The virtue we’d rather not have

“Ukuziphakamisa kufanele kufe kuwe noma akukho lutho lwezulu olungahlala kuwe.”

-Andrew Murray-

Lesi sisho sitholakala ekugcineni kwencwajana equkethe iqiniso eliningi kunezincwadi eziningi eziphindwe kashumi ngobukhulu bayo.

Incwajana encane ka-Andrew Murray ekhuluma ngesimilo sokuthobeka ifana nenkemba egwaza ezinhliziyweni zethu ezigcwele impakamo.

ukuthobeka … kuyisimilo esiphakeme kakhulu sesidalwa

ukwesweleka kokuzithoba kuyincazelo eyanele yawo wonke amaphutha nokwehluleka

ukuthobeka kubantu yikho kuphela okungubufakazi obanele bokuthi sithobeke ngampela phambi kukaNkulunkulu

ukubona ukwesweleka kwalomusa [ukuthobeka] makusenze silindele okukhulu okuvela kuNkulunkulu. Masibheke wonke umzalwane osichukuluzayo noma osihluphayo njengendlela kaNkulunkulu yomusa

lapho isidalwa singelutho phambi kukaNkulunkulu, akukho okunye esingakwenza ngaphandle kokuthoba phambi kwezinye izidalwa

akusikho ekoneni imihla ngemihla lapho sithola khona imfihlo yokuthobeka okujulileyo, kepha ekuvumeni kwethu ukuthi siyizoni ezisindisiwe ngomusa.

Masamukele ngenjabulo noma yini engasithoba phambi kukaNkulunkulu naphambi kwabantu

Bheka ukuthobeka njengomsebenzi wakho wokuqala phambi kukaNkulunkulu … futhi ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuwo

Ukuziqhenya kufanele kufe kuwe noma akukho lutho lwasezulwini olungaphila kuwe

Kwangathi singalingisa iNkosi yethu uJesu ngesimilo esikhulu kunazo zonke ( kwabaseFiliphi 2:3-5 )!