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264 UKristu ungumvini, thina singamagatshaUKristu ungumvini, thina singamagatsha! Amagilebhisi avunwe ukwenza iwayini izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Lena inqubo ekhandlayo, njengoba idinga i-cellar master enolwazi, inhlabathi enhle kanye nesikhathi esiphelele. Umlimi womvini uyathena futhi ahlanze imivini futhi abheke ukuvuthwa kwamagilebhisi ukuze abone isikhathi esiqondile sokuvuna. Kuwumsebenzi onzima, kodwa lapho konke kuhlangana, bekuwufanele umzamo. UJesu wayelazi iwayini elimnandi. Isimangaliso sakhe sokuqala kwaba ukuguqula amanzi abe iwayini elimnandi kakhulu elake lanambitha. Ukukhathazeka kwakhe kungaphezu kwalokho.” EVangelini likaJohane sifunda indlela achaza ngayo ubuhlobo bakhe nomunye nomunye wethu: “Mina ngingumvini weqiniso futhi uBaba ungumlimi. Lonke igatsha elikimi elingatheli isithelo, uyakulisusa; futhi yonke into ethela isithelo uyoyihlanza ukuze ithele izithelo ezengeziwe” (Johane 15,1-enye).

Njengomvini onempilo, uJesu usinikeza amandla okuphila agelezayo futhi uYise usebenza njengomlimi, azi ukuthi kufanele siwasuse nini futhi kuphi amagatsha angenampilo, afayo ukuze sikhule ngamandla futhi singavinjwa endleleni efanele. Yebo ukwenza lokhu ukuze sithele izithelo ezinhle. – Lesi sithelo sisizuza ngokuba khona kukaMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zethu. Kuboniswa: uthando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, ubuhle, ukwethembeka, ubumnene nokuzithiba. Njengewayini elimnandi, inqubo yokuguqula ukuphila kwethu isuke esitsheni esiphukile ibe umsebenzi osuphelile wensindiso ithatha isikhathi. Le ndlela ingaba nesipiliyoni esinzima nesibuhlungu. Ngenhlanhla, sinoMsindisi onesineke, ohlakaniphile, futhi onothando onguMvini noMvini, futhi oqondisa inqubo yensindiso yethu ngomusa nothando.

nguJoseph Tkach


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