Kodi munayamba mwawonapo momwe anthu opatsa kwambiri m'moyo wanu nthawi zambiri amawonekera kukhala osangalala komanso okhutitsidwa? Ganizilani izi kwa kanthawi. Mwina ndi bwenzi, amene kuwolowa manja kumawoneka kopanda malire - ndi nthawi yawo, nzeru zawo, maubwenzi awo, kutsanulira chifukwa cha ena m'njira iliyonse yomwe angathe popanda kuyembekezera mphoto. Ndi ntchito yachete, yosasinthasintha yopereka yomwe imapanga moyo wonse. Nthawi zambiri timaganiza za kuwolowa manja ngati ntchito yosavuta, yomwe imachitika kamodzi kokha chifukwa chosowa. Koma bwanji ngati chiri chinachake chozama kwambiri? Nanga bwanji ngati sichizindikiro chabe cha munthu wabwino, koma mfundo yofunikira ya moyo wochulukadi, chinsinsi chotsegula chowona chomwe chili chotsutsana ndi chidziwitso chomwe chimamveka ngati ufumu wolunjika? Ndi mfundo yomwe imasonyeza kuti chinsinsi chokhala ndi zambiri sichipezeka pakugwira mwamphamvu, koma kutsegula manja athu.
Chizindikiro chodziwika bwino m'mbiri
Lingaliro ili si lachilendo; ndi ulusi wagolide wolukidwa kupyola zaka mazana a chikhulupiriro. Kuwolowa manja nthawi zonse kwakhala chimodzi mwa zizindikiro za chikhristu, kuyankha kwamoyo ku chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu yemwe ndi wopereka wopambana. Mpingo woyambirira, monga momwe buku la Machitidwe limafotokozera, unali gulu lachisangalalo kumene anthu ankagawana zomwe anali nazo, akugulitsa katundu wawo kuti agawire ndalamazo kwa aliyense wosowa. Anathandiza akazi amasiye, ana amasiye, kusamalira osauka, ndi kupereka ndalama kwa atumwi ndi kufalitsa uthenga wabwino. Izi sizinali zachifundo zokha; chinali chisonyezero champhamvu cha moyo watsopano. Unali mzimu umene unakula kukula kwa mpingo, pamene anthu akunja kwa chikhulupiliro ankayang’ana modabwa mudzi womwe umadzisamaliradi okha ndi ena.
Nkhani ya ana otayidwa
Mwina palibe nkhani imene imasonyeza kuwolowa manja kwakukulu kumeneku kuposa zimene Akhristu oyambirira ankachita mu Ufumu wa Roma. M’chitaganya chimenecho, gulu—boma, fuko—linali lofunika koposa china chirichonse. Munthuyo, makamaka wofooka, ankaonedwa kuti ndi wotayidwa. Unali mchitidwe wofala ndi wovomerezedwa kuti mabanja atayire ana obadwa osafunidwa pamilu ya ndowe ndi m’milu ya zinyalala, kuwasiya kuti afe ngati akudwala, ofooka, kapena osafunidwa. Ndi chithunzi chochititsa mantha, koma chinali chenicheni chenicheni. Mumdima umenewu munalowa Akristu, okhala ndi chikhulupiriro chosintha zinthu: munthu aliyense ali ndi phindu lalikulu chifukwa analengedwa m’chifanizo cha Mulungu. Ankayenda m’milumo ya zinyalala, kufunafuna tinthu tating’ono totayidwa. Anawapulumutsa, kuwalera, ndi kuwalera ngati awo. Mwana akadwala kwambiri moti sakanatha kukhala ndi moyo, ankamusamalira mwachikondi mpaka pamene anamwalira. Ndipo akapeza mwana amene wamwalira kale, ankamuika m’manda mwaulemu. Mamanda a m’manda ku Italy amachitira umboni mwakachetechete za chifundo chachikulu chimenechi, chodzazidwa ndi manda ang’onoang’ono osaŵerengeka olembedwa mawu olembedwa ngati “mwana wamkazi womulera wa” kapena “mwana wom’lera.” Uku sikunali kutsatiridwa kwa anthu; kunali kophweka, kachitidwe kamphamvu ka kawonedwe ka dziko kamene kanali koyenera pamene dziko linawona zinyalala.
