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Ekuphawuleni kokuthunyelwe kwami, ‘Uthando Ludinga Iqhawe', Peter Kazmier wabuza umbuzo othakazelisayo. Ngaqala ukuphendula: kodwa ngigcine ngokuthile enganginomuzwa wokuthi yinde kakhulu ukuthi ngingaphawula nje; futhi kwaba, impela, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi ivuse ingxoxo ebanzi ngokwayo. Ngakho-ke nginqume ukukwenza kube ukuthunyelwa okuhlukile.

Nakhu futhi Impendulo kaPeter, ngempendulo yami:

“Kevin, kwesinye isikhathi ubaba onengane engalawuleki, ingane esabisa ezinye izingane, kumele athathe izinyathelo ezinqala ukunqanda ukwesaba. Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubhekene nenkinga efanayo nathi? Zingadlala kanjani lezo zenzo zokuzivikela? Ingabe uthando, kwesinye isikhathi ngesidingo, thatha ubuso obunzima?"

Yebo, ngokungangabazeki. Ezingeni lomuntu, isimo esibi kakhulu singacatshangwa lapho ingane isiphenduke isikhohlakali (e.g. umbulali onobudlova noma amaphekula). Khona-ke kungase kwenzeke isimo lapho ubaba kungase kudingeke abulale ingane yakhe ukuze avimbele isibhicongo esiseduze. Noma ubaba, endimeni yakhe njengomahluleli noma umbusi wabantu, kungase kudingeke ukuba akhiphe isigwebo sokugcina enganeni yakhe ngamacala enziwe. Izimo ezinjalo azivamile, ngaphandle kwasezimweni lapho isibopho sothando sikababa nengane sesibhidliwe kakade: kodwa uma inhliziyo kababa ihlezi igxile enganeni, lokhu kungase kube ukukhetha okubuhlungu kakhulu okwake kwadingeka ubaba akwenze..

Kukhona cishe isibonelo salokhu eBhayibhelini. Enye yamadodana eNkosi uDavide, u-Amnoni, wayethathekile ngodadewabo kadadewabo, uThamari, wagcina ngokumdlwengula. Kodwa uDavide, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuzizwa enamahloni ngokuphinga kwakhe kwangaphambili noBati Sheba futhi ngenxa yothando ngendodana yakhe., wehluleka ukujezisa u-Amnoni. Ngakho umfowabo kaTamari ngokugcwele, Absalomu, wabulala u-Amnoni ngaphambi kokuba abalekele ekudingisweni. Manje uDavide wayesehlukene phakathi kothando lwakhe ngo-Absalomu nomsebenzi wakhe njengenkosi: ngakho waphinda futhi. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Abisalomu wakhula ukuzonda kukaDavide. Wayishintsha indlela ebuyela esigodlweni, wabe esehlela ukuketula uDavide. 20,000 abantu bafa empini eyalandela: kodwa ukudabuka okukhulu kukaDavide kwakungokufa kuka-Absalomu. Wavele wazilela indodana yakhe, waze wamkhuza induna yebutho, ethi, “Namuhla uwathobile onke amadoda akho, enisanda kusindisa ukuphila kwenu, nokuphila kwamadodana namadodakazi enu, nokuphila kwabafazi benu, nezancinza zenu. Uyabathanda abakuzondayo futhi uzonde abakuthandayo. Ukucacisile namuhla ukuthi izinduna namadoda azo azilutho kuwe. Ngiyabona ukuthi ubungathokoza ukuba u-Abisalomu ubephila namuhla, sibe sesifile sonke.” (2 Samuel 19:5-6.)

Kwakuwubizo olunzima ngempela kuDavid: kodwa uyibonisa ngokucacile imiphumela engaba khona yokungathathi umugqa oqinile lapho kudingekile kanye nenkinga yalowo okumelwe abe kokubili ubaba nomahluleli..

Pho-ke kuthiwani ngezinga likaNkulunkulu? ETestamenteni Elidala kunesiqephu esikhuluma ngqo ngalolu daba:

Uma umuntu enendodana enenkani nehlubukayo, ongalaleli izwi likayise, noma izwi likanina, futhi, lanxa bemlaya, ngeke ibalalele; uyise nonina bayakumbamba, umkhiphele kumalunga omuzi wakubo, nasesangweni lendawo yakhe; batshele abadala bomuzi wakubo, Le ndodana yethu inenkani futhi iyavukela, akayikulalela izwi lethu; uyisiminzi, nesidakwa. Bonke abantu bomuzi wakubo bayakumkhanda ngamatshe afe: kanjalo uyakususa ububi phakathi kwakho; wonke u-Israyeli uyakuzwa, kanye nokwesaba (Deut 21:18-21).

