Aloha ke Akua iā mākou

Ua ʻike anei ʻoe he paʻakikī ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua e manaʻoʻiʻo ua aloha ke Akua iā lākou? He mea maʻalahi ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i ke Akua ma ke ʻano he mea hana a me ka luna kānāwai, akā paʻakikī loa ka ʻike ʻana i ke Akua ʻo ia ka mea aloha iā lākou a mālama nui iā lākou. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ko mākou Akua aloha pau ʻole, hana a hemolele i hana i kekahi mea kūʻē iā ia iho, e kūʻē ana iā ia iho. ʻO nā mea a pau a ke Akua i hana ai, he mea maikaʻi, he hōʻike maikaʻi loa i ke ao holoʻokoʻa o kona hemolele, ka hana a me ke aloha. Ma nā wahi a pau e ʻike ai mākou i ka ʻokoʻa o kēia - ka inaina, ka manaʻo ponoʻī, ka manaʻo nui, ka makaʻu a me ka hopohopo - ʻaʻole ia no ka hana ʻana o ke Akua i nā mea pēlā.

He aha ka hewa akā ʻo ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi ma mua? ʻO nā mea a pau a ke Akua i hana ai, a me kākou poʻe kānaka, he maikaʻi loa ia, akā, ʻo ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana i nā mea i hana ʻia e hoʻohua ai ka hewa. Aia ia no ka mea ua hoʻohana hewa mākou i ke kūʻokoʻa maikaʻi a ke Akua i hāʻawi mai iā mākou e neʻe aku mai ke Akua, ke kumu o ko mākou ola, ma kahi o ka hoʻokokoke ʻana aku iā ia.

He aha ke ʻano o ia mea iā mākou iho? ʻO kēia wale nō: Ua hana ke Akua iā mākou mai ka hohonu o kona aloha aloha ʻole, mai loko mai o kāna waihona palena ʻole o ka hemolele a me kāna mana hana. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua piha a maikaʻi mākou, e like me kāna i hana ai iā mākou. Akā, pehea kā mākou pilikia, nā hewa a me nā hewa? He hopena kēia o ka neʻe ʻana mai ke Akua nāna mākou i hana a mālama i ko mākou ola i kumu o ko mākou ola.
I ko kakou huli ana mai ke Akua mai ma ko kakou aoao iho, mai kona aloha a me kona maikai, aole hiki ia kakou ke ike i kona ano maoli. ʻIke mākou iā ia he luna kānāwai weliweli, he mea e makaʻu ai, he mea e kali ana e hōʻeha iā mākou a ʻimi paha i ka hoʻopaʻi no kēlā me kēia hewa a mākou i hana ai. Aka, aole pela ke Akua. He maikaʻi mau ʻo ia a aloha mau iā mākou.

Makemake ʻo ia e ʻike kākou iā ia, e ʻike kākou i kona maluhia, kona hauʻoli, a me kona aloha nui. ʻO ko kākou Hoʻōla ʻo Iesū ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ke Akua a ke halihali nei ʻo ia i nā mea āpau me kāna ʻōlelo mana (Hebera. 1,3). Ua hōʻike mai ʻo Iesū iā mākou ʻo ke Akua no mākou, ua aloha ʻo ia iā mākou me kā mākou hoʻāʻo pupule e holo aku mai ona aku. Ke makemake nei ko kakou Makua i ka lani ia kakou e mihi a hoi mai i kona home.

Ua haʻi ʻo Iesū i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i nā keiki kāne ʻelua. ʻO kekahi o lākou e like me ʻoe a me aʻu. Ua makemake ʻo ia e lilo i kikowaena o kona ao a hana i kona honua ponoʻī nona iho. No laila, ua koi ʻo ia i ka hapalua o kāna hoʻoilina a holo i kahi mamao e hiki ai iā ia, e noho wale ana e ʻoluʻolu iā ia iho. Akā, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kāna hana ʻana i ka leʻaleʻa iā ia iho a me ka noho ʻana nona iho. ʻO ka nui o kāna hoʻohana ʻana i kāna kālā mai ka hoʻoilina nona iho, ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kona manaʻo a ʻoi aku ka pōʻino.

Mai ka hohonu o kona ola malama ole, ua huli kona manao i kona makuakane a me kona home. I loko o kahi manawa pōkole a mālamalama, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ʻo nā mea āpau āna i makemake ai, nā mea āpau āna i makemake ai, nā mea a pau e hauʻoli ai ʻo ia, hiki ke loaʻa ma ka home me kona makuakāne. I ka ikaika o ia manawa o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i loko o kēlā launa ʻole ʻana me ka puʻuwai o kona makuakāne, ua haehae ʻo ia iā ia iho i waho o ka pā puaʻa a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻi i ka home. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia inā paha e lawe kona makuakāne i ka naʻaupō a nalowale e like me ia.

ʻIke ʻoe i ke koena o ka moʻolelo - aia ma Luka 15. ʻAʻole wale kona makua kāne i hoʻokipa hou iā ia, ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia e hele mai ana i kahi mamao loa; ua kakali loa oia i kana keiki hoopau wale. A holo akula ʻo ia e hālāwai me ia, e pūliki iā ia, a e hoʻoinu iā ia me ke aloha like i loaʻa iā ia. Nui kona hauʻoli a pono e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia.

Aia kekahi kaikunāne, ʻo ke kaikuaʻana. ʻO ka mea i noho me kona makuakāne a ʻaʻole i holo a me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia i kona ola. I ka lohe ʻana o kēia kaikunāne i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana, ua huhū a huhū ʻo ia i kona kaikunāne a me kona makuakāne, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo i loko o ka hale. Aka, hele aku la no hoi kona makuakane iwaho, a no ke aloha hookahi ana i kamailio mai ai iaia, a ua haawi aku la iaia me ke aloha pau ole ana i haawi aku ai i kana keiki ino.

Ua huli hope anei ke kaikuaʻana a komo i ka hoʻolauleʻa? ʻAʻole ʻo Iesū i haʻi mai iā mākou. Akā, haʻi mai ka mōʻaukala i nā mea e pono ai mākou e ʻike - ʻaʻole hoʻōki ke Akua i ke aloha iā mākou. Makemake ʻo ia iā mākou e mihi a hoʻi iā ia. ʻAʻole ia he nīnau inā e kala mai ʻo ia iā mākou, e ʻae iā mākou a aloha iā mākou no ka mea ʻo ia ke Akua ko mākou Makua nona ke aloha pau ʻole.
ʻO ka manawa anei e hoʻōki ai i ka holo ʻana mai ke Akua a hoʻi i kona home? Ua hana ke Akua iā mākou i hemolele a piha, he hōʻike kupanaha i loko o kona ao nani, i hōʻailona ʻia e kona aloha a me kāna hana. A ʻo mākou nō. ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ia ke mihi a hui hou me ko mākou Mea nāna i hana, ka mea aloha iā mākou i kēia lā e like me kāna aloha iā mākou i kona kāhea ʻana iā mākou.

na Joseph Tkach