Kudabwitsa kwa chikondi cha Mulungu

Ngakhale kuti panthaŵiyo ndinali ndi zaka 12 zokha, ndimathabe kukumbukira bwino lomwe atate wanga ndi agogo anga aamuna, amene anali osangalala kwambiri ponena za ine chifukwa chakuti sindinabweretse kalikonse kunyumba koma ma A (magiredi abwino koposa) m’malipoti anga. Monga mphotho ndinalandira chikwama cha chikopa cha alligator chowoneka chamtengo wapatali kuchokera kwa agogo anga aamuna ndipo abambo anga adandipatsa ndalama ya $ 10 ngati deposit. Ndimakumbukira onse akunena kuti amandikonda ndipo ali ndi mwayi wokhala nane m’banja lawo. Ndimakumbukiranso kutenga ndalama ku banki ya nkhumba ndikusinthanitsa ndi bilu imodzi ya $ 1. Pamodzi ndi bilu ya $10, chikwama changa chinkawoneka chodzaza. Ndidadziwa kuti ndikhala ngati miliyoniya pa kauntala ya maswiti.

Nthawi zonse June akayandikira ndi Tsiku la Abambo, ndimaganiza za mphatso zimenezo (Tsiku la Abambo limakondwerera Lamlungu lachitatu mu June m'mayiko ambiri). Chikumbukiro changa chimabwerera ndipo ndimaganiza za abambo anga, agogo anga aamuna ndi chikondi cha atate wathu wakumwamba. Koma nkhaniyo ikupitirirabe.

Panali pasanathe sabata kuchokera pomwe ndinalandira chikwama ndi ndalama nditataya zonse ziwiri. Zinandipweteka koopsa! Ayenera kuti adagwa mthumba langa lakumbuyo pomwe ndinali ku cinema ndi anzanga. Ndasanthula chilichonse, ndimangoyendabe; koma ngakhale adasaka masiku angapo, chikwama ndi ndalama sizimapezeka. Ngakhale pano, patadutsa zaka 52, ndikumvabe kuwawa kwa kutayika - kufunikira kwakuthupi sindiko nkhawa yanga, koma monga mphatso zochokera kwa agogo anga aamuna ndi abambo anga amatanthauza zambiri kwa ine ndipo anali amtengo wapatali kwa ine. Ndizosangalatsa kuti ululuwo unadutsa posachedwa, koma kukumbukira kosangalatsa kwa kuyamikira kwachikondi komwe agogo anga aamuna ndi abambo adandiwonetsa kupyola kunakhalabe amoyo mwa ine.

Ngakhale kuti ndinkayamikira mphatso zawo zamtengo wapatali, chikondi chimene bambo ndi agogo anandisonyeza ndicho chimene ndimakumbukira kwambiri. Kodi Mulungu safunanso kwa ifenso chimodzimodzi—kuti ife mokondwera tilandire kuya ndi kulemera kwa chikondi chake chopanda malire? Yesu amatithandiza kumvetsa kuzama ndi kukula kwa chikondi chimenechi potiuza ife kudzera m’mafanizo a nkhosa yotayika, ndalama yotayika komanso ya mwana wolowerera. Mafanizo awa alembedwa mu Luka 15 ndipo akuwonetsa chikondi champhamvu cha Atate wa Kumwamba pa ana Ake. Mafanizowa amanena za Mwana wa Mulungu wobadwa m’thupi (Yesu) amene anabwera kudzationa kudzatitengera kunyumba kwa Atate wake. Sikuti Yesu amangovumbula za Atate wake kwa ife, komanso akuvumbula chikhumbo cha Atate kuti alowe mu kutayika kwathu ndi kutibweretsa ife pamaso pake mwachikondi. Popeza Mulungu ndi chikondi chenicheni, sadzasiya kutchula mayina athu m’chikondi chake.

Monga momwe wolemba ndakatulo wachikhristu komanso woimba Ricardo Sanchez ananenera: Mdierekezi amadziwa dzina lanu, koma amakumana nanu za machimo anu. Mulungu akudziwa machimo anu koma amakutchulani dzina lanu. Liwu la Atate wathu wa Kumwamba limatibweretsera ife Mawu Ake (Yesu) kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera. Mawu amatsutsa tchimo mwa ife, amagonjetsa ilo, ndi kulitumiza kutali (momwe kummawa kuli kutali ndi kumadzulo). M’malo motidzudzula, Mawu a Mulungu amalengeza chikhululukiro, kulandiridwa, ndi kuyeretsedwa.

Pamene makutu athu (ndi mitima) agwirizana ndi Mawu amoyo a Mulungu, tingathe kumvetsetsa Mawu ake olembedwa, Baibulo, monga momwe Mulungu anafunira. - Ndipo cholinga chake ndi kutipatsa uthenga wa chikondi chomwe ali nacho pa ife.

