Egameni likaYise, neloNyana, neloMoya oyiNgcwele. Makube nani ugrace noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu naseNkosini yethu uYesu Kristu.
Nkosi, usivele inceba. Kristu, usivele inceba. Nkosi, usivele inceba.
Cinga ngomzuzu apho uBenjamin Vo, esesemncinci, ehlala phantsi ekhaya, echitha ixesha lakhe ebhala iikhowudi zeenkqubo zakhe zekhompyutha. 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. Wayeyindoda encinci eyayikwazi ukuzibona iindiza zayo zibhabha ngaphaya kwamafu, njengokuba wayesoloko ecinga ngekamva elizele luvuyo.
Namhlanje, kwiNcwadi ka-Efese, uPawulos usikhumbuza inyaniso enzulu: 'In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will.' (Ngothando wasimiselayo ukuba samkelwe njengabantwana bakhe ngoYesu Kristu, ngokokuthanda kwakhe). Le nyaniso isikhumbuza ukuba uBen, nangona iminyaka yakhe yayimfutshane, wayengowakhe uThixo ngaphambi kokuba umhlaba ubekho. Wayengumntwana owayephila ngoxolo lukaKristu. Wayengumfana owayephulaphula, owayenika, owayezama ukwenza uthando lube yinto ebonakalayo.
KwiVangeli yanamhlanje kaLuka, uYesu ukhankanya amazwi abuhlungu kwaye anzulu kubafundi bomthetho nabaFarisi. Uthi: 'You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.' Lo mfanekiso wesitshixo esilahlekileyo usikhumbuza ubunzima bokuba ngumntu phantsi kweli hlabathi. Ubomi buhlala busibeka imithwalo enzima kakhulu, ngakumbi xa umntu othandekayo ehamba. Kule nyanga yesine emva kokuba uBen ebuyele ekhaya kuThixo, kukho imizuzu apho umthwalo wokulahlekelwa uziva unzima kakhulu. Ucinga ngaloo mboniso kaBen esesemncinci, xa wayecinga ngokunika yonke imali yasebhange encinci yakhe ukuba incede umalume wakhe uWilliam owayehlaselwe zizifo. Akazange ayiphule loo ngulube yemali, yayisengcamango yentliziyo yakhe emsulwa, kodwa loo nqaku lokuba umntwana omncane kangaka abe nomnqweno wokunikela ngayo yonke into yakhe ngaphandle kokubala kuyasityhilela ukuba intliziyo kaBen yayingenabuzoweni, yayizaliswe luthando olunyulu lukaThixo.
Masimi apha ixesha elincinci… Masicinge ngendlela ubomi bukaBen obabuzaliswe ngayo kukukhanya. Wayengumfana owayethanda ukuhleka, owayejonga uyise ngamehlo okumncoma, owayeyazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumntu owabelana ngovuyo nabanye. Kwakunye nomnqweno wakhe wokwakha i-‘con chim airlines’ yakhe, eyayiziindiza zamaphupha akhe, uBen wayesixelela ukuba umphefumlo womntwana awuyeki ukubhabha. Kwaye namhlanje, ndifuna ukuthetha nawe Alan, nawe Thao, nawe Ryan mfowethu omncane, ngendlela enyanisekileyo. Ndiyazi ukuba umthwalo wosizi uyamfulathela umntu ebusuku. Kukho imibuzo eza ithi, 'Kutheni?' Kukho amaxesha apho uzibuza ukuba ngaba kukhona na eninokukwenza ngcono. Ndifuna ukuba uphulaphule inyaniso kaThixo namhlanje, kwaye uyivumele ingene nzulu entliziyweni yakho: akukho nqaku lokuthi uphosile okanye wenze kakubi. Ukugula akwanga kwenzeka ngenxa yezinto owazenzayo okanye ongazenzanga. UThixo akakubeki icala, kwaye noBen akakubeki icala kwaphelela. Masikhuphe lo mthwalo wokuzisola emajukujukwini eentliziyo zenu namhlanje. Awuphosanga nto. Ubenze konke okusemandleni enu ngothando olungapheliyo. Ezinye izinto kulo mhlaba zenzeka ngaphandle kolawulo lwethu, ngaphandle kokuba nabani na enze impazamo. Niyinyaniso, nithandwa nguThixo ngokupheleleyo.
UYesu uthi kwabo babesenza imithetho kodwa bengekho eluthandweni, 'Nibe nobulungisa nothando lukaThixo.' Ubulungisa bukaThixo asisisiqwenga somthetho esixinzelelayo; lububele obukukhululayo. UBen akalahlekanga; usebukhoneni obukhulu boMthombo wothando. Uthi xa ucinga ngaye, ucinga ngaloo ntwana enemfesane, umfana owayephethe ukukhanya okukhulu kangaka. UBen ukhangele phantsi kuwe Ryan, kwaye akakushiye. Xa udlala okanye ucinga ngekamva, yazi ukuba uBen ukuthembile, ukuthandile, kwaye usakuthanda kakhulu. Hamba ke namhlanje ukhululekile emthwalweni wokuzisola. Bamba isandla sikaYesu, uthembe ukuba uYisease usezintliziyweni zenu, kwaye uBen ulala ngokuthula ekhanyeni likaThixo, esikhangela sonke ngovuyo olungunaphakade. Amen.
For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:
Ngosizo loMsindisi futhi sifundiswe yimfundiso yaphezulu, silokotha sithi:
Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho; umbuso wakho mawuze, intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini. Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla, usithethelele izono zethu, njengoba nathi sibathethelela abasonayo; ungasifaki ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule ebubini. Amen.
INkosi mayisikelele, isigcine, kwaye isikhokelele eluxolweni lwayo ngonaphakade. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.