Uma ama-vegans egula kakhulu ... Ibhalwe nguRisë Rafferty
Odokotela bathi bekungajwayelekile futhi badinga ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ngokushesha. Saxoxa ngezinto ezibakhathazayo. Ngimtshele ukuthi ngisanda kufunda okuthile okuthokozisayo ngokusebenzisa umsoco ukuze ngimelane nalokho-uma. Ungathanda lolu lwazi? Ngokwemvelo! Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva wangitshela:
Iminyaka embalwa eyengeziwe - ngani?
'Konke kuhle futhi kuhle. Kodwa uyazi ukuthi izifundo zaseMelika zihlala zithunywe abakhiqizi noma izazi zemibono. Kungasiza ngempela uma ngishintsha indlela engidla ngayo. Kodwa liyini iphuzu? Mhlawumbe ngingengeza eminye iminyaka embalwa empilweni yami. Kodwa ingabe kunendaba ukuthi uphila isikhathi eside kangakanani hhayi ukuthi ukujabulela kangakanani ukuphila kwakho? Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angifuni ukuphuthelwa yilokho engikujabulela kakhulu. Ukudla okokuzijabulisa. Kuyimpilo embi kangakanani ukuyeka lokho okukunikeza injabulo phakathi kwakho konke usizi lwakho. Ngaphandle kwalokho, akekho ofuna ukutshelwa okufanele akwenze nokungafanele akwenze."
Uqinisile, akunjalo? Akekho ofuna ukutshelwa ukuthi enzeni futhi angakwenzi. Ukudla okokuzijabulisa. Ukudla akufanele kube ukuzisola nokuzincisha ukudla. Kungani kuphikiswana kangaka ngakho? Ubani ofuna ukwazi lokho? Akunandaba! Le micabango ikhula kuphela lapho umphostoli wezempilo ethola umdlavuza noma isifo senhliziyo futhi athathwe efile phakathi. Yonke le minyaka yokuphila enempilo imletheleni? Wayengawajabulela ngokugcwele futhi mhlawumbe wayezobulawa isifo esifanayo ngeminyaka efanayo. Bese kuba khona u-Anti Zibanibani, owayehlala edla futhi ephuza noma yini ayithandayo, futhi usaphila, eneminyaka engu-94! Ukuphila isikhathi eside akubonakali kwanele njengesikhuthazo sansuku zonke sendlela yokuphila enempilo.
Ukulangazelela inkululeko!
Bese kuba nezizathu engikubiza ngokuthi-kumele/udinga/akumele/kufanele. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, nawo ayanele njengesisusa, futhi iningi lethu aliwaboni ekhanga kakhulu. Ukwethembeka okungaguquki kwendodakazi yethu kufingqa indlela abantu abazizwa ngayo “ngokufanele babe nakho.” Wabuza abazali bakhe abadla imifino, abathanda impilo:
"Kuthiwani uma ngifuna ukudla inyama?"
“Khona-ke kungaba yisinqumo sakho leso,” kuphendula uBaba.
"Isinqumo sami?"
"Yebo."
"Kuhle. Bengifuna ukwazi ukuthi kufanele yini ngibe umuntu odla imifino. Ngoba ngabe sengifuna ukudla inyama."
Ukuzihlonipha akwanele
Ukuzethemba nakho kungaba nomthelela ekuziphatheni okunempilo. Ukuzinakekela kahle kukhuthaza imikhuba enempilo, futhi imikhuba enempilo ikhuthaza ukuzethemba okunempilo. Kodwa kwabaningi, indlela yokuphila enempilo iyancipha ngokushesha noma uma ukuzethemba kufanele kuncipha.
Ukuvimbela kunengqondo
Ukuvimbela izifo nakho kungaba umshayeli onamandla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaningi sebevele bazibonela ukuthi bazizwa behle kangakanani, ukuthi umzimba usebenza kangcono kangakanani futhi ubukeka kanjani. Unempilo kakhudlwana, unamandla namandla. Ukwazi ngempilo, ukuqonda imbangela nomphumela, kanye nemiphumela emihle yemikhuba ethile enempilo kuyisikhuthazo esanele kwabaningi. Kubo, indlela yokuphila enempilo inengqondo. Ngokubona kwami, lokhu cishe kuyisisekelo esingcono kakhulu sendlela yokuphila enempilo, umuntu angayifinyelela ngaphandle kombono wobuKristu.
