Egameni likaYise, nelikaNyana, nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele. Makube noxolo lwenkosi yethu uYesu Kristu kunye nani nonke.
Nkosi, usivele inceba. Kristu, usivele inceba. Nkosi, usivele inceba.
Kukho imizuzu apho ubomi bujongeka ngathi yincwadi evulekileyo, ezele ngamanani, iikhowudi, kunye nezicwangciso zekamva. Khumbula uBenjamin Vo, umfana owayehlala phambi kwekhompyutha yakhe, edala imidlalo, efunda iinkqubo ezinzima zika-AWS, kwaye ecinga ngendlela yokwakha inkampani yakhe yeenqwelo-moya, le 'con chim airlines' awayeyithanda kakhulu. Xa uBen wayethetha ngaloo nqwelo-moya, ubuso bakhe babukhanya ngoncumo olungenakuthelekiswa nanto. Wayengumfana owayebona ngaphaya kwesikrini, ebona ububanzi behlabathi, ebona ukuba ubomi bunokubhabha kude, bunokufikelela kwiindawo ezintsha, kwaye bunokuba yinto enkulu kunokuba singayicinga apha emhlabeni.
Namhlanje, kwiNcwadi ka-Efese, uPawulos usikhumbuza ngento enkulu kakhulu. Uthi: 'Kuye, owona mncinci kubo bonke abangcwele, wanikwa olu bubele, ukuba ndishumayele kwizizwe ubutyebi bukaKristu obungenakubalwa.' Ubutyebi obungenakubalwa. UBen wayeyazi le nyaniso ngendlela yakhe ethuleyo. Khumbula ukuba wayengumfana owayenengqondo eqaqambileyo, kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke, wayenentliziyo eyayikwazi ukubona abanye. Xa wayeneminyaka elishumi nanhlanje, unina noyise bakhumbula umnqweno wakhe wokunikela ngayo yonke imali yasebhange encinci yakhe ukunceda umalume wakhe uWilliam owayehlaselwe yimivumbo. Wayengazange ayiphule loo ngulube yemali, yayingekho imfuneko yokuba ayiphule ngenxa yokuba umalume wayene-inshurensi. Kodwa loo mnikelo wangoqobo, lowo mbono womntwana owayezimiseleyo ukunikela ngako konke okwakhe ngaphandle kokubala, usixelela ukuba uBen wayenesipho esikhulu sothando olungenamiqathango.
KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu usixelela ukuba sibe 'njengezicaka ezilindele ukubuya kwenkosi yazo.' Uthi: 'Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.' (Nokuba uza kumlindo wesibini okanye wesithathu, bazukile abo bakhonzi). Mamele le nyaniso: uYesu akalindi nje ukuba sikhonze, kodwa uYesu uzimisele ukusikhonza. UBen, ngoku, usebukhoneni obo, apho uYesu emkhonza ngoxolo olungunaphakade. UBen wayengumfana owayehlala elungiselele, hayi ngokoyika, kodwa ngothando. Wayengumfana owayephila ngathi uYesu uza kufika ngalo naliphi na ixesha, kwaye wayefuna ukuba xa efika, amfumane enoncumo, enothando, kwaye enentliziyo evulekileyo.
Alan, Thao, nawe Ryan mfowethu omncane, ndiyazi ukuba kule minyane minne idlulileyo ukususela ngowe-13 kuJuni 2026, iintlungu ziza ngamanye amaxesha ngendlela embi kakhulu. Kukho amandla emphefumlo aphelileyo, kukho ubusuku obude lapho ukungabikho kwesitulo sikaBen okanye ukungaphulaphuli kwakhe amabanga ayethethwa nguyise kubangela isikhewu esingazalisekiyo. Kodwa mamela le nyaniso namhlanje: uThixo akamlibalanga uBen, kwaye akakubelanga nani. Kwizinto ezenzekayo ebudeni bokugula, abazali abaninzi bazithwala ngokwabo umthwalo wokuzisola: 'Ngaba kukhona endinokukwenza ngcono? Ngaba ndiphosile?' Mamele kakuhle, Alan noThao: uThixo akakubeki icala. UBen akakubeki icala. Ezo zifo aziziswanga zizinto owazenzayo okanye ongazenzanga. Kweli hlabathi, kukho izinto ezenzeka ngaphandle kolawulo lomntu, ngaphandle kwempazamo yomzali. Awuphosanga nto. Uthando lwakho lwalucocekile, lwaluphelele, kwaye uBen wayesazi ukuba unothando olungaka kubazali bakhe nakuRyan. Khipha elo litye lokuzisola ezintliziyweni zenu namhlanje. UBen akajongi iziphoso; ujonge phezulu kuThixo, kwaye uqhubeka esithi kuwe: 'Ba, Mama, musani ukukhala kakhulu, ndikhuselekile.'
Ryan, mfowethu omncane, ndiyazi ukuba ukhumbula uBen kakhulu. Xa ucinga ngemidlalo yenu, ngale roller coaster enayikhwela ngeziganeko ezimnandi, yazi ukuba uBen akakushiye. Ukhona ecaleni kwakho, eqhubeka ekusebenza njengesikhokelo sothando. UBen wayengumfana owayenenqgondo enkulu yezibalo ne-AI, kodwa ikratshi lakhe elikhulu kwakuwukuba ngumntwana omhle owayehlonipha abazali bakhe. UBen uya kuhlala ekukhuthaza, nangona ungamboni ngamehlo, kodwa uya kumva entliziyweni yakho. Uthando lwenu njengabazalwana luyinto engunaphakade.
Masithathe oku namhlanje: uBen wasishiya isipho sothando esingapheliyo. Kwisikhumbuzo sabangcwele abasifundisa ukuba nibe nesibindi sokuma ngenxa kaKristu, masime nathi namhlanje siqinisekile ukuba ubomi bukaBen abuphelanga ethuneni. Usemthekweni wasezulwini, apho i-'con chim airlines' yakhe ibhabha ngokuphakamileyo phambi kobuso bukaThixo. Hamba ke namhlanje uphumle, uthembe ukuba uThixo uyakuthanda, kwaye uBen ulinda wena ngoncumo lwakhe oluqhelekileyo. UBen akakho nje kwimbali yenu; ukwikhona apho uThixo enza khona yonke into ibe ntsha. Uthando lwakho, Ben, lusaqhubeka luhamba emhlabeni, lusaqhubeka lukhanya, kwaye lusaqhubeka lukhumbuza wonke umntu okwaziyo ukuba uThixo uyamthanda umntwana wakhe ngaphezu kwayo yonke into. Hlalani neli themba. Hlalani nolu thando. UBen ukhona, uyaqhubeka, kwaye uya kuhlala ephila kuthando lukaThixo olungapheliyo. 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.
Ngamana uThixo onamandla onke angasithamsanqelisa, asigcine kuxolo lwakhe, kwaye asikhokele kwiindlela zakhe. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.