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Idamu noma umfula?
Ngiseyingane, ngangichitha isikhathi nabazala bami epulazini likagogo. Sehla saya echibini futhi sabheka okuthile okujabulisayo. Yeka ubumnandi esasiba nabo lapho, sabamba amaxoxo, sangena odakeni futhi sathola izakhamuzi ezithile ezinomzimba omncane. Abantu abadala abazange bamangale lapho sifika ekhaya sigcotshwe ukungcola kwemvelo, okuhluke kakhulu endleleni esakushiya ngayo.
Amachibi ngokuvamile ayizindawo ezigcwele udaka, ulwelwe, ama-critters amancane nama-catatails. Amachibi anikezwa umthombo wamanzi ahlanzekile angathuthukisa ukuphila futhi ashintshe abe amanzi amile. Uma amanzi ema anganyakazi, ayantula umoya-mpilo. Ulwelwe nezitshalo ezidlangile zingaphuma esandleni. Ngokuphambene, amanzi ahlanzekile emfuleni ogelezayo angondla izinhlobo eziningi zezinhlanzi. Uma bengidinga amanzi okuphuza, bengingakhetha umfula hhayi ichibi!
Ukuphila kwethu okungokomoya kungafaniswa namachibi nemifula. Singama singanyakazi, njengechibi elidala futhi elinganyakazi, elingenalutho futhi ukuphila okuminyanisa kulo. Noma sisha siphila njengenhlanzi emfuleni.
Ukuze uhlale uhlanzekile, umfula udinga umthombo oqinile. Uma intwasahlobo isomile, izinhlanzi zasemfuleni ziyakufa. Ngokomoya nangokwenyama, uNkulunkulu ungumthombo wethu, usinika ukuphila namandla futhi esivuselela njalo. Akudingekile ukuba sikhathazeke ngokuthi uNkulunkulu uyoke alahlekelwe amandla akhe. Ufana nomfula ogelezayo, onamandla futhi ohlale ehlanzekile.
EVangelini likaJohane uJesu uthi, "Owomileyo makeze kimi aphuze." Okholwa yimi, njengokusho kwemiBhalo, kuye kugobhoza imifudlana yamanzi aphilayo phakathi kwakhe.” ( Joh 7,37-enye).
Lesi simemo sokuza sizophuza siwumvuthwandaba wochungechunge lokubhekisela emanzini kuleli vangeli: amanzi aphenduka iwayini (isahluko 2), amanzi okuvuselela (isahluko 3), amanzi aphilayo (isahluko 4), amanzi ahlanzayo. yaseBethesda (isahluko 5) nokuthuliswa kwamanzi (isahluko 6). Bonke bakhomba kuJesu njengenxusa likaNkulunkulu eliletha isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu sokuphila.
Akumangalisi yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu uphakela abomileyo (sonke) kuleli zwe eliwugwadule nelikhatheleyo lapho kungekho manzi na? UDavide ukuchaza ngale ndlela: “Nkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu wami engimfunayo; Umphefumulo wami womele wena; umzimba wami ulangazelela wena ezweni elomile, elomileyo, lapho amanzi angenawo khona.”3,2).
Konke akucela kithi ukuthi size siphuze. Noma ubani angeza azophuza amanzi okuphila. Kungani abantu abaningi abomile bemi phambi komthombo futhi benqaba ukuphuza?
Ingabe womile, mhlawumbe ngisho nokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni? Ingabe ufana nechibi elifile? Ukuqabuleka nokuvuselela kuseduze njengeBhayibheli lakho futhi njengoba umthandazo utholakala ngokushesha. Woza kuJesu nsuku zonke futhi uthathe isiphuzo esinenhliziyo, esiqabulayo esivela emthonjeni wempilo yakhe futhi ungakhohlwa ukwabelana ngala manzi neminye imiphefumulo eyomile.
nguTammy Tkach
