Mmishonale ...?
Ndili ndi diary kuyambira ndili ndi zaka 17 kapena 18; ndi buku la ziyembekezo zanga ndi maloto monga Mkhristu wachinyamata. Ndipo chimodzi cha maloto amenewo chinali kukhala mmishonale.
Tinali titangokhala ndi wokamba nkhani woyendera pa Christian Union ya sukulu yathu yemwe analankhula za maulendo ake okhazikitsa malo a mishoni, kuyendetsa sukulu za Lamlungu, ndi kutembenuza anthu kukhala Akristu. Iye anali wokamba nkhani wabwino kwambiri ndipo mtima wanga wachinyamata unapsa ndi chisangalalo pa kuthekera kwa kukhalanso mtumiki wa Mulungu m'malo akutali. Usiku umenewo ndinalemba kuti: "Ndikhala mmishonale, monga momwe ndikumvera kuti ndi kuitana kwa Mulungu kwa ine ..."
Zimenezi zinatanthauzidwa bwino, koma sipanasanapite nthawi yaitali kuti ndikhumudwe. Posakhalitsa ndinapeza kuti njira yanga "yolalikira" inkafunika kuzama kwambiri kuposa zolinga zabwino zokha.
Ndinkadziwa mavesi ambiri a m'Baibulo ndipo ndinkatha kufotokoza malonjezo omwe anakwaniritsidwa kuchokera kwa aneneri m'Chipangano Chakale - koma sindinathe kusiya kutaya mkwiyo wanga, kudzimvera chisoni, kukhumudwa, ndi kuganiza maganizo owawa ndi okwiya. Ndinadziŵa kuti kukhala motere sikunali zimene ndinaŵerenga m'Machitidwe ndi m'Chipangano Chatsopano chonse. Mosasamala kanthu za chidziŵitso chonse chimene ndinali nacho, ndinamva chisoni ndipo sindinadziŵe bwino lomwe zimene Mulungu anafunadi kwa ine.
Pafupi ndi nyumba
Ngakhale kuti ndinkaganiza kuti ndikudziwa zonse, Mulungu pang'onopang'ono anandikokera mu ubale wapamtima ndi Iye kumene ndinayamba kumvetsera kwa Iye ndi kudzichepetsa. Koma ndinatherabe nthawi ina ndikulota; Ndinkaganizabe zinthu zingapo zimene ndingachite bwino kwambiri m'tchalitchi chakwathu.
Mfundo yomwe ndinali wochedwa kumvetsetsa inali iyi: Thupi la Khristu limafuna antchito ofunitsitsa, koma sindingathe kudzisankhira ndekha momwe Mulungu adzandigwiritsire ntchito - sindingathe kusankha kukhala dzanja pamene Mulungu akufuna ine monga phazi. Sindidzathandiza ngati ndiyesa kukhala chinthu chimene Mulungu sananditanthauze kukhala. "Koma tsopano Mulungu waika ziwalo, aliyense wa iwo, m'thupi, monga iye anafuna." 1 Akorinto 12:18.
Pomalizira pake, ndinapeza munda wanga wa mishoni kukhala pafupi ndi kwathu, ndipo kukhala ndi thayo la ana kunandichepetsa chifukwa chakuti mwamsanga ndinazindikira mmene mkhalidwe wanga ungabwerere mofulumira. Koma chofunika kwambiri chinali chakuti njira imene Mulungu anandikonzera inali n'cholinga choti andipange – mayesero ndi zokhumudwitsa zimene ndinakumana nazo zinandiphunzitsa za moyo wanga, komanso za ubwino wa Mulungu.
Ndi Mulungu amene amasankha
Mulungu safuna anthu amene angadzione ngati amishonale, kapena alaliki, kapena aphunzitsi. Mulungu Mwini amapanga anthu m'maudindo amenewa. Chimene Mulungu amafuna n'chakuti tizimvera zimene Iye amatisonyeza ndiponso kuti timadziweruza tokha ndi kukana uchimo. Ngati tili mu ndondomekoyi, ndiye kuti timakhala mtundu wa zinthu zomwe Iye angagwiritse ntchito - osati kale.
Ndipo tikakhala chonchi ndiye kuti chinachake chodabwitsa chimachitika, ngakhale popanda ife kuzindikira. Timapangidwa kukhala chinachake chothandiza; timakhala zida Zake - ofunitsitsa kutengedwa ndi kugwiritsidwa ntchito, koma monga wofunitsitsa kusiyidwa mwakachetechete pa shelufu ngati palibe ntchito yomweyo kwa ife.
Chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika: chirichonse chimene dongosolo la Mulungu kwa ife ndi, monga Akristu amene amaweruza tokha ndi kusunga mitima yathu woyera, ndife mphamvu zonse zabwino mkati mwa thupi la Khristu kulikonse kumene tili, chirichonse chimene ife tiri.
"Mtima pa mtendere umapereka moyo ku thupi ..." —Miyambo 14:30