Ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu

Umfundisi wewadi yami usanda kuhambela umhlangano we-Alcoholics Anonymous. Hhayi ngoba naye wayengumlutha, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi wayezwile ngezindaba zempumelelo zalabo ababefunde indlela yezinyathelo eziyi-12 eya ekuphileni okungenakho ukulutheka. Ukuvakasha kwakhe kwenzeke ngenxa yelukuluku nesifiso sokudala isimo esifanayo sokwelapha emphakathini wakubo.

UMark wafika eyedwa emhlanganweni futhi wayengazi ukuthi alindeleni lapho. Ukuba khona kwakhe kwaphawulwa ngesikhathi engena, kodwa akekho owabuza imibuzo ephoxayo. Kunalokho, wonke umuntu wamnika isandla esifudumele ngokubingelela noma wamshaya emhlane ngendlela ekhuthazayo njengoba ezethula kulabo ababekhona.

Omunye wababambe iqhaza wathola indondo ngalobo busuku ngokungaphuzi kwakhe izinyanga ezingu-9 kwathi bonke abantu sebebuthene emsamo bezomemezela ukuthi sebebuyekile utshwala, ababekhona baqhuma ihlombe nehlombe elivala izindlebe. Kodwa-ke owesifazane osekhulile wahamba kancane ebheke emsamo, ikhanda lakhe ligebise, amehlo akhe ebheke phansi. Uthe: “Namuhla kufanele ngigubhe izinsuku ezingama-60 zokungaluthinti. Kodwa izolo, darn it, ngiphuze futhi ».

Kwehla ngomgogodla kaMark, kushisa futhi kubanda, lapho ecabanga ukuthi kuzokwenzekani manje? Angakanani amahloni nehlazo elizohambisana nalokhu kwehluleka okuveziwe phambi kwehlombe elisanda kushabalala? Nokho, sasingekho isikhathi sokuthula okwesabisayo, ngoba kuthe kusanda kuphuma uhlamvu lokugcina ezindebeni zowesifazane, kwaphinde kwaqhuma ihlombe, kulokhu kunomsindo kakhulu kunakuqala, kugcwele amakhwela akhuthazayo nokumemeza kanye namazwi amnandi okwazisa. .

UMark wakhungatheka kangangokuthi kwadingeka aphume ekamelweni. Emotweni wazidedela izinyembezi kwaze kwaphela ihora ngaphambi kokuthi ashayele ekhaya. Umbuzo wawulokhu uqhamuka ekhanda lakhe: “Ngingakudlulisela kanjani lokhu emphakathini wakithi? Ngingayakha kanjani indawo lapho izivumo zokuphazamiseka kwangaphakathi nobuntu zamukelwa khona ngehlombe elinogqozi njengokunqoba nempumelelo? Yile ndlela ibandla okufanele libukeke ngayo!

Kungani ibandla lifana nendawo lapho sigqoke kahle khona futhi ubuso bethu bugcwele injabulo buxosha uhlangothi olumnyama lwethu emkhakheni wombono womphakathi? Ngethemba lokuthi akekho owazi ubuyena ozosifaka ekhoneni ngemibuzo eqotho? UJesu wathi abagulayo badinga indawo lapho bezophulukisa khona - kodwa sidale iklabhu yomphakathi ehambisana nemibandela ethile yokungena. Ngentando engcono kakhulu emhlabeni, ngeke sibonakale sikhungathekile kodwa sithandeka ngokuphelele ngesikhathi esifanayo. Mhlawumbe leyo mfihlo ye-Alcoholics Anonymous. Wonke umhlanganyeli usefike kwangqingetshe kanye futhi uyakuvuma lokhu, futhi wonke umuntu useyitholile indawo lapho athandwa khona “noma kunjalo” futhi bazamukele le ndawo bona.

Kuhlukile ngamaKristu amaningi. Ngandlela-thile abaningi bethu baye bakholelwa ukuthi siyathandeka ngaphandle kwasici. Siphila impilo yethu ngokusemandleni ethu futhi sivumela abanye kanye nathi ukuba sizwe ikhono lapho kuholela ekwahluleleni nakanjani. Ngeshwa, singakwazi ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu ngokomoya ngalokhu kufuna ukuphakama kokuziphatha kunokuba kube kanye ngaphansi kwedwala.

UBrennan Manning uyabhala: “Okudidayo ukuthi, izindinganiso zethu zokuziphatha eziyihaba kanye nokukhonza kwethu mbumbulu okuzihlanganisa njengegebe phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nathi bantu. Akuzona izifebe nabathelisi abakuthola kunzima ukubonisa ukuphenduka; yibona kanye abantu abashisekayo abacabanga ukuthi akudingeki babonise ukuphenduka. UJesu akazange abulawe abaphangi, abadlwenguli noma izigebengu. Kwawela ezandleni ezikhubekisiwe zabantu ababeyithanda kakhulu inkolo, amalungu omphakathi ahlonishwa kakhulu »( Abba's Child Abbas Kind, p. 80).

Ingabe lokho kuyakunyakazisa kancane? Kunoma ikuphi, kwakudingeka ngigwinye kabi futhi kufanele ngivume, okuhle noma okubi kakhulu, ukuthi abaFarisi nabo balala nakimi. Nakuba ngicasulwa izimo zabo zengqondo ezicwasayo, esibhekana nazo kulo lonke ivangeli, ngenza okufanayo ngokunyathela phezu kwabakhubekile futhi ngiphathe abalungile ngenhlonipho. Ngiphuphuthekiswe ukungathandi ukona ngalabo abathandwa nguNkulunkulu.

Abafundi bakaJesu babeyizoni. Abaningi babo babe nalokho okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "isikhathi esidlule". UJesu wababiza ngokuthi abafowabo. Abaningi futhi babazi ukuthi kunjani uma ushaya phansi. Futhi yilapho kanye abahlangana khona noJesu.

angisayikuma ngaphezu kwabahamba ebumnyameni. Futhi angifuni ukuwaphikisa ngemishwana engenamsebenzi efana nokuthi "Ngakutshela khona manjalo" kuyilapho mina ngokwami ​​ngifihla izinhlangothi ezimnyama zobukhona bami. Ngifuna okuningi kakhulu ukuvumela uNkulunkulu ukuthi angithathe futhi ngoJesu Kristu ngihlangane nendodana yolahleko ngezandla ezivulekile njengoba enza kolalelayo. Ubathanda bobabili ngokulinganayo. I-Alcoholics Anonymous yavele yakuqonda lokho.

nguSusan Reedy