Siyavevezela ekugcineni kwalo musho. Kodwa kudingeka siqaphele umongo lapho la mazwi akhulunywa khona. Ngokomlando, lesi kwakuyinkathi yeBronze engasekho. Babengekho abezenhlalakahle noma amaphoyisa. Abantu babethembele emndenini noma esizweni sabo ukuze bathole ukusekelwa nokuvikelwa futhi yayingekho indawo yalabo ababenqaba ukudonsa isisindo sabo. Ngakho ithonya lendodana eyaphikelela ngokuhlala ekhaya, okwenza umndeni wakhe umeseke, ngenkathi enqaba ukusebenza, ukwedelela abadala bakhe nokubeka isibonelo sokudakwa kwakusongela inhlalakahle yesizwe sonke.. Ngaphansi kwalezi zimo, ngesivumelwano sabazali bobabili kanye labadala bomuzi, ukubulawa kwakhe kwavunyelwa.

Kodwa ngabe lokhu kwakuwumphumela owawufiswa uyise nonina, kumbe ngoNkulunkulu? Vele akunjalo! UJesu usibonisa ngokucacile isifiso sikaNkulunkulu esinjengesikababa ngabo bonke abantwana bakhe emfanekisweni wendodana yolahleko. (Lk. 15:11-32).

Singasho ngokungananazi kithi, “Kodwa uma uNkulunkulu enamandla onke futhi enothando, ngokuqinisekile angasanguluka umenzi wobubi ngaphandle kokumcindezela ngokweqile! Ngemva kwakho konke, waguqula uSawulu waseTarsu waba uSt. Paul, akazange? Noma kungani engakwazi nje ukuvimba abantu ababi ekulimazeni abanye?” Ukukubeka kalula – akulula kangako. Thanda, umthwalo wemfanelo wokuziphatha, inkululeko yokuzikhethela nokuncika phakathi kuxhumene ngendlela eyinkimbinkimbi kangangokuthi imiphumela yakho kokubili izenzo zethu ezinhle nezimbi ihlale inethonya kwabanye., futhi ngokuvamile ngezindlela ebesingasoze sazilindela. Njengasendabeni kaDavide, okungase kubonakale kuyindaba encane, kuthinta abambalwa kuphela, ingase ibe nomthelela ezinkulungwaneni. Sibona kuphela imiphumela yesikhashana, kanti uNkulunkulu unombono obanzi kakhulu nowesikhathi eside. Kodwa futhi kuwumbono onyanyiswa ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekushiyeleni izinqumo zethu ezandleni zethu ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngisho nalapho uJesu etshela uSawulu, “Kunzima kuwe ukukhahlela izinkandi,” washiya ukukhetha kokugcina kuSawule (Acts 26:13-19).

Ngezikhathi, isikhathi nesizathu sezenzo zikaNkulunkulu kuyasixaka. Kodwa, ngokungafani nathi, olwazi lwakhe olulinganiselwe lwemiphumela yesikhathi esizayo lusiphoqa ukuthi sithembele ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa olusekelwe emithethweni, UNkulunkulu ubona zonke izici zesenzakalo. UNkulunkulu uyezwa, futhi smarts at, ukungabi nabulungisa kwezwe kungaphezu kakhulu kwethu (bheka isihloko sami ku 'Ukuxhumana’ zikaNkulunkulu). Futhi umemezele inhloso yakhe eqinile yokuthi ekugcineni kuyoba nempindiselo kubo bonke abaphikelelayo ekwenzeni okubi.; kanye nembuyiselo yabo bonke abaye bahlupheka ngokungafanele. Kodwa futhi uyakuqonda ukuthi ukungenelela kakhulu noma ngokushesha ezindabeni zesintu kuwukuvimbela isintu ekufinyeleleni amandla aso okugcina.. Kubuhlungu nokho, ngokuvamile kulapho sibona ukuhlupheka nokubhujiswa okubangelwa ukuzicabangela kwethu kobuntu lapho sishukumiseleka ukuba sifune indlela yothando uNkulunkulu ayeluleka ngayo kusukela ekuqaleni.. Futhi kulapho sibona kokubili izinzuzo kanye nokushiyeka kwalabo besilisa nabesifazane abakhethekile abaye bavuka phakathi kwethu., ukuze babe abaqhawe abaziwayo beqiniso nobulungiswa, ukuthi siqale ukuqonda isidingo a umpetha ophakeme futhi ahlulele ukuthi ubani ongaletha ukunqoba kokugcina kothando phezu kobubi.