[Ividiyo Obhaliweyo]

Molo, ndinguEric Wilson. NdiseMinneapolis ngoku, kwaye ndikwi-Sculpture Park, kwaye ungabona emva kwam esi sibini sinemifanekiso eqingqiweyo — abafazi ababini, kodwa ubuso buhlukaniswe phakathi — kwaye ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile sifuna ukuthetha, kuba elinye icala limela into ebesiyiyo kwaye elinye icala siyinto esiyiyo; kwaye laa mxube ungaziwayo uvela entanyeni uye ezantsi, okhangeleka ngokungathi yi-turd- ukuba uyakundixolela-inento yokwenza nento esiza kuthetha ngayo. (Ndithetha ukuba akukho ukungahloniphi umculi, kodwa ndiyaxolisa, yinto yokuqala endicinga ngayo xa ebona oko.)

Kulungile. Yintoni apha ndizokuthetha ngayo. Ewe, siyayazi ingoma, "Ukuzisola… ndineziganeko ezimbalwa kodwa kwakhona, bambalwa kakhulu ukuba ndingazichaza." (Ingoma edumileyo endicinga ukuba uSinatra wayenza yaziwa.) Kodwa kwimeko yethu, sonke siye sazisola. Sonke sivukile kubomi ebesinabo kwaye saqonda ukuba ukwandiswa okukhulu kuchithwe, kwaye oko kusizisela ukuzisola. Singathi, "Hayi, hayi abambalwa. Okuninzi! Kwaye kwabanye bethu, ukuzisola kuyasithwalisa ubunzima.

Ke, kwimeko yam, umzekelo, bendiyile nto ungayibiza ngokuba yi-nerd, kule mihla. Besingenalo ixesha ngelo xesha, okanye ukuba besinalo, bendingazi. Ndingade nditsho i-nerd enkulu kwimeko yam, kuba bendihlala ndifunda iincwadana zobugcisa ndineminyaka eli-13. Khawufane ucinge umntu oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala, endaweni yokuphuma, adlale imidlalo, impumlo yam ibingcwatyelwe ezincwadini malunga neesekethe, oonomathotholo, malunga nendlela iisekethi ezimanyanisiweyo ezisebenza ngayo, indlela abasebenza ngayo abagqithisi Ezi zizinto ezazindonwabisa, kwaye ndandifuna ukuyila iisekethe. Kodwa ke kwaba ngo-1967. Isiphelo wayeza 75. Iminyaka emihlanu eyunivesithi kwabonakala ngathi yinkcitha xesha. Ke, andizange ndiye. Ndashiya isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ndehla ndaya eColombia ukuya kushumayela apho iminyaka esixhenxe; ndaye ndajonga emva, xa ndivuka, ngendingayintoni ukuba bendiye eyunivesithi. Ndifunde ukuyila imijikelezo kwaye ngelo xesha bendiya kuba lapho xa utshintsho lwekhompyuter lubamba. Ngubani owaziyo into ebendinokuyenza.

Kulula kakhulu nangona ujonga ngasemva kwaye ucinge ngazo zonke izinto ezintle obuya kuzizuza, yonke imali ngewuyenzile, ubenosapho, unekhaya elikhulu-nantoni na ofuna ukuyiphupha. Kodwa isengamaphupha; isengqondweni yakho; kuba ubomi abunabubele. Ubomi bunzima. Izinto ezininzi zingena endleleni yalo naliphi na iphupha onokuba nalo.

Ke, oko kuyingozi yokuhlala uzisola, kuba sicinga ukuba inokuba yayiyintoni. Ngubani owaziyo ukuba ibiyintoni, ukuba singathatha ikhosi eyahlukileyo. Sazi okwangoku, kwaye yintoni ngoku ebaluleke ngakumbi kunokuba sicinga, kunokuba siqonda. Ukujonga le mifanekiso mibini ingemva kwam — le yile nto besiyiyo, kwaye obunye ubuso bufanekisela into esiyiyo ngoku; kwaye into esiyiyo ngoku ixabiseke ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Kodwa into esiziswe ngayo apha.

