Egameni likaYise, nelikaNyana, nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele. Makube noxolo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu kunye nani nonke.
Nkosi, siwela phantsi kwenceba yakho. Kristu, sikhokele elukhanyeni lwakho. Nkosi, siphilise entliziyweni yakho.
Cinga ngomzuzu apho ubona umntu ethatha into enzima, mhlawumbi umthwalo, aze awubeke ecaleni ukuze amkelelwe umhlobo. KwiNcwadi kaPawulos eya kuFilemon namhlanje, sifunda ngesicelo esinzulu: 'Ndiyakucela ngenxa yomntwana wam uOnesimus... ndimthumela, okuthetha ukuthi, intliziyo yam, ndiyibuyisela kuwe.' Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… UPawulos akathethi nje ngomkhonzi obuyayo; uthetha ngomntu owayejongwa njengongenamsebenzi, kodwa oye waba yinxalenye yentliziyo yakhe. Lo nguThixo wethu. UThixo akajongi ukuba siluncedo kangakanani na ngokwemithetho yeli hlabathi; ujonge intliziyo yethu, ujonge indlela esithandana ngayo.
UBenjamin Vo wayengumfana owayeyiqonda le ndlela yokujonga ubomi. Khumbula indlela awayethanda ngayo ukuthetha ngale nkampani yakhe ye-'con chim airlines'. Wayengumfana owayenengqondo eqaqambileyo, ehlala ecwangcisa, ecinga ngendlela i-AI okanye i-cloud infrastructure inokusebenza ngayo. Kodwa ngalo lonke ixesha wayethetha ngale 'con chim airlines', wayengayenzi loo nto ngenxa yokuba efuna imali okanye udumo; wayeyenza ngenxa yokuba wayeyithanda indlela izinto ezibhabha ngayo, indlela ezikhululekileyo ngayo. Xa wayegigitheka emva kokuba ethethe ngale nkampani yakhe, wayebonisa ukuba ubomi abukho kwizinto ezinkulu esizenzayo, kodwa kukuba nentliziyo ekhululekileyo, intliziyo ehlala imomotheka phambi kobuso bukaThixo.
Kodwa masiyimele inyaniso namhlanje. Alan noThao, nawe Ryan mfowethu omncane, ndiyazi ukuba kule minyane minne idlulileyo ukususela ngowe-13 kuJuni 2026, iintlungu ziza ngamanye amaxesha ngendlela embi kakhulu. Kukho amaxesha apho ukungabikho kukaBen kwenza ikhaya libe ngenye indlela. Kukho ukudinwa okungafani nokudinwa komzimba; kukudinwa komphefumlo. 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.'
KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu usixelela into engaqhelekanga: 'Umbuso kaThixo awubonakali... kuba nanko, ubuKumkani bukaThixo buphakathi kwenu.' Masiyimele kancinci le ndinyana… Abantu babefuna ukwazi ukuba ubuKumkani buza nini, ubuza phi, kodwa uYesu wathi: 'Buphakathi kwenu.' UbuKumkani bukaThixo abukho kwizinto ezinkulu okanye kwizikhundla; buseentliziyweni zethu xa sithandana. UBen wayeyiphila le nto. 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. Oku kukunika okungenamkhawulo, oku kuthando olungaphaya kwemida yeli hlabathi. UBen wayengumntwana owayephila njengombuso kaThixo ophilayo.
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. UBen akakho nje kwimbali yenu; ukwikhona apho uThixo enza khona yonke into ibe ntsha.
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. 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.
Nkosi, busisa aba bantwana bakho, ubaphe uxolo olungapheliyo, uze ubagcine bethandana ngonaphakade. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.