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Cinga ngamanzi aphuma phantsi kwesango letempile, enqulwini ka-Ezekiyeli, ehamba kancinci kusasa ehla esiya ngasentshonalanga, eguqulela ulwandle olunetyuwa lube lulwelo oluhlambulukileyo. Asiyonto enkulu kwasekuqalekeni; ngumlambo omncane oqala ngengcongolo encinci emnyango wendlu kaThixo. Kodwa njengoko uhamba, wonke umthi obecaleni kwawo uqala ukuhluma, amagqabi asasaza ukuphilisa, kwaye ubomi buyavuka apho kwakusemkhuhlaneni nakulwandle olufileyo. Le yindlela uThixo asebenza ngayo. Akasoloko eza nenkanyamba okanye umlilo omkhulu; uqala ngamanzi amancinci ahlambululayo, kancinci kancinci, de aguqule yonke indawo ibe ntsha.

KwiNcwadi ka-Ezekiyeli namhlanje, sifunda ngaloo manzi aphuma ngaphantsi kwesango: "Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live." Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… Awunyanzelekanga ukuba uqonde yonke imida yolwandle ukuze ubone amandla kaThixo. Kwanele ukubona indlela amanzi aphilisa ngayo apho omileyo khona. UBenjamin Vo wayengumfana owayeyiqonda le ndlela yokusebenza. Ingqondo yakhe yayingeyiyo eyokuhlala engenamsebenzi; yayiyeyokwazi ukubala imigama emide, ukucinga ngendlela i-AI ne-cloud infrastructure e-AWS eziqhagamshela ngayo, nokuhlekisa ngale mibono yakhe emangalisayo ye-'con chim airlines' eyayimenza agcigcise futhi amomotheke xa ethetha ngayo nobawo wakhe. Kodwa ngaphaphi kwayo yonke loo nto, uBen wayeyazi ukuba ubomi bokwenyani buvela kuthando, kumthombo ongazange wome.

KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu ungena ethempelini laseYerusalem, ebona ukuba indlu kaThixo iguqulelwe kwindawo yokuthengisa. Ubenza ikhola yezintambo, ekhaba phantsi ameta abashintshi bemali, esithi: "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… UYesu akabhaleli mthetho wokurhweba; ulwela ubungcwele bendawo yokuthandaza. Uphakamisa umzimba Wakhe njenge tempile entsha eyiNyaniso. UBen wayengumntwana owayephila njengendawo eyiyo yetempile kaThixo. Wayengumfana owayeneentliziyo ethambileyo, owayebonisa ububele obungagungqiyo kuwo wonke umntu. Khumbula lowo mzuzu apho uBen, eneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu, waxelela abazali bakhe ukuba wayezimisele ukunikela ngayo yonke imali yasebhange yakhe encinci ukuze ancede umalume wakhe uWilliam owayehlaselwe zizifo. Akazange ayiphule loo ngulube, akazange ayikhuphule imali leyo, kodwa isipho sasingaphakathi entliziyweni yakhe: umntwana owayeselula kodwa onentliziyo enkulu eyayifuna ukunceda wonke umntu ngaphandle kokucingela yena.

Kodwa masiyimele inyaniso namhlanje ngaphambi kokuba siye phambili. Alan noThao, nawe Ryan mfowethu omncane, ndiyazi ukuba kule minyane minne idlulileyo ukususela ngowe-13 kuJuni 2026, iintlungu ziza ngamanye amaxesha ngendlela embi kakhulu, zikushiya ungazi nokuba ume ngaphi. Kukho amandla emphefumlo aphelileyo, kukho ubusuku obude lapho ukungabikho kwesitulo sikaBen okanye ukungaphulaphuli kwakhe amabanga ayethethwa nguyise kubangela isikhewu ezingazalisekiyo. Kukho amaxesha apho ukuziva usodwa kuhlasela ngaphandle kwesaziso, kwaye umthwalo wokulahlekelwa uba nzima kakhulu ukuba ungathwalwa. Mamela le nyaniso namhlanje, mhlawumbi ngendlela odinga ngayo ukuyiva ngoku: uThixo akamlibalanga uBen, kwaye akakubalelanga nani. Kwizinto ezenzekayo ebudeni bokugula kwabantwana, abazali abaninzi bazithwala ngokwabo umthwalo onzima kakhulu 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.'

KwiNcwadi kaPawulos kwabaseKorinte namhlanje, uPawulos usixelela amazwi acacileyo: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… UPawulos akathethi ngezakhiwo zamatye okanye ngeendonga eziqinileyo kuphela. Uthetha ngomphefumlo womntu ngamnye, ngendlela uThixo ahlala ngayo phakathi kwethu. UBen wayengumfana owayengaphili nje ngemizimba yeli hlabathi; wayeyindawo yokuhlala uMoya oyingcwele. Indlela awayehlonipha ngayo abazali bakhe, indlela awayemomotheka ngayo xa wayesenza izinto ezintsha, kwakuyimbonakaliso yalo mthombo wamanzi aphilayo owaphuma ethempelini likaThixo.

Ryan, mfowethu okhoyo apha, ndifuna uthathe oku nawe. UBen akakushiye. Ukhona ecaleni kwakho, eqhubeka ekusebenza njengesikhokelo sothando. UBen wayengumfana owayenenqgondo enkulu yezibalo nolwazi, 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. Xa uziva usodwa, khumbula ukuba uBen ukhona, uyaqhubeka, kwaye uya kuhlala ephila kuthando lukaThixo olungapheliyo.

Masithathe oku namhlanje: uBen wasishiya isipho sothando olungapheliyo. Kwisikhumbuzo sesidlo sasezulwini, lapho indlu kaThixo izele khona ngabantu abavela kude nakufi, 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.