Ukukunika umzekelo osuka eBhayibhileni, sinoSawule waseTarso. Ngoku nantsi indoda eyayifundiswe kakuhle, ngokucacileyo yayinemvelaphi esisityebi. Usapho lwakhe mhlawumbi lwathenga ubumi babo baseRoma, kuba yinto ebizayo ukufikelela kuyo, kodwa wazalelwa kuyo. Wayesazi isiGrike. Wayesazi isiHebhere. Wafunda kwelona nqanaba liphezulu kuluntu. Ukuba ebehleli efunda njengaye, ngewayenyukele kwinqanaba lokuba yinkokheli yabantu. Ke wazicingela izinto ezinkulu kwaye inzondelelo yakhe yamqhubela kwizenzo ezinkulu kunaye nabani na kwiqela lakhe, okanye ababephila ngexesha lakhe. Kodwa kwamqhubela ukuba atshutshise amaKristu. Kodwa uYesu wabona kuPawulos, into ekungekho mntu wumbi wayeyibonile; Kwaye xa wayesazi ukuba ixesha lilungile, wabonakala kwaye uPawulos waguqukela ebuKristwini.

UYesu akazange ayenze ngaphambili. Akakhange ayenze ngaphambi kokuba uPawulos atshutshise amaKristu. Ixesha belingekafiki. Kwakukho umzuzu apho ixesha lalilungile; ujonge ukuba ibangelwe yintoni.

Ngokuqinisekileyo uPawulos wayeqhutywa ubukhulu becala ngesazela awayeziva esona xa wayetshutshisa amaKrestu nangokuchasa uYesu Krestu, kwaye mhlawumbi eso yayiyenye yezizathu ezamqhubela kubude obufanayo ukuze azixolelanise naye noThixo, kuba akukho namnye umntu owenziwayo mkhulu kakhulu njengoko UPaul ungaphandle, ewe, nguYesu Krestu- kodwa ukwelinye icandelo. Kodwa akakho umntu owenze okunene njengo Paul ukuqhubela phambili umyalezo wobuKristu kuyo yonke imbali.

Ke, uYesu wambiza nayo yonke into awayenayo ngaphambi kokuba aziqwalasele zombini ... ewe, kulapho enye into ingena khona-i-turd-igama alisebenzisayo linokuguqulelwa "ubulongwe". Zonke izinto zangaphambili, uthi, yayingumthwalo wobulongwe. (KwabaseFilipi 3: 8 ngaba ubunokuyifumana loo nto.) Ngokwenene, igama lithetha 'izinto eziphoswa enjeni'. Ke, kuyaliwe ngokwenene ukuba awufuni kuthinta.

Ngaba siyijonga ngaloo ndlela? Zonke izinto esizenzileyo… ebesinokuzenza, singazenzi… nazo zonke izinto esizenzileyo, esizisolayo ngazo ngoku — ngaba sizijonga njengaye? Yinto crap. Akufanelekanga ukucinga… ngaba uchitha ixesha ucinga ngalo. Asizange sicinge ngobulongwe. Kuyanyanyeka kuthi. Sijika kuyo. Ivumba liyasicima. Iyenyanyeka. Yiloo ndlela esifanele sijonge ngayo. Andizisoli ngokuba… oh, ndinqwenela ukuba ndizenzile ezi zinto, kodwa kunoko, yonke loo nto ibingenanto Kutheni, kuba ndifumene into ebhetele kakhulu.

Singajonga njani ngaloo ndlela xa abaninzi bengajongi?

IBhayibhile kweyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 2: 11-16 ithetha ngomntu wenyama nomntu wokomoya. Indoda yokwenyama ayizukuyijonga ngoluhlobo, kodwa indoda yokomoya iya kubona okungabonakaliyo. Uya kubona isandla sikaThixo kuyo. Uya kubona ukuba uYehova umbizele umvuzo omkhulu ngakumbi.

"Kodwa kutheni ubuye kade?", Unokucinga. Kwakutheni ukuze alinde ixesha elide kangaka? Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu alinde ixesha elide ukuze abize uPawulos? Kuba ixesha belingekafiki. Ixesha ngoku; Yiloo nto ekufuneka sigxile kuyo.

I-1 Peter 4: I-10 ithi ngamnye wethu usikelelekile ... kulungile, mandikufundele.

