Iimvakalelo kumaleko anzulu wobuntu bethu. NguPat Arrabito

Ixesha lokufunda: 1½ imizuzu

Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ndiye ndakwazi ukuva ugqirha wokhathalelo lwempilo enika intetho kwesinye sezibhedlele ezikhulu zaseLondon. Wathetha "ngokufa kakuhle," ingcamango endingazange ndicinge ngayo. Wadwelisa izinto ezintathu kwizinto aziqwalaseleyo ezenza kube nokwenzeka ukuba umntu afe "kakuhle." 1) abo babanikayo woniwe, kufuneka sie ndixolele. 2) Abo bona woniwe, kufuneka bona baxolele, yaye 3) nabo bafuna isimo sengqondo sokubulela.

UJohn Wesley, umseki wobuWesile, wayekholelwa ukuba ubani umele aphile kakuhle ukuze afe. AmaWisile aye adume ngokufa “kakuhle,” yaye uWesley wayesoloko epapasha iingxelo eziphathelele i-deathbed ukuze akhuthaze ibandla. Ngokufa kukaWilliam Green, indoda eyayinokholo olungagungqiyo kuThixo, uWesley wabhala: “Wafa njengoko wayephila, eqiniseke ngokupheleleyo ngokholo, edumisa uThixo ngokuphefumla kwakhe kokugqibela.” Ethetha ngelinye ikholwa, wathi, “Wayefile. wokholo - kunye nomthandazo umfazi; ebomini nasekufeni wazukisa uThixo uMsindisi wakhe.”

UWesley wakhuthaza amakholwa ukuba acingisise ngesiphelo sobomi bawo, ahlole ukuma kwawo phambi koThixo, aze enze uxolo Naye.

Yiyiphi inkolo endiyishumayelayo? Ndishumayela inkolo yothando; umthetho wenceba ukhanyisa iindaba ezilungileyo. Kwaye kunceda ntoni oko? Ukuze bonke abayamkelayo baziyolise ngoThixo nangeziqu zabo, ukuze babe njengoThixo, bathande abantu bonke, baneliseke bubomi babo, baze ngaphambi kokuba bafe badanduluke ngokuzolileyo bathi: ‘Hayi, ngcwaba, luphi na uloyiso lwakho. ! Ndiyambulela uThixo, ondinika uloyiso ngayo iNkosi yam uYesu Kristu.

Kutshanje ndiye ndaphulukana nomhlobo oxabisekileyo. Wabiwa bubuthongo ethobela amazwi eNdumiso 23 awafundwa ngumyeni wakhe kuye: “Nangona ndibhadula emfuleni wobumnyama.” Ewe, ubomi bubuthathaka; Mna nawe asinasiqinisekiso ngengomso, ingeyethu okanye abo sibathandayo. Kodwa singajongana nokufa njengoko benzayo abahlobo bakaJohn Wesley: ngoxolo nokuzithemba, njengabamkeli nabaphi uxolelo, ngombulelo, nangethemba lobomi obungunaphakade.

uYesu uyeza

Pat Arrabito

ye www.lltproductions.org (Lux Lucet eTenebris), Incwadana kaMeyi ka-2022.