Cinga namhlanje ukuba ubona inzondo entliziyweni yakho
"Ndinike intloko kaYohane uMbhaptizi apha esityeni." UMateyu 14: 8
Ewe, luphi usuku olubi lokuthetha okuncinci. U-St. John the Baptist wanqunywa intloko ngesicelo sikaSalome, intombi kaHerodiya. UYohane wayesentolongweni ngenxa yokuxelela uHerode inyani ngomtshato wakhe, kwaye uHerodiya wayegcwele intiyo ngoYohane. Ke uHerodiya wayidanisa intombi yakhe phambi koHerode neendwendwe zakhe. UHerode wachukumiseka kangangokuba wathembisa uSalome kude kube phakathi kulawulo lwakhe. Endaweni yoko, isicelo sakhe yayikukuba intloko kaYohane umbhaptizi.
Nakumphezulu esi sicelo sisimanga. USalome wathenjiswa kude kube phakathi kubukumkani kwaye, endaweni yoko, ucela ukufa kwendoda elungileyo nengcwele. Ewe, uYesu wathi ngoYohane akukho namnye ozelwe ngumfazi omkhulu kunaye. Ke kutheni yonke intiyo kaHerodiya nentombi yakhe?
Esi siganeko sibuhlungu sibonisa amandla omsindo ngohlobo olugqithisileyo. Xa umsindo ukhula kwaye ukhula ubangela inkanuko enzulu, ngokokude uthinte ukucinga nokuqiqa komntu. Inzondo kunye nokuziphindezela kunokumtyela umntu kwaye kukhokelele ekuhlanyeni okupheleleyo.
Nalapha, uHerode ulingqina lokungaziqondi ngokugqithiseleyo izinto. Unyanzelekile ukuba enze into angafuni ukuyenza kuba esoyika ukwenza into elungileyo. Woyisiwe yintiyo entliziyweni kaHerodiya kwaye, ngenxa yoko, wanikezela ekubulaweni kukaJohn, awayemthanda kwaye ethanda ukumamela.
Sihlala sizama ukukhuthazwa ngumzekelo olungileyo wabanye. Kodwa, kule meko, sifumanisa ukuba sinako "ukuphefumlelwa" ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Kuya kufuneka sisebenzise ubungqina bokubulawa kukaJohn njengethuba lokujonga kwimizabalazo esinayo ngomsindo, inzondo, nangaphezulu kwayo yonke inzondo. Inzondo ngumnqweno ombi onokuthi ungene ngaphakathi kwaye ubangele intshabalalo enkulu ebomini bethu nakubomi babanye. Nokuba iziqalo zalo mkhwa uphazamisekileyo kufuneka zivunywe kwaye zoyiswe.
Cinga namhlanje ukuba ubona inzondo entliziyweni yakho. Ngaba ukhe uqhubeke nokukhubeka okanye ubukrakra obungahambiyo? Ngaba olo thando luyakhula kwaye lonakalise ubomi bakho kunye nobomi babanye? Ukuba kunjalo, yenza isigqibo sokumyeka aze axole. Yeyona nto ilungileyo ukuyenza.
Nkosi, ndinike ubabalo endiludingayo lokujonga entliziyweni yam kwaye ndibone nayiphi na imikhwa yomsindo, ingqumbo kunye nenzondo. Ndicela undicoce kwezi kwaye ndikhulule. Yesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.