“Ngamnye wenu usikelelwe ngesinye sezipho zikaThixo ezintle ukuba zisetyenziswe ekukhonzeni abanye. Sisebenzise kakuhle isipho sakho. ”

UYehova usinike isipho. Masiyisebenzise. Kwimeko yam, loo minyaka ndayichitha ndifunda iBhayibhile namaNgqina kaYehova yandinika indyebo yolwazi nenkcazelo ebendingenakuba nayo. Kwaye nangona zazininzi iimfundiso zobuxoki ezazindidida kwaye zindilahlekisile, ndikwazile ukuzikhupha kancinci okomntu okhohlakeleyo. Baphume bahambe. Andifuni ukucinga ngabo kwakhona. Ndihlala kakhulu kwinyaniso endiyifundayo, kodwa loo nyaniso iyenzeka ngenxa yeminyaka yokufunda. Sifana nengqolowa ekhula phakathi kokhula. Kodwa isivuno ngoku siphezu kwethu, ubuncinci kwinqanaba lomntu ngamnye, njengoko sibizwa njalo, umntu ngamnye. Ke, masisebenzise izinto ebesinazo ngaphambili ukunceda abanye-kwinkonzo yabanye.

Ukuba usenalo ixesha elichithwe ixesha elininzi, kwaye andikudeleli oko uye wadlula kuzo-ngamnye wethu kwaye udlule kwizinto ezininzi. Kwimeko yam, andinabo abantwana kuba ndenze olo khetho. Oko kuzisola. Abanye baye bahamba nzima kakhulu, kwanokuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana ngokwesondo okanye ezinye iindlela zokuphathwa gadalala. Zizinto ezoyikekayo ezi, kodwa zezakudala. Asinakubatshintsha. Kodwa sinokungenelwa kuzo. Mhlawumbi singafunda ngakumbi ukuba novelwano kwabanye ngenxa yoko, okanye ukuthembela ngakumbi kuYehova noYesu Kristu, ngenxa yoko. Nokuba imeko iyintoni na, kufuneka sifumane indlela yethu. Kodwa okusincedayo ukuba sibe nakho ngendlela efanelekileyo kukucinga ngento esinayo kwikamva.

Ngoku ndingakunika umfanekiso omncinci: Cinga ipayi. Ngoku ukuba ipayi imele ubomi bakho. Masithi ipayi i ... kulungile, masithi yiminyaka ye-100 ... uhlala iminyaka eyi-100, kuba ndiyawathanda amanani ajikelezayo. Ke kukho ipie yeminyaka elikhulu. Kodwa ke, ngoku ndiza kuphila iwaka leminyaka, ngoku ixesha olichitha ngaphambi kokuba uvuke, sisishumi esinye. Unqumle isilayi secala lesishumi esikuyo yonke.

Ewe, ayonto imbi kangako. Kuninzi okuseleyo. Kubaluleke ngakumbi.

Kodwa awuyi kuphila iwaka leminyaka, kuba sithenjiswe enye into. Ke masithi iminyaka eyi-10,000. Ngoku le pie isikwe iziqwenga ezili-100. Isilayidi seminyaka elikhulu ikhulu ngu-1/100 wale… sikhulu kangakanani isilayi? Incinci kangakanani, ngokwenene?

Kodwa uza kuphila iminyaka eyi-100,000. Awunakho ukusika isilayi esincinci. Kodwa ngaphezulu, uza kuphila ngonaphakade. Yiloo nto kanye ethenjiswa yiBhayibhile. Lincinci kangakanani isilayi kubomi bakho bonke, bonke ubomi bakho kule nkqubo yezinto, kwikayi engenasiphelo? Awunakho ukusika isilayi esincinci ngokwaneleyo ukumela ixesha osele ulichithile. Ke, nangona ibonakala ngathi lixesha elininzi ngokwembono yethu, kungekudala siza kujonga emva kwayo njengencinci ngokungenasiphelo. Kwaye sinoko engqondweni sinokuqhubela phambili kwizinto ezingcono kakhulu, sisebenzisa izipho zethu ukunceda abanye kwaye sifeze indima yethu kwinjongo enkulu anayo uYehova.

Enkosi.

 

 

 

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