Umbono noMfundisi u-Craig GroeschelIsampula

Abantu abaningi bathatha isikhathi eside ukufa. (Lena akuyona indlela yokuqala uhlelo lweBhayibheli, usho kanjalo.) Kodwa cabanga ngakho. Kukhona labo abambalwa abahamba ngokuzumayo. Izingozi. Ukuhlasela kwenhliziyo. Ukudubula kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe. Ubhavu oshelelayo emakhoneni. Kodwa ngawe, amathuba okuthi ekupheleni kwempilo yakho, uzofela embhedeni. Zicabange ulapho, ulele embhedeni futhi ucabanga ngezahluko zendaba yakho yokuphila. Impilo yami ihlanganiseni? Ingabe bengibaluleke ngempela? Bengiphilelani? Kungani kwakubalulekile ukuthi ngibe khona?

Nansi into eyodwa okufanele ucabange ngayo: izinqumo ozenzayo namuhla zilungisa umbhede ozolala kuwo ngenkathi ushona. Yingakho ngabhala incwadi ethi Chazown kwasekuqaleni—ukuze ngikusize ubone ukuphila kwakho ngendlela ehlukile futhi ukubone ngendlela uMdali wakho ayekubone ngayo ngaphambi kokuba uzalwe.

Igama elithi umbono livela egameni lesiHebheru elithi chazown (liphinyiselwe u-khaw- ZONE). I-Chazown iqala ngohlamvu olungekho ngesiNgisi. Ulibiza ngokwenza umsindo wokugebenga ngemuva komphimbo wakho, njengokuklewula futhi ulungiselela ukukhafula. Izame. Ithi khaw-ZONE! Kodwa okubaluleke ngaphezu kokuphimisela incazelo yegama—“iphupho,”  “isambulo,” noma “umbono.” Lapho kungekho chazown—kungekho phupho, noma isambulo, noma umbono, noma umqondo wenjongo yethu edaliwe—siyashabalala.

Lapho kungekho mbono wokuthi wadalwa ukuze ube nobudlelwano obukhulayo bomuntu siqu noMdali wakho, ingaphakathi lakho liyabuna futhi liyafa.

Lapho kungekho mbono ngomndeni ohlonipha uNkulunkulu, unamathuba angu-50% okugcina udivosile.

Lapho kungekho mbono wokuthi umzimba wakho uyithempeli likaMoya kaNkulunkulu—impahla oyibolekiwe evela Kuye—impilo yakho yomzimba iyashabalala.

Lapho ungekho umbono wendlela yokuphila ehlakaniphile ngokwezimali, ungaphila ezweni elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni futhi ucwile ezikweletini.

Lapho kungekho mbono womsebenzi onenjongo, abantu baphilela ihora lesihlanu. Bakhona nje. Umgomo wabo uwukuphila—ukukhokha izikweletu, ukuhlala ushadile, ukugcina izingane ngaphandle kwejele ...

Kodwa mina nawe senzelwe okuningi kakhulu.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo, sizocinga umbono wakho ezicini ezintathu ezibalulekile zempilo yakho. Lezi zindawo zifana nokuhlolwa komuntu siqu kwe-Rorschach—uzibheka isikhathi eside ngokwanele nangomthandazo ngokwanele, futhi zizokubonisa imikhondo ebalulekile yesiphetho sakho osinikwe nguNkulunkulu.