Tsiku la Valentine - Tsiku la okonda

Tsiku la 626 la valentine tsiku la okondaPa 14. February chaka chilichonse, okonda padziko lonse lapansi amalengeza chikondi chawo chosatha kwa wina ndi mnzake. Mwambo wa tsikuli umabwereranso ku phwando la St. Valentinus, lomwe Papa Gelasius anayambitsa mu 469 monga tsiku lokumbukira mpingo wonse. Anthu ambiri amagwiritsa ntchito tsikuli kusonyeza chikondi kwa wina.

Okonda kwambiri pakati pathu amalemba ndakatulo ndikusewera nyimbo wokondedwa wawo kapena amapatsana maswiti owoneka ngati mtima patsikuli. Kuwonetsa chikondi kumafuna kukonzekera kwambiri ndipo kumabweretsa phindu. Ndili ndi malingaliro amenewa, ndinayamba kuganizira za Mulungu ndi chikondi chake pa ife.

Chikondi cha Mulungu si khalidwe lake, koma khalidwe lake. Mulungu mwini ndiye chikondi cha munthu: “Iye wosakonda sadziwa Mulungu; chifukwa Mulungu ndiye chikondi. Mmenemo chikondi cha Mulungu chinaonekera mwa ife, kuti Mulungu anatumiza Mwana wake wobadwa yekha kudziko lapansi kuti tikhale ndi moyo mwa Iye. Ichi ndi chikondi: sikuti ife tinakonda Mulungu, koma kuti Iye anatikonda ife, ndipo anatumiza Mwana wake kuti akhale chiwombolo cha machimo athu.”1. Johannes 4,8-10 ndi).

Kaŵirikaŵiri munthu amaŵerenga mawu ameneŵa mofulumira ndipo sapuma, osalingalira za chenicheni chakuti chikondi cha Mulungu chinasonyezedwa pa kupachikidwa kwa Mwana wake. Ngakhale dziko lisanalengedwe, Yesu anaganiza zopereka moyo wake kaamba ka chilengedwe cha Mulungu mwa imfa yake. “Pakuti mwa Iye anatisankhira lisanaikidwe maziko a dziko lapansi, kuti tikhale oyera ndi opanda chilema pamaso pake m’chikondi.” ( Aefeso. 1,4).
Yemwe adapanga milalang'amba yazachilengedwe komanso zovuta zopanda pake za orchid angalolere kusiya ukulu wake, kutchuka ndi mphamvu ndikukhala nafe anthu, monga m'modzi wa ife, padziko lapansi. Ndizosatheka kuti timvetsetse izi.

Mofanana ndi ife, Yesu anaundana usiku wozizira wa chisanu ndikupirira kutentha kotentha mchilimwe. Misozi yomwe idatsika m'masaya mwake atawona kuvutika komwe kwamuzungulira anali enieni monga athu. Zizindikiro zonyowa pankhopezi mwina ndi chizindikiro chodabwitsa kwambiri pamunthu wake.

Chifukwa chiyani pamtengo wokwera chonchi?

Kuphatikiza apo, adapachikidwa mwa kufuna kwake. Koma kodi nchifukwa ninji inayenera kukhala njira yoopsa kwambiri yopha yomwe idapangidwapo ndi anthu? Anamenyedwa ndi asitikali ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe, asanamukhomere pamtanda, amamunyoza komanso kumunyoza. Kodi zinali zofunikadi kusindikiza chisoti chaminga pamutu pake? Nchifukwa chiyani amulavulira? Chifukwa chiyani kunyozedwa kumeneku? Kodi mungaganizire kupweteka komwe misomali ikuluikulu, yopindika inakhomeredwa m'thupi lake? Kapena pamene adafooka ndikumva kuwawa sikungapirire? Kuwopsa kwakukulu pomwe samatha kupuma - kosaganizirika. Siponjiyo idanyowa mu viniga womwe adalandira atatsala pang'ono kumwalira - chifukwa chiyani anali mgulu la kufa kwa mwana wake wokondedwa? Kenako zosakhulupirika zimachitika: Atate, yemwe anali pachibwenzi changwiro ndi Mwanayo, adamuthawira pomwe adatenga tchimo lathu.

Ndi mtengo wanji kulipira posonyeza chikondi chake kwa ife ndikubwezeretsa ubale wathu wosweka ndi Mulungu. Pafupifupi zaka 2000 zapitazo tidalandira mphatso yachikondi yayikulu kwambiri yomwe ili paphiri pa Gologota. Yesu amatiganizira ife anthu atamwalira ndipo chinali chikondi ichi chomwe chidamuthandiza kupilira zoipa zonse. Ndikumva kuwawa konse komwe Yesu adakumana nako panthawiyo, ndikulingalira akumanong'oneza pang'ono: «Zonsezi ndimazichita kwa inu nokha! Ndimakukondani!"

Nthawi ina mukadzamva kuti simukondedwa kapena muli nokha pa Tsiku la Valentine, zikumbutseni kuti chikondi cha Mulungu pa inu chilibe malire. Anapilira zoopsa za tsikulo kuti akakhale nanu kwamuyaya.

“Pakuti ndidziwa kuti ngakhale imfa, ngakhale moyo, ngakhale angelo, kapena maulamuliro, ngakhale amasiku ano, kapena a m’tsogolo, ngakhale apamwamba, ngakhale kuya, ngakhale cholengedwa china chilichonse, sichingathe kutilekanitsa ife ndi chikondi cha Mulungu, chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu.” Aroma 8,38-39 ndi).

Ngakhale kuti Tsiku la Valentine ndi tsiku lodziwika bwino loti musonyeze chikondi kwa winawake, ndikutsimikiza kuti tsiku lalikulu kwambiri lachikondi ndi pamene Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu adatifera ife.

Wolemba Tim Maguire