Ngubani “uKristu” ukuba wonke umntu acinga ukuba uyayazi inyaniso yokuba ungubani kwaye yintoni elindelekileyo kuthi?

Xa “uMoya” ethetha, ndiyaphulaphula kwaye ndiyenze.
Andazi kwaphela ukuba kutheni le nto ivela “emoyeni” wam, kodwa ibindilandela iintsuku ezimbalwa. Kukho le ngxoxo enkulu eqhubekayo phakathi kwam kunye “noMoya omkhulu”, apho kubonakala ngathi kukho uhlobo lokucaphukisa olungcangcazela kwinto endivakalelwayo. Yonke imihla xa ivela kubonakala ngathi enye inkalo ityhilwa eyenza ukuba ndifune ukufumana inyaniso engakumbi malunga “Wayengubani “kubomi bakhe benyama” kwaye ungubani “kubomi bakhe bokomoya” namhlanje.
Makhe ndicacise ukuba ulwalamano endinalo noKristu lobuqu kwaye nangona ndikhulele kwikhaya lamaJuda-lamaKristu, kunye notata owayengumfundisi we-United Church of Christ-Congregational, ndangena kolu lwalamano lobuqu noKristu njengomntwana ndedwa. Yinto efakwe emphefumlweni wam kwaye yeyona nto intlonelayo kwaye ingcwele yokuba ndingubani. Ulwalamano olulula kakhulu kunye nonxibelelwano endiluphile ubomi bam kunye nabo. Le nto ibonisa indlela endibona ngayo kwaye ndiphila ubomi bam. Amazwi am nezenzo zam zihambelana nolwalamano lwam. Uthando kunye nenkathalo endiyifumanayo kolu lwalamano ayinakuchazwa, kuphela kuyo yonke imiceli mngeni endiye ndajamelana nayo kobu bomi. Ukulandela isikhokelo sakhe kunye nokubonisana naye kuye kwaba liliwa elindisekelayo. Ndiyayibona indlela anokusebenzisana ngayo nam kunye nam ebomini bam. Ndivakalelwa yindlela afuna ukuba siphile ngayo ubomi bovuyo kunye nobuninzi, kodwa hayi ngeendleko zabanye abantu ke ngeli xesha kwimpucuko yethu, ungaphezulu kokuphazamiseka, (kwaye uyazi ukuba unokucaphuka) Ufanelekile ukuba abotshelelwe kwinto ayibonayo kuluntu lwethu.
Into eqhubeka iza kum namhlanje kukuba – “Akukho buKristu ngaphandle kukaKristu, kodwa kukho uKristu ngaphandle kobuKristu”. UKristu akazange aseke ibandla; Wavusa indlela yobomi. Icawa yakhiwa kamva, ukulawula, ukunyanzelisa nokulawula loo ntshukumo. Akunakucaca ngakumbi ukuba amaziko agcina amandla, kodwa iintshukumo zigcina “iNyaniso”. Intshukumo ayiyonqulo. Ekuqaleni le ntshukumo yayibizwa ngokuba yi “Ndlela”. Ugxininiso lwentshukumo yayibubomi ekwabelwana ngawo obukhathalela amahlwempu nabagulayo, yayinzulu ekuboniseni uthando kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, yayikholelwa kukungabikho kobundlobongela, kwakukho ukulingana kwiklasi kunye nesini kwaye enyanisweni abafazi babengundoqo kwintshukumo yokuqala kaYesu njengeenkokheli, amangqina kwaye babengumkhosi woluntu lwendlu. Babephila ngokusesikweni. Le ntshukumo yayiquka umfundi, kungekhona imfundiso.
Yintoni esinokuyenza ukuze sibuyele ‘kwindlela’? Siyifuna njani inyaniso yento uKristu ayilindeleyo kuthi, ukuze siphile umgangatho wobomi oquka uxolo, uthando, ubabalo, inceba, uvuyo kunye nemfesane? Yintoni eyenza ngamnye wethu abe “nesiphelo esinobuthixo esiza kuzalisekisa esiya kunceda ekungeniseni ihlabathi ukuba uKristu uyazi ukuba “uThixo”, “uMoya omkhulu”, “uMthombo omnye”, wayefuna ukuba sidle ilifa? Yiba caca, anditsho ukuba akufuneki sibe “nezindlu zonqulo”, kodwa sinqule ngaphandle kwenyaniso kunye nemigaqo uKristu ayifelayo, bubuKristu ngaphandle kwe “Kristu”!
Kulo nyaka mtsha, ndiza kufunda kwaye ndifune inyaniso engakumbi kunye nolwazi ngoKristu, kwaye yintoni iminqweno yentliziyo yakhe ukuze ndibizelwe ukuba ndibelane, ndiya kuyenza, kwaye ukuba kuphela ngenxa yokuziphendukela kwam ngokomoya okuya kuba kukuthanda kwakhe.
Ndandisoloko ndiyithanda le ngoma elililitye lembombo lokholo lwam…
Apho andikhokelela khona, ndiya kulandela;
Apho andikhokelela khona, ndiya kulandela;
Apho andikhokelela khona, ndiya kulandela;
Ndiza kuhamba naye, kunye naye, yonke indlela!
Ndicinga ukuba olu luhambo olumangalisayo lokufumanisa kunye nokuqonda!
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