Cholowa cha chisamaliro ndi chidziwitso
Cholowa cha chisamaliro ichi chinapitilirabe kupitilira muzaka zambiri. M'zaka za m'ma Middle Ages ku Ulaya, anali amonke achikhristu ndi amishonale omwe adakhala malo otetezera anthu. Anatenga odwala ndi osauka, kudyetsa anjala, ndi kusunga apaulendo otopa. Kupitilira apo, adatenganso ntchito yofunika kwambiri ya uphunzitsi, kusonkhanitsa anyamata achichepere m'deralo kuti awaphunzitse. Mchitidwe womwewu wa kuwolowa manja—kugaŵana chidziŵitso mwaufulu—unakhala wothandiza kwambiri m’kusunga maphunziro ndi nzeru kupyola mu Nyengo Yamdima. Kenako, m’zaka za m’ma 300, Akristu anayamba kukhazikitsa zipatala zoyambirira, n’kupanga malo oti azisamalira odwala. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri zotsatira, nthaŵi iliyonse amishonale akaloŵa m’zigawo zatsopano, chimodzi mwa zinthu zoyamba zimene kaŵirikaŵiri ankakhazikitsa chinali chipatala kapena chipatala. Mutha kuwona cholowa ichi lero m'maina azipatala zambiri: Saint Jude, Chipatala cha Mzimu Woyera, Baptist Medical Center. N’chimodzimodzinso ku nyumba zosungira ana amasiye ndi nyumba za ana. Mbiri iyi si nkhani chabe; zimatsimikizira kuti kupereka nsembe ndi mbali ya DNA yathu yauzimu. Ndi chimene ife timayitanidwa kuti tikhale.
Kuwonetsera wopereka womaliza
Kodi nchifukwa ninji chisonkhezero ichi chili chozama kwambiri m’chikhulupiriro chachikristu? Chifukwa chimasonyeza mmene Mulungu alili. Iye ndi wowolowa manja kwambiri wokhalapo. Salenga m'magulu ang'onoang'ono, otopa. Samangopenta duwa limodzi lakuthengo; Amawaphimba nawo munda wonse kwa milungu ingapo yaulemerero, kuti tingowona kukongola kwawo. Samapanga kutuluka kwa dzuwa kumodzi, kocheperako; m'mawa uliwonse, Iye amajambula mwaluso mwapadera, wochititsa chidwi mlengalenga. Chilengedwe cha Mulungu ndi makonzedwe ake ndi opambanitsa, otsanuliridwa kuti inu ndi ine timve ndi kusangalala nawo. Kukhala mowolowa manja ndiko kuyamba kutengera makhalidwe a Atate wathu wakumwamba, amene anakonda kwambiri dziko mwakuti anapereka mphatso yake yamtengo wapatali kwambiri. Pamene tisankha kupereka, tikulowa mumayendedwe a khalidwe lake.
Mfundo ya ufumu wokwezeka
Kukhala m’njira imeneyi kumafuna kusintha kwakukulu m’maganizo, chifukwa Ufumu wa Mulungu umagwira ntchito pa mfundo zotsutsana ndi malingaliro a dziko lapansi. Ndi ufumu wozondoka. Dziko limatiuza kuti tidziunjike, tizifuna kuperekedwa kwa ena, kuteteza zomwe tili nazo kuti tikhale ndi zokwanira. Koma Yesu anati: “Patsani, ndipo kudzapatsidwa kwa inu.” ( Luka 6:38 ) Yesu ananena kuti: “Patsani, ndipo kudzapatsidwa kwa inu. “Alipo wobalalitsa, koma achulukira; pali wina amene amakaniza choposa choyenera, koma adzetsa umphawi.” ( Miy. 11:24 ) “Pali wobalalitsa, koma achulukira; Awa si malingaliro abwino chabe; ndi lamulo lauzimu. Anthu olemera kwambiri padziko lapansi nthawi zambiri amakhala owolowa manja, chifukwa amamvetsetsa kuti chuma chili ndi mphamvu. Ndalama ndi ndalama; imayenera kuyenda. Pamene tipereka miyoyo yathu chifukwa cha ena, miyoyo yathu imapindula. Tikamwetsa ena, nafenso timathiriridwa madzi. Ichi ndi chowonadi chokongola, chododometsa cha moyo wokhala ndi moyo wogwirizana ndi makonzedwe a Mulungu.
