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Funda ivesi lanamuhla.
UNkulunkulu ngeke akhulume nawe uma kukhona inqwaba yomsindo oqhubekayo empilweni yakho. Kufanele uhlale wedwa, futhi kufanele uthule. Lesi sisibiza ngokuthi yisikhathi sokuthula.
UJesu usho kanje kuMathewu 6:6: “Kepha wena, nxa ukhuleka, ngena ekamelweni lakho, uthi usuvale umnyango wakho ukhuleke kuYihlo osekusithekeni; noYihlo obona ekusithekeni uzakukuvuza.” (ZUL59).
Isihluthulelo sokuzwa uNkulunkulu ekhuluma futhi uthole umbono wakhe ngempilo yakho yilesi: UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuhlangana nawe.
Udinga ukuqaphela ukuthi awulindi uNkulunkulu; ukulindile. UNkulunkulu wakwenza ukuba ube nobuhlobo naye. Ufuna uchithe isikhathi naye nsuku zonke. Ufuna ukuthi uhlele usuku naye nsuku zonke. UNkulunkulu ulindile.
Ukuba wedwa endaweni ethule kunzima kakhulu namuhla. Angazi noma uyaqaphela yini ukuthi kunomsindo ongakanani empilweni yakho. Uhlale uvule umsakazo emotweni noma ufake ama-earbud noma uvule i-Bluetooth. Wonke amagumbi okulinda, isitolo sokudla, nekheshi linomculo. Kunesikhathi esincane kakhulu empilweni yakho esithule ngokuphelele.
Uma unezingane ekhaya, kunzima nakakhulu! Kodwa ake ngikunike ithemba. USusanna Wesley, omunye wabesifazane abakhulu bomlando, wayenabantwana abayi-18. Enye yamadodana akhe, uJohn, yasungula ibandla lamaWeseli futhi yasakaza ubuKristu engxenyeni esentshonalanga yeMelika nabashumayeli bemvuselelo yamaWeseli, kanti omunye, uCharles, wabhala amaculo angaphezu kuka-6,000.
Usithola kanjani isikhathi uwedwa ube unezingane eziyi-18? Emlandweni wakhe wokuphila, uthi uSusanna Wesley wayehamba ahlale ku-rocker ayithandayo njalo ntambama, futhi wayephonsa iphinifa lakhe phezu kwekhanda lakhe ngesikhathi esingangehora. Izingane zakhe zazazi ukuthi umama uma esefake iphinifa ekhanda lakhe kusho ukuthi, “Ayikho ingane ehlupha uMama noma uyafa!”
UWesley uthe yimithandazo kamama wakhe eyalolonga impilo yakhe. Ungasithola isikhathi uwedwa uma uphelelwe yithemba. Thatha isikhathi sokuthula futhi uhlangane neNkosi.
Lokhu kuzinikela © 2014 ngu-Rick Warren. Wonke Amalungelo Agodliwe. Isetshenziswa ngemvume.
Funda ivesi lanamuhla.
UNkulunkulu ngeke akhulume nawe uma kukhona inqwaba yomsindo oqhubekayo empilweni yakho. Kufanele uhlale wedwa, futhi kufanele uthule. Lesi sisibiza ngokuthi yisikhathi sokuthula.
UJesu usho kanje kuMathewu 6:6: “Kepha wena, nxa ukhuleka, ngena ekamelweni lakho, uthi usuvale umnyango wakho ukhuleke kuYihlo osekusithekeni; noYihlo obona ekusithekeni uzakukuvuza.” (ZUL59).
Isihluthulelo sokuzwa uNkulunkulu ekhuluma futhi uthole umbono wakhe ngempilo yakho yilesi: UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuhlangana nawe.
Udinga ukuqaphela ukuthi awulindi uNkulunkulu; ukulindile. UNkulunkulu wakwenza ukuba ube nobuhlobo naye. Ufuna uchithe isikhathi naye nsuku zonke. Ufuna ukuthi uhlele usuku naye nsuku zonke. UNkulunkulu ulindile.
Ukuba wedwa endaweni ethule kunzima kakhulu namuhla. Angazi noma uyaqaphela yini ukuthi kunomsindo ongakanani empilweni yakho. Uhlale uvule umsakazo emotweni noma ufake ama-earbud noma uvule i-Bluetooth. Wonke amagumbi okulinda, isitolo sokudla, nekheshi linomculo. Kunesikhathi esincane kakhulu empilweni yakho esithule ngokuphelele.
Uma unezingane ekhaya, kunzima nakakhulu! Kodwa ake ngikunike ithemba. USusanna Wesley, omunye wabesifazane abakhulu bomlando, wayenabantwana abayi-18. Enye yamadodana akhe, uJohn, yasungula ibandla lamaWeseli futhi yasakaza ubuKristu engxenyeni esentshonalanga yeMelika nabashumayeli bemvuselelo yamaWeseli, kanti omunye, uCharles, wabhala amaculo angaphezu kuka-6,000.
Usithola kanjani isikhathi uwedwa ube unezingane eziyi-18? Emlandweni wakhe wokuphila, uthi uSusanna Wesley wayehamba ahlale ku-rocker ayithandayo njalo ntambama, futhi wayephonsa iphinifa lakhe phezu kwekhanda lakhe ngesikhathi esingangehora. Izingane zakhe zazazi ukuthi umama uma esefake iphinifa ekhanda lakhe kusho ukuthi, “Ayikho ingane ehlupha uMama noma uyafa!”
UWesley uthe yimithandazo kamama wakhe eyalolonga impilo yakhe. Ungasithola isikhathi uwedwa uma uphelelwe yithemba. Thatha isikhathi sokuthula futhi uhlangane neNkosi.
Lokhu kuzinikela © 2014 ngu-Rick Warren. Wonke Amalungelo Agodliwe. Isetshenziswa ngemvume.
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