Mtima watsopano

Louis Washkansky, wogulitsa zakudya zamasamba wazaka 53, anali munthu woyamba padziko lonse kukhala ndi mtima woikidwa mumphika. Anachitidwa opaleshoni ya maola angapo ndi Christiaan Barnard ndi gulu la madokotala pafupifupi 30. Madzulo a pa Disembala 2, 1967, Denise Ann Darvall, wantchito wa banki wazaka 25, anabweretsedwa kuchipatala. Anavulala kwambiri muubongo pangozi yayikulu yagalimoto. Bambo ake adavomereza kuti apereke mtima, ndipo Louis Washkansky adatengedwera ku chipinda chochitira opaleshoni kuti akaikidwe mtima woyamba padziko lonse lapansi. Barnard ndi gulu lake adayika chiwalo chatsopanocho. Pambuyo pa kugwedezeka kwamagetsi, mtima wa mtsikanayo unayamba kugunda pachifuwa pake. Nthawi ya 6:13 koloko m'mawa, opaleshoniyo inatha, ndipo kumverera kwake kunali kokwanira.

Nkhani yodabwitsa iyi inandikumbutsa za kusamutsidwa kwa mtima wanga. Ngakhale kuti sindinasamutsidwe mtima weniweni, tonsefe amene timatsatira Khristu takumana ndi njira yauzimu yochitira izi. Chowonadi choopsa cha chibadwa chathu cha uchimo n'chakuti chimatha ndi imfa yauzimu yokha. Mneneri Yeremiya akunena momveka bwino kuti: "Mtima ndi wonyenga ndi woipa; ndani angaudziwe?" (Jeremia 17,9).

Potengera zenizeni za "mtima wathu wauzimu", zitha kukhala zovuta kukhala ndi chiyembekezo. Kusiya tokha, mwayi wopulumuka ndi zero. Chodabwitsa, Yesu amatipatsa mwayi wokhawo wokhala ndi moyo wauzimu.

"Ndidzakupatsani mtima watsopano, ndikuyika mzimu watsopano mwa inu; ndidzachotsa mtima wa mwala m'thupi lanu, ndikukupatsani mtima wa mnofu." (Hes 36,26).

Kusamutsa mtima? Funso nthawi zonse limabuka: Ndani amapereka mtima wawo? Mtima watsopano umene Mulungu akufuna kuuika mwa ife suchokera kwa munthu amene wavulala mwangozi. Ndi mtima wa Mwana wake, Yesu Khristu. Mtumwi Paulo akufotokoza mphatso yoperekedwa kwaulere ya Khristu ngati kukonzanso umunthu wathu, kusintha kwa mzimu wathu, ndi kumasulidwa kwa chifuniro chathu. Kudzera mu chiwombolo chonsechi, tapatsidwa mwayi wodabwitsa wosintha mtima wathu wakale, wakufa ndi mtima wake watsopano, wathanzi—mtima wodzazidwa ndi chikondi chake ndi moyo wosatha. Paulo akufotokoza kuti: “Pakuti tikudziwa kuti umunthu wathu wakale unapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Iye kuti thupi lolamulidwa ndi uchimo liwonongeke, kuti tisakhalenso akapolo a uchimo, chifukwa aliyense amene wamwalira wamasulidwa ku uchimo. Tsopano ngati tafa pamodzi ndi Khristu, tikhulupirira kuti tidzakhalanso ndi moyo pamodzi ndi Iye.” (Röm 6,6-8).

Mulungu wapanga kusintha kodabwitsa mwa Yesu kuti mukhale ndi moyo watsopano mwa Iye, kukhala ndi chiyanjano ndi Iye, ndi kuyanjana ndi Atate mu Mzimu Woyera.

Mulungu amaika mtima watsopano mwa inu ndipo amauzira mzimu wina watsopano wa Mwana wake mwa inu. Ali ndi moyo kokha kupyolera mu chisomo ndi chifundo cha Mpulumutsi ndi Muomboli Yesu Khristu!

ndi Joseph Tkach