Lokho kusho ukuthini ukugcina uNkulunkulu eyisisekelo sezimpilo zethu
Abantu baba ababhali bazo zonke izinhlobo zezizathu. Isithando semvelo phambi kwabanye, isibonelo. Abanye bethu bangayeka ukukhuluma noma bacabange kancane futhi badinga isikhathi esithe xaxa sokuza nombono wokuthi ingxoxo engaphakathi ingayisekela kangakanani. Abanye bangase bakwazise ukunemba kolimi kangangokuba kungabekezeleleka ukubeka engozini ukukhetha kwamagama aqoqekile. Futhi-ke, abanye bakhetha ukungaziwa kwegama elibhaliwe, ngoba imibono yabo iyingozi kakhulu ukuba nokuba nayo uqobo.
Ngokuzenzakalelayo munye kuphela walaba bantu ongafuna isipho sokwakheka okubandakanyekayo. Abadwebi abanjalo abavamile. Iningi labalobi liqhutshwa ukuba libhale ngenxa yobuthakathaka obuthile bomphakathi.
Ngingumbhali okungenani ezinye zezizathu ezingenhla. Ukuphela kwendima engangingakaze ngiyicabange kimi leyo kwakuyisipika somphakathi. Kodwa-ke, lokho iningi lababhali likuthola kungekudala ukuthi uma ukhetha ukubhala awukwazi ukufihla ngemuva kwekhasi. Uma uheha ngokwanele ukuthola izithameli, ekugcineni uphoqelekile ukuba uziveze futhi ube namagama akho phambi kwezithameli.
Ngemuva kwekota yeminyaka eyikhulu yohlelo lokuphrinta olukhethekile, manje ngihlala endaweni eyingozi kakhulu yababhali abakhulumayo. Ngokungafani nalabo abakhuluma ngisho nangengozi, ababhali abakhulumayo kufanele bafunde ulimi lwesibili: izwi elishiwoyo.
Indlela iningi labantu elikhuluma ngayo ihluke kakhulu kunendlela esibhala ngayo ngisho nelincane kakhulu elithi siyabonga, ikhadi lokuzwelana noma ukungena kwamaphephabhuku. Yini ekubhaleni umcabango ofaka ngokungazelele umusho onsomi? Imiyalezo nama-imeyili kungaba okuxoxayo noma okufundisayo nje, kepha isikhathi eside kuhamba kahle kakhulu. Okwamanje, imisho ehloselwe izindlebe hhayi iso kufanele ibe mfushane, ihlanzeke futhi icace. Ngaphandle kwekhefana noma iphuzu elibonakalayo eliwusizo, sikhuluma ngekhwalithi eyigugu esiyibiza isikhathi.
Uma kukhulunywa ngomlobi onjengeSt. Paul, asazi ukuthi kuzwakale kanjani kumuntu uqobo. Ngaphandle kwerekhodi elihlotshiswe kakhulu kuzEnzo zabaPhostoli, sazi cishe ngokuphelele ngoPawulu ezincwadini zakhe.
Kungaba yigramaose neyezinkondlo, njengoba kuyi- "Hymn to Christ" kaColossesi yale nyanga, emenyezelwe ngeSonto leshumi nanhlanu lesikhathi esijwayelekile. UPowula uletha umbono wombono wokuzwisisa ibandla likaJesu, ovela ngesikhathi sangempela esizukulwaneni sakaPowula. Uma ungahlala phansi ukhulume noPaul ngebhodlela likabhiya wekhulu lokuqala bese umbuza ngokwazi kwakhe uJesu, imicabango yakhe kungenzeka yayingacaci kahle, isondele kakhudlwana.
Kuvela kuphela ibinzana ngezikhathi ezithile ezincwadini zakhe zokukhaphela lokho okungenzeka kwakubukeka ngathi uPaul. Lezi yizikhathi lapho uPaul ehluleka ukulawula futhi athukuthelele umuntu: ngalezo zikhathi ayeke ukuqamba bese eqala ukuyeka umusi. UPawulu wayengumbhali ngenxa yesidingo, hhayi imfudumalo. Bekumele axhumane ukude futhi amagama abhaliwe kwakuwukuthi athathe isikhundla sendoda uqobo emiphakathini eyayilandela yena.
UPawulu ukuqondakala kalula lapho ebhala njengesipika. Lapho ekhalela kuPeter ngokuba ngumzenzisi ekudleni nabeZizwe noma ukukhonkotha kwabaseGalathiya ukuthembela kwabo ngokwezenkolo enkambisweni yokusoka, asinawo umbono ophikisayo ngokudideka kukaPawulu. (Zombili lezi zikhathi zivela kuZahluko 2 no-5 kwabaseGalathiya - ngokusobala incwadi engadalulwanga ebhalwe ngentshiseko enkulu kunalesiyalo sakhe esivamile.)
Kulapho uPawulu ebhala ukuthi ungumfundi ongumFarisi, alinganisa lonke igama futhi ephindeka kuma-gravitas, lapho sizwa khona intambo yencazelo yayo elahlekile. Mhlawumbe ubuvila bengqondo ngokwethu, kepha lapho uPawulu ekhasa ekhanda imicabango yethu emhlanganweni ingaqala ukuzulazula.
