Ke loaʻaʻana o ka naʻauao ma nā poʻe i manaʻoʻoleʻia

A recent discussion in LinkedIn’s ‘Books and Authors’ group raised questions about the proliferation of books and blogs, some of which are by people of very limited literary ability; and it got me reminiscing about someone I met many years ago…

I was an A-level Biology student aiming for a scientific career and, me ka pololei, I was an intellectual snob. But about 2 years previously, through witnessing the power of God at work through miracles of healing, I had become a Christian. Hungry for reality, and finding little appetite for the miraculous amongst our local churches, I had recently begun attending a church in the back streets of a nearby town. They had a very simple attitude to Biblical interpretation, which I struggled with at times: Akāʻaʻohe kānalua i kaʻoiaʻiʻo o ko lākou hilinaʻi a me ke aloha, ʻaʻole hoʻi o nā hana mana o ka ho'ōlaʻana e loaʻa ana ma o kā lākou hui. No laila ua noho au, noho mālie e pili ana i kaʻu mau nīnau noʻonoʻo, o make wau i kaʻu 'nāwaliwali’ ʻO nā hoahānau e hina, a ulu mālie i ka mahalo nui iā lākou a pau.

Koe wale nō.

I kēlā mau lā, ʻO kekahi o nā mea i loaʻa i nā mea hana o ka makamaka a me nā mea kūʻai akuʻo nā kelepona i ka lua o ke kanaka me ka lua o ka pākeke a me ke kapaʻana i kahi papa o ka pahu, 'O ka hopena,’ a iʻole nāʻano likeʻole ma kēia kumuhana. Ua like ia me aʻu e hana i kēlā mau mea i pono i kona poʻo e nānā ana.

Mākaha, ʻO Stan kekahi o lākou. He papalua kahiko, Ua like ia e lilo i ka hapanui o kāna mau manawa i ka wā o ke kikowaenaʻo London a me kāna papa o ka papa, ka hāʻawiʻana i nā tracts. Ua kala paha wau iā ia: akā ua like ia me aʻu he mea hikiʻole iā ia ke hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā poʻe i loko o ka halepule a ua hālāwaiʻo ia ma kaʻaoʻao Lekie. I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e hele ai i ka maka, e hoʻokuʻuʻo ia i loko o kahi mini-seron. Ua aʻo koke wau e mālama i ka liʻiliʻi ma kahi o kekahi kanaka ma waena ona a me aʻu.

Aka, o Iesu’ kauoha i, 'E aloha aku i kou hoalauna meʻoe iho,’ he uncompromising; A ua hope wau e hele i ke Akua i ka pule a hōʻoia i kekahi mea me aʻu i loaʻa ai kahiʻano maikaʻiʻole’ pilikia. ʻAʻole like kāna pane: "E hoʻomaka eʻike iā ia eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi iā ia."

No laila ua ho'āʻo wau. A uaʻike koke wau i kēlā, ʻaʻole wale ia i hana i loko o kahi mini-serom i kēlā me kēia manawa a hele aku wau iā ia -ʻo ia nō ka sebom i kēlā me kēia manawa! "ʻO ka pilikia me Adam i loko o ka māla o Edenaʻaʻole ia i makemake i ka hui o ke Akua. Makemakeʻoe i ka hui o ke Akua? ... "

ʻAʻole lōʻihi loa ma mua o koʻu puleʻana e pili ana i ka stan hou. "Haku, Heʻelemakule maikaʻiʻo ia: Akāʻo ia e like me ka hoʻopaʻa inoaʻana a me ke alakaʻiʻana iaʻu. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka moʻolelo?!"

ʻO ka pane a ke Akua i kēia manawa i lawe mai iaʻu e ka pīhoihoi. "E hoʻololi wau i ka moʻolelo inā hoʻomakaʻoe e hoʻolohe i ka mea āna e'ōlelo nei."

I ka 40 mau makahiki aʻu i lilo ai he Karistiano, Nohoʻo San's Mini-Serons i kekahi o nā momi nui loa o nā lāʻau nui aʻu i aʻo ai. Keʻano o ka pilikia: Makemake ke Akua i kāu hui: akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia e kaomi iā ia iho. Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia e like me kāu makemake maoli.

A, ʻAe, Ua hoʻololi ke Akua i ka moʻolelo; a ua kūkulu kā mākou pilina i loko o kekahi o ka mahalo maoli a me ka mahalo. Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i ka twinkle mālie i kona mau maka e like me kāna kamaʻilioʻana, I kāna ala maʻalahi loa, e pili ana i ka haʻiʻana i ke aloha o ke Akua me nā poʻe'ē aʻe.

Statley Kaye, Aloha wau iāʻoe.