Umthandazo wokwazi injongo yobomi bakho
"Wanga ke uThixo woxolo owabuyisa iNkosi yethu uYesu, umalusi omkhulu wezimvu ekufeni, ngegazi lomnqophiso ongunaphakade, angakupha konke okuhle okwaziyo ukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe phambi kwakhe, ngoYesu. UKrestu kuye makubekho uzuko, kude kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni. Amen. "- Hebhere 13: 20-21
Inyathelo lokuqala lokufumanisa injongo yethu kukuzinikezela. Le yindinyana ephikisayo enikwe ubume boninzi loncwadi lokuzinceda namhlanje. Sifuna ukwenza into; ukwenza into yenzeke. Kodwa indlela yokomoya yahlukile kolu luvo. Iingcali kwezobugcisa kunye nokuqeqesha ubomi uRobert noKim Voyle babhala bathi: “Ubomi bakho asiyonto yakho. Khange uyidale kwaye ayikokwakho ukuba uxelele, Thixo, ukuba mayibe yintoni. Nangona kunjalo, unokuvuka ngombulelo kunye nokuzithoba ebomini bakho, ufumane injongo yayo kwaye uyibonakalise emhlabeni ". Ukwenza oku, kufuneka singene kwilizwi elingaphakathi kunye noMdali wethu.
Ibhayibhile ithi uMdali wethu wasidala ngenjongo nenjongo. Ukuba ungumzali, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ububonile ubungqina obunzima boku. Abantwana banokubonisa imikhwa kunye nobuntu obwahlukileyo kubo endaweni yokuba uhlakulwe nguwe. Singabakhulisa abantwana bethu ngokufanayo, kodwa banokwahluka kakhulu. Iindumiso 139 iyakuqinisekisa oku ngokungqina ukuba uMdali wethu uThixo uyasebenza ukwenza icebo ngathi ngaphambi kokuzalwa.
Umbhali ongumKristu uParker Palmer akazange aqonde oku njengomzali, kodwa njengotatomkhulu. Uye wamangaliswa yindlela eyahlukileyo yomtshana wakhe ukusukela ekuzalweni kwakhe kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba aqale ukurekhoda ngohlobo lweleta. UParker wayenamaxinzelelo ebomini bakhe ngaphambi kokuphinda aqhagamshele kwinjongo yakhe kwaye wayengafuni ukuba kwenzeke into efanayo kumzukulwana wakhe. Kwincwadi yakhe ethi Let Your Life Speak: Listening for The Voice of Vocation, uyacacisa: “Xa umzukulwana wam efika kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amabini okanye kumashumi amabini eminyaka, ndiza kuqinisekisa ukuba ileta yam ifika kuye, inentshayelelo efana nale: 'Nanku umzobo wokuba wawuyintoni ukususela kwiintsuku zakho zokuqala kweli hlabathi. Ayisiwo umfanekiso oqinisekileyo, nguwe kuphela onokuwuzoba. Kodwa yayizotywe ngumntu okuthanda kakhulu. Mhlawumbi la manqaku aza kukunceda kuqala wenze into eyenziwa ngutatomkhulu wakho emva kwexesha: khumbula ukuba ungubani xa ufika kuqala kwaye uphinde ufune isipho sokwenene.
Nokuba kukuphinda kufunyanwe kwakhona okanye uhlobo oluthile lokuzivelela kwezinto, ubomi bokomoya buthatha ixesha lokuqonda kunye nokunikezela xa kufikwa kumba wokuphila injongo yethu.
Masithandazeleni ngoku intliziyo yokunikezela:
Mhlekazi,
Ndinikela ngobomi bam kuwe. Ndifuna ukwenza into, ndenze into yenzeke, konke ngamandla am, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba ngaphandle kwakho andinakwenza nto. Ndiyazi ukuba ubomi bam ayibobam, kukuwe ukuba usebenze ngam. Nkosi yam, ndiyabulela ngobu bomi undinike bona. Undisikelele ngezipho ezahlukeneyo kunye neetalente. Ndincede ndiqonde indlela yokukhulisa ezi zinto ukuzisa igama lakho elikhulu.
Amen.