Emva koko ndakhumbula into unyana wam, uTim, kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo awathi kumfazi wam, uCarol. Kwakungobusuku bangeCawa kwaye wayeneprojekthi awayefuna ukuyigqibezela, ngomhla wokugqibela kwaye umama wakhe wabuza izinto ezininzi malunga nenkqubela phambili yakhe.

"Mama," uTim wathi, "uxinzelelo lwakho alundenzi ukuba ndikhawuleze."

Ah, ubulumko obungalindelekanga kulutsha, ukugqobhoza umtsalane woxinzelelo. Kukangaphi ndisebenzisa la magama? URick, unxunguphalo lwakho alukuncedi ukuba wenze izinto. Ke ndicela inkxalabo ukuba ihambe, ndimlahle ngaphandle, ndimthumele ukuba apakishe iibhegi zakhe, abethe ucango ndimnqwenelele okuhle. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, lunjani ixhala lam? “Nanku, Thixo,” ndingatsho, “thabatha elixhala. Ndonele. Umkile.

Mnumzana othandekayo, ndonwabile ukuchaza izinto ezixhalabisayo namhlanje. Ndiyakrokrela ukuba ndiza kufumana okungakumbi ngomso. —Rick Hamlin

Ukumba nzulu: IMizekeliso 3: 5-6; UMateyu 11:28