UMgqibelo weVeki ye-27 ngexesha eliqhelekileyo

Cinga ngomzuzu apho uBenjamin Vo, esesemncinci, ehlala phantsi ekhaya, ekhangela iimephu kunye neendlela zeenqwelo-moya kwikhompyutha yakhe. Wayengumfana owayenomdla ongapheliyo, esakha ikamva lakhe ngengqondo eqaqambileyo eyayikwazi ukubona ngaphaya kwento ebonwa ngamehlo. Wayethanda ukucacisa ngale 'con chim airlines' yakhe, ebonisa ukuba intliziyo yakhe yayingeyiyo nje eyobuchwephesha, kodwa eyayizaliswe lithemba elikhulu. Namhlanje, kwiNcwadi kaGalati, uPawulos usikhumbuza inyaniso enzulu: 'Kuba bonke abaxhomekeke emisebenzini yomthetho bangaphantsi kwesiqalekiso… Lowo ulilungisa ngokholo uyakuphila.' Apha, uPawulos uthetha ngesitshixo esikhulula intliziyo yethu kwisithokothoko sokuzama ukulawula yonke into, kwaye usikhokelela ekubeni sithembe uThixo.

KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, kukho umzuzu omangalisayo. Umfazi osemhlambini uthi kuYesu, 'Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.' Ufuna ukuncoma umama kaYesu, uMariya, ngenxa yoxabiso lwakhe lokuba ngumama. Kodwa uYesu, endaweni yokuyikhaba loo nyaniso, uyandisa. Uthi: 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.' UYesu usibonisa ukuba ubudlelwane bethu naye abupheleli ekuzalweni okanye kwigazi, kodwa buqhubeka ngokuthi siphulaphule ilizwi likaThixo kwaye siphile ngokwalo. UBen wayeyazi le nto ngendlela yobuntwana bakhe. Wayengumfana owayephulaphula, owayenika, owayezama ukwenza uthando lube yinto ebonakalayo.

Alan noThao, ndiyazi ukuba kule nyanga yesithathu emva kokuba uBen ebuyele kuThixo, kukho imibuzo engapheliyo enikhathazayo. Kukho iintlungu ezihlaselayo xa ungazilindelanga. Mhlawumbi ucinga ngaloo mzuzu xa wayemi phambi kwekhompyutha yakhe, ebhala iikhowudi zokudala umdlalo wakhe, okanye xa wayecinga ngendlela i-'con chim airlines' yakhe eya kubhabha ngayo. Loo ntliziyo yayicocekile, yayingenabuxoki. Kwaye namhlanje, ndifuna ukuthetha inyaniso enzulu kakhulu: akukho nqaku lokuthi uphosile okanye wenze kakubi. Ukugula akwanga kwenzeka ngenxa yezinto owazenzayo okanye ongazenzanga. UThixo akakubeki icala, kwaye noBen akakubeki icala. Masikhuphe lo mthwalo wokuzisola emajukujukwini eentliziyo zenu namhlanje. Awuphosanga nto. Ubenze konke okusemandleni enu ngothando olungapheliyo. Ezinye izinto zenzeka ngaphandle kolawulo lwethu, ngaphandle kokuba nabani na enze impazamo. Niyinyaniso, nithandwa nguThixo.

Khumbula indlela uBen awayenentliziyo enobubele ngayo. Khumbula loo mzuzu xa wayefuna ukunikela ngayo yonke imali yakhe yasebhange encinci ukuze ancede umalume wakhe uWilliam owayehlaselwe zizifo. Akazange ayiphule loo ngulube yemali, akazange ayikhuphule ngokoqobo, kodwa isipho sasingaphakathi entliziyweni yakhe. Wayengumfana owayenokunikela ngayo yonke into yakhe ngaphandle kokubala. Wayengumfana owayephila ngoxolo lukaKristu. WayengumSamariya olungileyo ebomini bakhe, ebonisa uthando olungenamiqathango. UBen wayengumfana owayephila ngoluxolo. Wayengumfana owayezisa uxolo ekhaya.

Ryan, mfowethu omncane, uBen uyaqhubeka ekuthanda. Khumbula indlela uBen awayekuthanda ngayo, indlela awayekujonga ngayo njengomntu okhethekileyo. Ungalokothi uzive ungedwa. UBen uyaqhubeka ehamba nawe. Xa uziva usizi, khumbula ukuba uBen uyaqhubeka ekhanya. Uthando lwakhe aluzange luphele; lusaqhubeka lukhanya njengolwandle olukhulu. Uthando lwenu luyaqhubeka luhleli, lusaqhubeka lukhula, kwaye uBen uyaqhubeka ekhanya. Benjamin, lala ngokuthula. Uthando lwakho lulukhanya olungasoze lwavaleleka. Siya kukukhumbula njalo, side sidibane kwakhona apho kungekho nyembezi, apho kukho uvuyo olungunaphakade. UYesu uthi: 'Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.' Masiphile ke ngeli lizwi namhlanje, sithandane njengokuba uBen wayesithanda, kwaye sithembe ukuba uThixo uya kusikhokelela kude kube lixesha lokuba siphinde sidibane naye apho kungekho ntlungu, apho kukho uvuyo olungunaphakade. Amen.