Kufesera zokolola inu simungakhoze kuwona
Mtumwi Paulo anayerekezera kupatsa ndi kufesa mbewu. Mlimi samafesa mbewu ndipo amayembekeza kuti mawa lake adzakhale ndi phesi lachimanga. Iye amafesa munyengo imodzi ndi chikhulupiriro kuti adzakolola m’nyengo yamtsogolo. Nthawi zina, tikhoza kufesa mowolowa manja ndipo osawona kubwerera mwamsanga, zomwe zingakhale zolefula. Ndinaphunzira izi movutikira m’munda mwanga chaka chimodzi. Ndinatsatira malangizo achangu, ndinaponya laimu pansi, ndi kubzala mbewu zanga. Chotsatira? Mbewu zachimanga zazifupi, zolimba komanso zokolola zochepa. Ndikadatha kuimba mlandu mbewu kapena nthaka ndikusiya kulima kwamuyaya. Koma kulephera sikunali mu mfundo ya kufesa; zinali m'kusoweka kwanga mosamala. Chaka chotsatira, ndinachita bwino. Ndidayezetsa nthakayo ndipo ndidapeza kuti idasowa michere yayikulu. Ndinakonza nthaka, kubzalanso, ndipo panthawiyi, ndinali kukonzekera kukolola kwenikweni. Nthawi zina timaimba Mulungu mlandu pamene kuwolowa manja kwathu sikuoneka ngati “kugwira ntchito,” koma sitinagwire ntchitoyo m’mitima mwathu. Kufesa ndi chikhulupiriro cha mtsogolo. Zinthu zimene mukukolola m’moyo mwanu lero n’zosakayikitsa kuti zinachokera ku mbewu zimene munabzala zaka zapitazo. Ngati mumafesera nthawi zonse mu Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi m’miyoyo ya ena, m’kupita kwa nthaŵi mudzafika pamene kututa kumayamba kukupezani.
Kuchoka pamalingaliro osowa kupita ku moyo wachuma
Pamapeto pake, chuma chenicheni sichikugwirizana kwenikweni ndi nambala yomwe ili mu akaunti yanu yakubanki. Zili ndi chilichonse chochita ndi momwe mumawonera dziko lapansi. Zimayambira mu malingaliro anu. Titha kukhala ndi malingaliro opanda malire, osowa omwe amati pali zambiri zoti ziziyenda. Maganizo amenewa amakhulupirira kuti ngati muli ndi chinachake, zikutanthauza kuti pali zochepa kwa ine, kupanga mpikisano, nsanje, ndi mantha. Koma malingaliro a m’Baibulo ndi amodzi mwa zinthu zopanda malire. Ndi maganizo otukuka amene amati Mulungu ndiye gwero, ndipo amatipatsa ife mphamvu zopezera chuma—zolengedwa, malingaliro, mwayi—kuti akhazikitse ntchito yake padziko lapansi (Deut. 8:18). Mukasintha izi m'maganizo mwanu, kuchoka pakusowa kupita pazambiri, mwakhala wolemera kale, ngakhale akaunti yanu yaku banki ili paziro. Moyo wanu umayamba kuchita bwino poyamba, ndiyeno umayamba kuwonekera m'dziko lozungulira inu. Mumazindikira kuti chilichonse ndi cha Mulungu, ndipo ife ndife adindo a chuma chake. Izi zimatimasula ku nkhawa za umwini ndi kutiyika ife monga oyang'anira okondwa a makonzedwe Ake ochuluka.
Si chochitika, ndi amene inu kukhala
Izi zikutifikitsa ku mfundo yofunika kwambiri: kuwolowa manja sikukhudza kuyankha pachosowa; ndizokhudza kudziwa kuti mudzakhala munthu wotani. Sizochitika nthawi imodzi; ndi moyo umene timasankha kukhala. Kodi mukufuna kukhala munthu wothandiza ena? Kodi mumafuna kukhala ndi moyo wopindulitsa kuposa kudzifunira nokha? Ichi ndi chisankho chimene timapanga m’mitima mwathu pamaso pa Mulungu. Ndi za kusankha kukhala wopereka mokondwera, ngakhale kuseketsa, chifukwa malingaliro amtima ndi ofunika kwambiri kwa Mulungu kuposa kuchuluka kwa mphatso. Munthu wowolowa manja ndi munthu amene mumakonda kukhala naye pafupi. Iwo ndi aufulu ndi mtima wawo, chisangalalo chawo, chidziwitso chawo, ndi chuma chawo. Nthawi zonse amalumikizana ndi anthu, kugawana malingaliro, ndikuyang'ana njira zodalitsira ena. Moyo wawo umangowonongeka, ndipo mukakhala nawo pafupi, zimakupangitsani inu kufuna kukhala choncho, inunso.
