Egameni likaYise, neloNyana, neloMoya oyiNgcwele. Makube noxolo lwenkosi yethu uYesu Kristu lube nani nonke.
Nkosi, usivele inceba. Kristu, usivele inceba. Nkosi, usivele inceba.
Kukho imizuzu apho ubomi bujongeka njengendiza esemhlabeni, ilinde ukuba amaphiko ayo avuleke, ilinde umzuzu wokuba umoya ovuthuzayo uyiphakamise iye kude apho iliso lomntu lingenakufikelela khona. UBenjamin Vo wayengumfana owayeyithanda kakhulu loo mbono. Khumbula indlela awayethanda ngayo ukubukela iinqwelo-moya, indlela awayecinga ngayo nge-'con chim airlines' yakhe, encuma kwaye egigitheka xa ethetha ngalo mbono wakhe. Kwakungenguye nje umntwana odlalayo; wayeyindoda encinci eyayibona ububanzi behlabathi, eyayibona ukuba ubomi bunokubhabha kude, bunokufikelela kwiindawo ezintsha, kwaye bunokuba yinto enkulu kunokuba singayicinga apha emhlabeni. UBen wayengumfana owayephethe ukukhanya okukhulu, enqwenela ukubona izinto zihamba kakuhle kwabo bonke abamngqongileyo.
Namhlanje, kwiNcwadi ka-Efese, uPawulos usicela ukuba sikhangele ngamehlo entliziyo. Uthi: 'Ndikunqulo phambi kukaYise, ukuba aninike ngokobutyebi bozuko lwakhe ukuba nime ngenkani ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe kumntu waphakathi.' Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… Awuthi uThixo wasikhangela kuphela esenza kakuhle. Uthi uKristu uya kuhlala ezintliziyweni zethu ngokukholwa, ukuze nibe neengcambu nisekelwe eluthandweni. UBen wayeyazi le nyaniso ngendlela yakhe ethuleyo. Wayengumfana owayenengqondo eqaqambileyo, kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke, wayenentliziyo eyayikwazi ukubona abanye. Khumbula umfanekiso kaBen, lowo mntwana owayezimiseleyo ukunikela ngayo yonke imali yakhe yasebhange encinci 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. Loo mnikelo wawungumfanekiso wothando lukaKristu olungaphezulu kolwazi.
KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu uthi: 'Ndize kuwisa umlilo emhlabeni, kwaye ndinqwenela ukuba ububele sele uvutha!' Lo mhlaba ubuthathaka, ubuthathaka phambi kokubandezeleka, ubuthathaka phambi kokulahlekelwa ngumntu omthandayo. UYesu uyazi ukuba ubomi buhlala buphakathi kwemfazano, phakathi kwabathandekayo abahlulwa ngukufa okanye ngemeko yobomi. Kodwa uYesu akazanga ukuba asishiye sodwa kulo mhlaba unomlilo. Uze ukuba asivuthelele ngomoya wakhe, ukuba asomeleze xa iintlungu zisisongela.
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 akakubalelanga 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.
Makube nani uxolo lukaThixo olugqithise ukuqonda konke, kwaye makukhanyise ubuso bakhe phezu kwenu. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.