Ngenkathi umuntu ominzayo ethandazela usizo, uNkulunkulu wathumela iflothi eligcwele abapristi
Ngenkathi uJimmy Macdonald ezithola edonsa kanzima emanzini eLake George eNew York eduze ne-kayak yakhe egingqikile, wacabanga ukuthi angafa.
Ubejabulele usuku lokuphumula luka-Agasti echibini nomndeni wakhe, ezindla futhi ethatha izithombe. Wagcina ibhantshi lakhe lokuphila esikebheni - wayengacabangi ukuthi uzolidinga, watshela iGlens Falls Living.
Kodwa i-kayak yakhe yagcina ikhukhuleka futhi ngokuzumayo yazithola ingasogwini nonkosikazi wayo nezingane zokutholwa. Yize kunamanzi amabi, wayesacabanga ukuthi angabuyela ogwini, ngakho-ke wakhomba izikebhe eziningana ezazimile ukusiza.
Kodwa lapho i-kayak yakhe igingqika futhi ijakhethi yakhe yokuphila ayigqoke ngokushesha ifika ezindlebeni zakhe, uMacdonald wayazi ukuthi wayesenkingeni enkulu.
“Bengicabanga ukuthi ngiyafa. Ngangiswele amandla ngokuphelele futhi ngangifuna ukucela usizo ngokushesha. Bengizulisa isandla ngicela uNkulunkulu angisize, ngiyacela, ”kusho yena.
UNkulunkulu wayiphendula imithandazo yakhe, kodwa hhayi ngesimo sikaJesu ehamba phezu kwamanzi.
"Futhi-ke, ekhoneni leso lami, ngibone isikebhe se-tiki."
Esikebheni esikebheni esintantayo kwakukhona abafundisi bezenkolo nabapristi be-Paulist Fathers of St. Joseph's Seminary eWashington, DC. Umphakathi wezenkolo wamaKhatholika ubukade usendaweni ebuyayo eseduze futhi ubethatha ikhefu esikebheni esiqashwe yiTiki Tours.
Idlanzana lama-seminari kanye nabapristi basize abasebenzi beTiki Tours ukuhlenga iMacdonald.
UNoah Ismael, ongomunye wabafundisayo abebesesikebheni, utshele i-NBC Washington ukuthi "kungukuhamba kukaMoya oNgcwele" ukuthi bagijimele eMacdonald ngesikhathi esifanele.
UChris Malano, esinye isifundiswa, utshele i-WNYT ukuthi njengabafundisi bezenkolo bakaPauline, bayizithunywa zevangeli, futhi "ngalolo suku, lokho bekuyinjongo yethu, ukuba khona nokusiza umuntu oswele."
UMacdonald utshele iWNYT ukuthi uthathe ukutakulwa "njengesibonakaliso esivela kuNkulunkulu" ukuthi impilo yakhe isenenjongo emhlabeni.
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi ukuthole ukuhlenga kuhlekisa, ngendlela engaqondakali. UMacdonald ungumlutha olulamayo oweluleka abanye ngokubuyiselwa kwezidakamizwa.
"Kuhlekisa kanjani ukuthi sengineminyaka eyisikhombisa ngingasangulukile futhi ngisindiswe kubhawa we-tiki?" Uthe.