Mbali yosangalatsa yobwereketsa
Kukhala ndi moyo womasuka uwu kumatanthauza kuti nthawi zina mumapezerapo mwayi. Zimatanthauzanso kuti zinthu sizingayende monga momwe munakonzera, ndipo muyenera kukhala bwino ndi zimenezo. Ndinaphunzira phunziro limeneli mochititsa chidwi kwambiri pamene mlongo wanga anandibwereketsa galimoto yake. Ndinamubwezera yang'ono pang'ono komanso yayitali pang'ono kusiyana ndi pamene ndinailandira, nditaitembenuza mwangozi. Kodi zimenezi zinamulepheretsa kukhala munthu wowolowa manja? Ayi. Ndipotu, adapeza galimoto yatsopano pamapeto pake! Nthaŵi ina, ine ndi mkazi wanga tinabwereka galimoto yathu kwa mnzanga wa ku Cape Town amene bwenzi lake lokwatiwa anali kuphunzira kuyendetsa galimoto. Anachita ngozi m’galimoto yake, choncho tinambwereketsa yathu pamene yake inali m’sitolo. Tsikuli anapita kukatenga galimoto yake yomwe anali atangoikonza kumene. Anayendetsa galimoto yathu ndipo bwenzi lake linayendetsa galimoto yake kumbuyo kwathu. Pa getsi lofiira loyamba, anasakanizanso gasi ndi mabuleki, akuloŵa kumbuyo kwa galimoto yathu ndi kumtumiza m’galimoto imene inali kutsogolo kwake—yomwenso inali itangotuluka kumene m’sitolo imodzimodziyo pambuyo pa kukonzedwa pangozi yapita! Mutha kukwiya nthawi imeneyo kapena mutha kuseka ndikukhulupirira kuti Mulungu amagwira ntchito modabwitsa, mwachinsinsi. Kuwolowa manja nthawi zina kumabwera ndi zoopsa, koma moyo wokhalira moyo wa Ufumu Wake ndi wofunika nthawi zonse.
Chitsogozo chothandiza pakuwolowa manja kwatsiku ndi tsiku
Nanga tingayambe bwanji kukhala ndi moyo wosefukirawu? Imapitilira kutali ndi zikwama zathu. Tikhoza kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu ndalama, mwa chakhumi, zopereka, ndi kupatsa osauka. Tikhoza kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu katundu, kubwereketsa zinthu mosangalala. Tikhoza kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu nthawi, kuthandiza ena kwa maola angapo. Tikhoza kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu ojambula, kukhala “chokokerapo cha Mzimu Woyera” chomwe chimagwirizanitsa anthu ku chuma ndi kwa ena amene timawadziŵa amene angatithandizire. Tikhoza kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu mudziwe ndi chidziwitso, kuuza ena momasuka zimene taphunzira. M’dziko lathu losokonekera, imodzi mwa mphatso zazikulu kwambiri ndiyo kukhala owolowa manja ndi athu chidwi ndi Yang'anani—mphatso yokhalapo kwathunthu, kuyika ndalama mu ubale poyika mafoni athu pansi, kuyang'ana munthu m'maso, ndikufunsa, "Mukuyenda bwanji?" Ndipo potsiriza, tiyenera kuchita kuwolowa manja kwauzimu. Ndi liti pamene mudamaliza kufotokoza nkhani yanu ya zimene Mulungu wakuchitirani? Ulaliki ndi munthu mmodzi amene amauza mnzake momwe Mulungu wasinthira miyoyo yawo ndikupereka chakudya cha moyo wawo. Umu ndi mmene Ufumuwo ukukulirakulira—kupyolera mwa anthu amene miyoyo yawo ili yodzaza kwambiri moti sangalephere kugawana nawo.
Kumanga cholowa chokhalitsa
Pomaliza, kodi munaonadi kuwolowa manja kwa Mulungu? Iye ndi wopereka, osati kuti alandire chinachake, koma chifukwa chakuti ndicho chikhalidwe Chake chenicheni. Pamene tikhala pafupi naye, ndipamenenso timakhala ngati Iye. Kuyitanirako ndi kophweka. Choyamba, pempherani pemphero losavuta lakuti: “Mulungu, ndipangeni ine kukhala munthu wowolowa manja.” Chachiwiri, yambani kutenga mwayi uliwonse womwe mukuwona kuti ndi wowolowa manja, kaya kwa mnansi wanu, anzanu ndi abale anu, kapena mpingo wanu. Mu Chipangano Chatsopano, mngelo anauza Kenturiyo wachiroma dzina lake Korneliyo kuti mapemphero ake ndi kupereka kwake zafika pamaso pa Mulungu monga chikumbutso (Machitidwe 10:4). Tangoganizani zimenezo. Zomwe timachita padziko lapansi ndi zinthu zomwe Mulungu amatipatsa zimamanga chikumbutso kumwamba. Sikuti timangopeza zofunika pamoyo; tikupanga moyo, ndikumanga cholowa chomwe chidzamveka mpaka muyaya. Kumeneko ndiko kulemera kwenikweni kwa moyo wopatsa.
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