Mtengo wamtengo pabalaza

724 thunthu pabalazaBambo anga anakongoletsa chipinda chathu chochezera ndi chitsa cha mtengo. Ine ndinali kamwana chabe apo, mwinamwake usinkhu wa zaka khumi ndi chimodzi kapena khumi ndi ziwiri. M'badwo wangwiro kuti uchite chidwi ndi lingaliro lakuti tinali ndi chitsa cha mtengo pafupi ndi moto. Wotchi inali pamoto. Zida zamoto zidayima pafupi ndi poyatsira moto. Pafupi ndi chida - chitsa. Wanzeru!

Anabwera nayo tsiku lina atabwera kuchokera kuntchito. Thumbalo linanyamula mbali zambiri za bedi la galimoto yake yonyamula katundu. Kumeneko adagona nditamuwona koyamba. Bambo anga anachikoka pa bedi la lole n’kuchigwetsera pa msewu wa konkire. Ndi chiyani chimenecho, abambo? “Ndi thunthu la mtengo,” iye anayankha. Panali kunyada m’mawu ake.

Bambo anga ankagwira ntchito m’minda yamafuta ku West Texas. Ntchito yake inali yoonetsetsa kuti mapampu akuyenda bwino. Ndipo mwachiwonekere chitsa cha mtengocho chinali chitalepheretsa ntchito yake. Kunena zowona, sindikukumbukira chifukwa chake zinamuvutitsa. Mwina anali atatsekereza njira yopita ku imodzi mwa makinawo. Mwina inali itadutsa patali kwambiri panjira. Kaya chifukwa chake chinali chotani, fukolo linamulepheretsa kugwira ntchito mmene ankafunira. Choncho anang'amba pansi. Bambo anga anamanga mbali ina ya unyolo kuzungulira chitsa cha mtengo ndipo mbali ina mozungulira chokokera kalavani yawo. Mpikisanowo unatha usanayambike.
Koma sikunali kokwanira kwa iye kungozula chitsa cha mtengo; ankafuna kusonyeza. Amuna ena amapachika nyanga za nswala pakhoma. Ena amadzaza zipinda zonse ndi zinyama. Bambo anga anaganiza zokongoletsa chipinda chathu chochezera ndi chitsa chamtengo.

Amayi sanasangalale nazo. Pamene aŵiriwo anaima m’njira yopita ndi kukambitsirana maganizo, ndinayang’anitsitsa nyama imene ndinaphayo. Chitsa chinali chokhuthala ngati chiuno changa chachinyamata. Khungwalo linali litauma kalekale ndipo linali losavuta kusenda. Mizu yokhuthala pa chala chachikulu inalendewera. Sindinaganizepo kuti ndine katswiri pa "mitengo yakufa," koma ndinkadziwa izi: chitsa cha mtengo ichi chinali chokongola kwenikweni.

Kwa zaka zambiri ndakhala ndikuganiza za chifukwa chomwe abambo anga amagwiritsa ntchito chitsa cha mtengo ngati chokongoletsera - makamaka chifukwa ndimadziona ngati chitsa chamtengo. Mulungu atandipeza ndinali chitsa chouma chozama. Sindinapange malo a dziko lapansi kukhala okongola kwambiri. Palibe amene akanagona pansi pa mthunzi wa nthambi zanga. Ndinafika ngakhale panjira ya ntchito ya Atate. Ndipo adandipezera malo. Zinatengera kukopana kwabwino komanso kukonza bwino, koma adandichotsa kuchipululu kupita kunyumba kwake ndikundiika pachiwonetsero ngati ntchito yake. “Chophimbacho chachotsedwa kwa ife tonse, kuti tione ulemerero wa Ambuye monga m’kalirole. Ndipo mzimu wa Ambuye ukugwira ntchito mwa ife, kuti tifanane ndi iye, ndi kuonetsa ulemerero wake.”2. Akorinto 3,18 New Life Bible).

Ndipo imeneyo ndiyo ntchito yeniyeni ya Mzimu Woyera. Mzimu wa Mulungu adzakusandutsani inu kukhala mbambande yakumwamba ndikuyikhazikitsa kuti anthu onse ayiwone. Yembekezerani kukolopa, kupakidwa mchenga ndi penti kamodzi kapena kawiri kapena kakhumi musanayambe. Koma pamapeto pake, zotsatira zake zidzakhala zoyenerera kusokoneza konse. Mudzakhala oyamikira.

Pamapeto pake, mayi anga analinso chimodzimodzi. Mukukumbukira mkangano womwe makolo anga anali nawo pa chitsa cha mtengowo? Bambo anga anapambana. Anaika chitsa cha mtengowo m’chipinda chochezeramo – koma atachiyeretsa, anachipaka utoto ndi kuchisema m’zilembo zazikulu “Jack ndi Thelma” ndi mayina a ana awo anayi. Sindingathe kuwalankhulira abale anga, koma nthawi zonse ndinkasangalala kuwerenga dzina langa pamtengo wa banja.

ndi Max Lucado

 


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