Zimenezi zikuonekera m’chaputala 8 cha Aroma , limodzi mwa malemba amene ndimawakonda kwambiri. Limayamba ndi kunena kuti: “Chotero palibe mlandu kwa iwo amene ali mwa Khristu Yesu.” ( Aroma 8,1). Iye akumaliza ndi chikumbutso champhamvu cha chikondi chosatha, chopanda malire cha Mulungu kwa ife: “Pakuti ndidziŵa kuti ngakhale imfa, ngakhale moyo, ngakhale angelo, kapena zimphamvu, ngakhale zimphamvu, ngakhale tsopano, ngakhale nkudza, ngakhale zapamwamba, ngakhale zotsika, ngakhale cholengedwa china chilichonse sichingathe kutilekanitsa. wa chikondi cha Mulungu chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu.” ( Aroma 8,38-39). Tili ndi chitsimikiziro chakuti tiri “mwa Kristu” (ndi kuti ndife ake!) pamene timva mawu a Mulungu mwa Yesu akunena izi: “Ndipo akatulutsa nkhosa zake zonse, azitsogolera, ndi nkhosa zimtsata Iye; chifukwa adziwa mawu ake. Koma sizitsata mlendo, koma zimamthawa; pakuti sizidziwa mawu a alendo.” ( Yoh 10,4-5). Timamva mawu a Ambuye wathu ndi kumutsatira powerenga mawu ake ndi kudziwa kuti akulankhula kwa ife. Kuwerenga Malemba kumatithandiza kuzindikira kuti tili paubwenzi ndi Mulungu chifukwa ndicho chikhumbo chake ndipo chidalirochi chimatiyandikitsa kwa Iye. Mulungu amalankhula nafe kupyolera m’Baibulo kutitsimikizira za chikondi chake mwa kutsimikizira kuti ndife ana ake okondedwa. Timadziwa kuti mawu amenewa ndi a Mulungu. Pamene timawalola kuti atitsogolere kuchita zachifundo, ndipo pamene tiona mochulukira kudzichepetsa, chisangalalo, ndi mtendere m’miyoyo yathu, timadziwa kuti zonse zimachokera kwa Mulungu Atate wathu.

Podziwa kuti Atate wathu wakumwamba amatitchula mayina athu ngati ana ake okondedwa, timalimbikitsidwa kukhala moyo womwe Paulo adalongosola m'kalata yake ku mpingo waku Kolose:

Kotero kukopa monga osankhidwa a Mulungu, monga oyera ndi okondedwa, chifundo chochokera mu mtima, kukoma mtima, kudzichepetsa, kudekha, chipiriro; ndi kulolerana wina ndi mnzake, ndi kukhululukirana wina ndi mnzake, ngati wina adandaula za mnzake; monga Yehova anakukhululukirani, inunso mukhululukire. Koma koposa zonse chimakoka chikondi, chomwe ndi chomangira cha ungwiro. Ndipo mtendere wa Khristu, womwe muitanidwenso m'thupi limodzi, ulamulire m'mitima yanu; ndipo khalani othokoza.

Lolani mau a Kristu akhale mwa inu mocuruka: phunzitsani ndi kulangizana wina ndi mnzace, mu nzeru zonse; muyimbireni masalmo, ndi nyimbo zauzimu, ndi chiyamiko m’mitima yanu kwa Mulungu. Ndipo chiri chonse mukachichita m’mawu kapena m’ntchito, chitani zonse m’dzina la Ambuye Yesu, ndi kuyamika Mulungu Atate mwa Iye (Akolose. 3,12-17 ndi).

Pa Tsiku la Atate (ndi tsiku lina lililonse) tizikumbukira kuti Atate wathu wakumwamba anatilenga kuti tizikonda. Monga Atate wathu wachikondi mmene iye alili, iye amafuna kuti timve mawu ake kotero kuti tikhale ndi moyo wokwanira mu unansi wapamtima ndi iye, podziŵa kuti iye amatipembedzera nthaŵi zonse, ali nafe nthaŵi zonse, ndi kutikonda nthaŵi zonse. Tiyeni tizikumbukira nthawi zonse kuti Atate wathu wakumwamba anatipatsa zinthu zonse kudzera mwa Khristu, Mwana Wake Wobadwa Munthu. Mosiyana ndi chikwama chandalama ndi ndalama zomwe ndinataya zaka zambiri zapitazo (zinalibe), mphatso ya Mulungu kwa inu (ndi ine) imakhalapo nthawi zonse. Ngakhale mutayiwala mphatso yake kwakanthawi, Atate wathu wa Kumwamba amakhalapo nthawi zonse - akugogoda, kufunafuna, ndi kukupezani (ngakhale mukuwoneka kuti mwatayika) kuti akupatseni mphatso Yake ya chikondi chosatha, chopanda malire, kuvomereza kokwanira ndi chidziwitso.

ndi Joseph Tkach