Lapho Kunzima Ukuthanda

Uthando ngesinye sezihloko ezijwayeleke kakhulu emibhalweni, izincwadi, izingoma, nokunye. Abaningi bethu bangaba ochwepheshe njengoba kuwumqondo ojwayelekile. Kodwa-ke, lungesinye sezihloko okukhulunywa ngazo kakhulu futhi ezibhalwe phansi ngoba kungenye yemibono iningi lethu elinokungqubuzana ngakho kakhulu, ukungabaza, kanye nezindaba zenjabulo nobuhlungu.

Ngobuntu, bengihlala ngithathwa njengomuntu othanda kalula. Nokho, ngike ngaba nezikhathi lapho uthando lwaba enye yezinselelo ezinkulu.

Uthando lungesinye sezizathu zokusungulwa kobudlelwano; ukuntuleka kothando kuyisizathu esivamile sokonakala kobudlelwane. Sifika kanjani lapho?

Impendulo ithi uthando lusho ukupha. Ezwini likaNkulunkulu, sithola elinye lamavesi aziwa kakhulu, elithi: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade." NgokukaJohane 3:16

Lapho uNkulunkulu ethanda umhlaba, wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa. Ngokwemvelo, sithambekele ekucabangeni ngenhlalakahle yethu, induduzo, nenzuzo yethu. Ukugxila kwethu kuba indlela yokuzicabangela (ebheke kithi), futhi silahlekelwa umbono wengqikithi yothando.

Uthando LUYAPHA, okusho ukuthi ukugxila kwethu kubhekela abanye. Uthando luyapha naphezu kwezimo; uthando luyapha naphezu kwezingxabano, futhi uthando luyaqhubeka naphezu kwezilonda.

UNkulunkulu kwakungadingeki ukuba anikele ngeNdodana yakhe, kodwa wayefuna ukubonisa uthando lwakhe ngathi. Njengendalo yakhe, asenzanga lutho ukuze sizuze uthando lwakhe; wayethanda. Akagcini ngokusithanda uma sesisezingeni elithile lokuvuthwa ukuze siluthole. Wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe yodwa ukuze asibonise uthando lwakhe olukhulu ngathi.

Lapho ngicelwa inselelo yokuthanda labo abangiphatha kabi, ngikhumbula uNkulunkulu engihola ukuba ngithandazele laba bantu njengoba sithandazela labo esibathandayo ngokujulile. Ngabathandazela bona, umndeni wabo, umsebenzi wabo, izimali zabo, inhlalakahle yabo, impilo yabo engokomzwelo nengokomoya. Umbono wami ngabo washintsha ngokuphelele ngoba uNkulunkulu wangivumela ukuba ngibone ukuthi akukhona ukuthi babefanele ukuthola uthando noma cha, kodwa ukuthi sonke siyaludinga. Ngeshwa, phakathi kobuhlungu, siyenqaba ukulunikeza noma ukukwamukela. Wonke umuntu, ngisho nalabo abasilimazayo, usengozini futhi udinga othile ozobathanda.

Sibizwa njalo ukuthi siphe, sithande, ngaphandle kokulindela ukuthi labo abalethe ubuhlungu ezimpilweni zethu bazoshintsha, kodwa ngesiqiniseko sokuthi uthando lwethu lungaba nomthelela ezimpilweni zabo.

Namuhla, ngithanda ukukuphonsela inselelo ukuthi uthathe imizuzu engu-3 ngamabomu uthandazela izimpilo zabantu abakuzwise ubuhlungu futhi ubanxusele njengoba ubungenza kulabo okulula ukubathanda. Cela uNkulunkulu ukuba abahlangabeze ezidingweni zabo, bakhalele ngezimangaliso, futhi bakhalele ukuze babone uJesu ebonakaliswa ezimpilweni zabo. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi uma uqeda lo mthandazo, uzokwazi ukubabona ngendlela ehlukile; uzokwazi ukuqonda ukuthi uthando seluyinto ephathekayo enhliziyweni yakho, futhi uzoguqulwa ukuze uguqule labo abaseduze nawe.