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UMKHULEKO:

Nkulunkulu, ngiyabonga ngokuthi wangithanda kuqala; Ngifundise ukuthanda abanye kahle. 

UKUFUNDA:

Ngo-1917, umfundisi ogama lakhe lingu-Edward Flanagan wavula ikhaya labafana ukuze basize abafana abaswele kakhulu nabasengozini enkulu e-Omaha, Nebraska. Leli khaya lezintandane lithathe abangenamakhaya, abafana abanamarekhodi obugebengu nabakhubazekile. Omunye walabo bafana, uHoward Loomis, wayenovendle futhi efake izinsimbi ezisindayo emilenzeni. Ngolunye usuku, ubaba uFlanagan wabona omunye wabafana abadala ethwele uHoward ekhuphuka ngezitebhisi. Ubaba uFlanagan wawubona lomusa futhi wambuza, “Akasindi?” Futhi umfana waphendula, “Akasindi, Baba… ungumfowethu.”

Lesi isithombe esihle sokuthi kubukeka kanjani “ukubekezelelana.” Ibinzana, elihunyushwe ngokuthi “thwala” kulesi siqephu, liphinde lisho “ukubambana.” Kuletha isithombe ezingqondweni zethu sokuphakamisa noma ukuthwala othile. Njengomfana ethwele uHoward ekhuphuka izitebhisi, uthando lubukeka kanje.

Ngandlela thize, ukuthanda umuntu kuwukuzivulela ukuhlupheka. Ukudabuka kwabo kuba okwethu. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu esenza sihlale sizigada futhi singasheshi ukuthanda. Kungaba nzima ukuzivulela ubudlelwane obungase budinge kithi okungase kube nzima noma okungasiphathi kahle. 

Kodwa yilokhu uNkulunkulu asicela ukuba sikwenzele omunye nomunye njengomphakathi wabalandeli bakaJesu. Usibizela othandweni ngendlela ezosilahlekisela. UNkulunkulu akasiceli ukuba senze noma yini angazange ayenze yena kuqala. UNkulunkulu akazange ayigcine inhliziyo yakhe kithi. Wayithukulula ngesihle. UJesu wabopha inhliziyo yakhe kanye neyethu. Wenza ukuhlupheka kwethu kwaba ukuhlupheka kwakhe. Wenza ubuhlungu bethu kwaba ubuhlungu bakhe. Futhi usicela ukuba senze okufanayo nakwabanye. Lokhu kuyingxenye yokuthi kubukeka kanjani “ukuphila impilo efanele ubizo olutholile.” 

UKUZINDLA:

Cabanga emuva ngempilo yakho. Kunini lapho umuntu ekuthande ngakho konke, ngendlela ebiza kakhulu uJesu athanda ngayo? Uma ukwazi ukufinyelela kumuntu ofika engqondweni yakhe, hlela isikhathi esithile naye kuleli sonto noma elilandelayo—mhlawumbe idethi yekhofi noma ucingo lwe-Zoom. Hlanganyela nabo futhi ubazise ukuthi ukukhetha kwabo “ukubekezelelana” kube nomthelela muni empilweni yakho. 

Bese ucabanga ngomuntu ehlezi nawe sekudlule iminyaka bese esho into efanayo kuwe. 

Cela uMoya oNgcwele ukuba akunikeze amehlo akhe nenhliziyo yakhe kubantu. Cela ukuthi ubabone ngendlela ababona ngayo futhi uphendule ngendlela aphendula ngayo.