Cabanga namhlanje uma ubona inzondo enhliziyweni yakho
"Nginike ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi lapha epuletini." Mathewu 14: 8
Hawu, usuku olubi kanjani lokusho okuncane. USt. John the Baptist wanqunywa ikhanda ngesicelo sikaSalome, indodakazi kaHerodias. UJohane wayesetilongweni ngenxa yokutshela uHerode iqiniso ngomshado wakhe, uHerodiya wagcwala inzondo ngoJohane. UHerodiya wayesedansa indodakazi yakhe phambi kukaHerode nabavakashi bakhe. UHerodi wahlabeka umxhwele kangangokuba wathembisa uSalome kuze kube maphakathi nokubusa kwakhe. Esikhundleni salokho, isicelo sakhe sasingekhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.
Ngisho nangaphezulu lesi sicelo esingajwayelekile. USalome wathenjiswa kuze kube maphakathi nokubusa futhi, esikhundleni salokho, ucela ukufa komuntu omuhle futhi ongcwele. Ngempela, uJesu wathi ngoJohane akekho umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazane owayemkhulu kunaye. Manje kungani yonke inzondo kaHerodiya nendodakazi yakhe?
Lesi sehlakalo esidabukisayo sikhombisa amandla entukuthelo ngesimo sayo esibi kakhulu. Lapho intukuthelo ikhula futhi ikhula idala uthando olujulile, kuze kufiphaze ukucabanga komuntu nokucabanga kwakhe. Inzondo nokuziphindiselela kungadla umuntu futhi kuholele ekuhlanyeni okuphelele.
Nalapha futhi, uHerode ungufakazi wokungacabangi okweqile. Uphoqeleka ukuthi enze lokho angafuni ukukwenza ngoba esaba ukwenza okulungile. Unqotshwe yinzondo enhliziyweni kaHerodiya futhi, ngenxa yalokho, uzinikela ekubulaweni kukaJohn, ayemthanda ngempela futhi ethanda ukumlalela.
Imvamisa sizama ukukhuthazwa yisibonelo esihle sabanye. Kepha, kulokhu, sithola ukuthi "singakhuthazeka" ngendlela ehlukile. Kufanele sisebenzise ubufakazi bokubulawa kukaJohn njengethuba lokubheka izingqinamba esinazo ngentukuthelo, intukuthelo, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke inzondo. Inzondo inkanuko embi engangena ngokunyenya futhi ibangele ukubhujiswa okuningi ezimpilweni zethu nasezimpilweni zabanye. Ngisho nokuqala kwalolu thando olonakele kufanele kuvunywe futhi kunqotshwe.
Cabanga namhlanje uma ubona inzondo enhliziyweni yakho. Ngabe uqhubeke nokubambelela okuthile noma ukudinwa okungasuki? Ngabe lowo thando uyakhula futhi ulimaza impilo yakho kanye nezimpilo zabanye? Uma kunjalo, thatha isinqumo sokumyeka ahambe athethelele. Kuyinto efanelekile ukuyenza.
Nkosi, nginike umusa engiwudingayo wokubheka enhliziyweni yami futhi ngibone noma yikuphi ukuthambekela kwentukuthelo, ukucasuka nenzondo. Ngicela ungihlanze kulokhu ungikhulule. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.