Muva nje ngithole ukuzwela okungajwayelekile noPaul njengoba ngathatha umhlalaphansi. Njengombhali okhulumayo, nganginenkinga yokuxhumana ngalolo limi lwesibili olungaziwa, ngikhulumela phezulu. Ehoreni lokuvala leli sonto nginikeze iqembu umbono ongasho lutho ongokwenkolo wokuthi amakholwa abizelwe ukuhlela impilo yawo nalesi sikhungo. Ngasisekela lesi simangalo ngesitatimende sikababa waseJesuit uPeter van Breemen sokuthi uNkulunkulu ubalulekile empilweni yethu noma uNkulunkulu akayona into.
Waphakamisa isandla. "Akunjalo kunokhahlo?" Le ndoda yaphika.
Njengoba ngicabanga kancane, ngacubungula umbuzo wakhe okwesikhashana. Bengingalindele ukuthi uNkulunkulu kulesi sikhungo angaba isisekelo sokungabaza kwamakholwa. Isiphakamiso sikaVan Breemen sokuthi uNkulunkulu akayona into uma kungenjalo ngokuyinhloko kubonakale kuhlobene nokuhlangene nalokhu - engqondweni yami. Omunye umqondo usethole isiphakamiso sohlobo olukhethekile nolwedlulele.
Ingabe uPawulu akazange agcizelele kulokhu kukhulu ngesimemezelo esithi: "Ungokuqala ezintweni zonke futhi kuye zonke izinto zibambisene ndawonye"? KuPaul, uKristu uyikhonkwane leqiniso lendawo yonke. Ubuqotho butholakala ngokusungula izingqimba zethu ngokombono wayo okhanyayo. UPowula umemezela ukuthi uKrestu ungowokuqala, uKrestu uyinhloko, uKrestu usesikhungweni, uKrestu usisiqalo, uKrestu ungukugcwala. UKristu ubuyisela umuntu futhi waphezulu, owedlule nasesikhathini esizayo, izulu nomhlaba, kuhlanganiswe ndawonye.
"Yebo", ngagcina ngivumelana nale ndoda. "Kunzima kakhulu." Iqiniso lingaba nokhahlo - njengokulahlekelwa, ukuhlupheka, imikhawulo, ukufa. Iqiniso liyasidinga, yingakho sikhetha ukulibalekela noma okungenani silithambise ngama-nuances kanye namalogo. Ngakho-ke samukela uNkulunkulu njengophakathi: ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe kungumndeni nomsebenzi, izibopho nezinenjabulo, ukuqiniseka kwezepolitiki kanye nokwazwelonke. Kunzima ukukuqinisekisa, ngaphandle kwe-asterisks, ukuthi uKrestu usesikhungweni, ukuthi indlela yethu ingena kuye futhi izimpilo zethu zizungeza intando yakhe. "Ngiyindlela, iqiniso nokuphila." Kunzima, kuyimpandla futhi kufuna. Ngaphandle kokuyekethisa, ukubukwa kwezwe kuhamba kanjani.
Abanye ababhali bemfundiso yenkolo baye bafuna kakhulu isikhala esithile. Icala lomKristu olungile impela likhuliswe kaningi. UJoseph Champlin wabhala incwadi emnandi emashumini eminyaka adlule enesihloko esithi The Marginal Catholic: Challenge, Don’t Crush. Ngokusobala ezingeni labelusi, sonke singasebenzisa igumbi elincane lokuqondisa, noma okuningi. Kodwa-ke, isikhuthazo sabefundisi asisuki emandleni esicelo sika-van Breemen.
Uma uNkulunkulu enguNkulunkulu - ongumninimandla onke, u-Alpha no-Omega - uma uNkulunkulu ebusa, ukusebenzisa igama elithi onsomi, ngakho-ke ukuphika ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu empilweni yethu ukuphika incazelo yobunkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu ngeke akwazi ukugibela isibhamu esingokomoya noma abe ngumngane ephaketheni lakho ngezikhathi zesidingo. Uma uNkulunkulu engabaluleke kakhulu, sinciphisa ubuNkulunkulu bube ubukhulu obulula, sidonsela uNkulunkulu endimeni eqondayo. Uma sehlisiwe, uNkulunkulu uyeka ukuba uNkulunkulu wethu.
IHarsh? Yebo. Ngamunye wethu uyazinqumela.
Lapho sibhekene nokuzisola ngokweqiniso komuntu obambe iqhaza emgomeni wobuntu bukaNkulunkulu obukhulu, bengingathanda ukuqala phansi. Umbhali angashintsha ngaphandle kokuma; i-orator, ekhawulelwe isikhathi nendawo, hhayi kangako.
Ngithanda ukugcizelela ukuthi ukuqaphela uNkulunkulu esikhungweni akusho ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthandaza, ukuchitha wonke amahora okuvuka esontweni noma ukucabanga ngemicabango yenkolo. Kwikholwa leqiniso, ngokwemvelo uNkulunkulu uyisizinda somndeni nomsebenzi, izinqumo zezimali kanye nemibono yezepolitiki. Intando yaphezulu iba ukushaya kwenhliziyo kubaluleke kakhulu osukwini lwethu ukuze singazi ukuthi lwenza kanjani konke okunye kwenzeke. Zonke izinto zihlangana ndawonye lobu buhle obuqhubekayo esikhungweni. Ngaphandle kwalokho, amasu ethu embuleka ngokushesha futhi amathemba ethu asephelile!