Izisusa zeBhayibheli zinamandla
Nokho, njengomKristu, iZwi likaNkulunkulu linikeza izisusa eziqine kakhulu. Uma siyifaka ngaphakathi, sizohola indlela yethu yokuphila ngokuzithandela, ngokuzithandela nangokunquma ngoba ukushayela kwethu nesizathu sakho akuyona into yesikhashana.
usawoti kanye nokukhanya
UJesu usitshela isizathu esiyinhloko sokuba umfundi. Uthi: “Nina ningusawoti womhlaba.” ( Mathewu 5,13:XNUMX ) Niyizinongo uNkulunkulu avumela ngazo abantu ukuba banambithe ubunjalo baKhe. Ningabathwali bokukhanya abaveza amaqiniso futhi eninikeza izwe isithombe esicacile ngoNkulunkulu. Ngikubeka othini lwesibani ukuba ukhanyise ukukhanya kwakho futhi ukhazimulise uYihlo osezulwini. Igama elithi dumisa lisho ukukhazimula, ukukhazimula, ukukhazimula, ukukhanya, noma ukubala; hlonipha omunye umuntu Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukuthola uNkulunkulu ekhazimula kunokuba yena, nokwahlulela ukubaluleka komuntu ngesipho anginike sona. Ukuphila kwethu nendlela esiphila ngayo kungabuyiselwa kuye ngendlela ewukukhanya kwelanga kuleli zwe.
Ithempeli likaMoya
Ubukhulu bempilo yenyama abunakuhlukaniswa nempilo yethu kamoya. “Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi umzimba wenu uyithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele okinina, enamamukela kuNkulunkulu, nokuthi anisibo abenu na? Ngokuba nathengwa ngenani; ngakho-ke dumisani uNkulunkulu emzimbeni wenu nasemoyeni wenu, okungokukaNkulunkulu!” ( 1 Korinte 6,19:20-XNUMX ) Umongo waleli vesi awukhulumi ngempilo enempilo. Kodwa usibekela isisekelo esingokomoya. Umzimba uhlengwa kanye nomoya. Zathengwa ndawonye ngoba zihlobene. Kulokhu okuzuziwe, emizimbeni yethu, uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuhlala ngoMoya oNgcwele. Sihlengiwe ngenani futhi sazi ukubaluleka kwethu kuKristu. Ngakho sikhetha ukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ngemizimba yethu.
Ukunciphisa umzimba
UNkulunkulu akazange abhekane nezinti ze-custard ne-mozzarella phakathi neminyaka. Kunalokho, iZwi laKhe linikeza izimiso nezikhuthazo esizidingayo ukuze siphumelele ekuphileni namuhla. Watshela abantwana Bakhe kusukela ku-Adamu no-Eva kuya kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli ehlane kanye nebandla lokuqala eTestamenteni Elisha ukuba bathambisa imizimba yabo. Esiqeshini esifanele, impilo yokukholwa ibhekwa ngokombono womsubathi. Wonke umsubathi uqeqesha ukuzithiba ezintweni zonke. Uma ngingumKristu, angiphili usuku lwami ngokungenanjongo noma ngihileleke emzamweni ongenamsebenzi nhlobo. Kunalokho, ngiyawuthambisa umzimba wami futhi ngiwulawule ukuze ngingalahlekelwa ukwethembeka njengomKristu (okulungiselelwe ngokukhululekile ngokweyoku-1 Korinte 9,24:27-2,26). Ngizokuqonda kanjani lokho? Ingabe ukuba umKristu akuyona yini indaba engokomoya? Yebo, kodwa umoya nenyama kuhlobene (Jakobe XNUMX:XNUMX). Yile kuphela indlela esingaqonda ngayo izitatimende ezinjengalezi ezilandelayo:
"Noma yini enciphisa amandla ethu enyama iphinda iwenze buthaka umoya wethu futhi isenze singakwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokulungile nokungalungile." (Ingqondo, Isimilo kanye Nobuntu 2, 441)
“Labo abalwazisayo ulwazi uNkulunkulu abanikeze lona mayelana nezinguquko zezempilo bazothola usizo olubalulekile emsebenzini wokungcweliswa ngeqiniso nangokulungiselela ukungafi. Labo abangalunaki lolu lwazi futhi baphile ukuphila okuphambene nemithetho yemvelo . . . bayomisa amandla abo omoya.” ( Counsels on Health, 22)
UmBhalo ungiqinisekise ukuthi ukunikela ngomzimba wami njengomhlatshelo ophilayo, kuhlanganise nalokho engikudlayo nesikuphuzayo, kungaletha inkazimulo kuNkulunkulu. Nginombono othile wokuthi lokho kungase kubukeke kanjani. Yebo, umcabango wawo wonke umuntu uzohluka kancane. Ngifunda ukukhululeka futhi ngikhumbule ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu awukona ukudla nokuphuza (KwabaseRoma 14,17:XNUMX). Lapho ngikhuthaza abanye ukuba bathuthuke endaweni yokuphila okunempilo, ngizama ukubatshela lokho uWinston Churchill akusho ngokufanelekile: “Impumelelo ayikona okokugcina futhi ukwehluleka akubulali.” Into eyodwa eqinisekile: akukhona ukuthi cha. udaba!#
I-Health Nugget, April 2011, Light Bearers Ministry, www.lbm.org
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