E haʻi iā lākou aloha ʻoe iā lākou!

ʻEhia o mākou poʻe mākua e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ko mākou mau mākua e haʻi mai iā mākou i ko lākou aloha iā mākou? Ua lohe a ʻike nō hoʻi kākou i ko lākou haʻaheo iā kākou, i kā lākou poʻe keiki? Nui nā mākua aloha i ʻōlelo like i kā lākou mau keiki i ko lākou wā e ulu ana. ʻO kekahi o mākou he mau mākua i hōʻike i kēlā mau manaʻo ma hope o ka ulu ʻana o kā lākou mau keiki a hele mai e kipa. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ʻaʻole hiki i ka nui o nā pākeke ke hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā mau manaʻo i haʻi ʻia iā lākou. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i ʻike ka nui o nā pākeke he haʻaheo a hauʻoli lākou o ko lākou mau mākua. He pōʻino, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau mākua ʻaʻole i lohe i ko lākou mau mākua i ko lākou koʻikoʻi iā lākou. ʻO ia ke kumu ʻaʻohe o lākou kumu hoʻohālike e hiki ke hāʻawi mai iā mākou i kā lākou mau keiki. Pono nā keiki e lohe i ko lākou koʻikoʻi i ko lākou mau mākua. Inā hiki mai kēlā, he hopena koʻikoʻi ia i kona ola holoʻokoʻa.

Hāʻawi ke Akua iā mākou i kahi kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o ka makua maikaʻi. He pololei loa ʻo ia i ka haʻi ʻana i kona mau manaʻo me kāna keiki ʻo Iesu. Elua manawa hoike mai ke Akua i kona olioli ia Iesu. I ka wā i bapetizo ʻia ai ʻo Iesū, ʻōlelo maila ka leo mai ka lani mai, "ʻO kaʻu Keiki punahele kēia, ka mea aʻu i ʻoliʻoli nui ai." (Matthew. 3,17). ʻO wai ke keiki makemake ʻole e lohe i ia ʻōlelo mai ka waha o ko lākou mau mākua? He aha ka hopena iā ʻoe ke lohe i ka hauʻoli a me ka mahalo mai kou mau mākua mai?

I ka wa i hoololiia'i o Iesu, olelo mai la ka leo mailoko mai o ke ao, "O ka'u Keiki punahele keia, ka mea a'u i olioli loa ai; e lohe auanei oe!" (Mt17,5). Eia hou, ua hoike mai ke Akua ka Makua i kona olioli nui ma kana Keiki!

E ʻōlelo paha ʻoe i kēia manawa, ua maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi ia no ke Akua a me Iesū, ʻoiai ʻo Iesū ke keiki hemolele a ʻo ke Akua ka makua hemolele. Nou iho, manaʻo paha ʻoe ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kēlā mau mea. Ke ninau aku nei au ia oe, he Kristiano anei oe? Ma ka episetole i ko Roma, wehewehe ʻo Paulo i ka ʻike ʻana o ke Akua iā ʻoe: "No laila, ʻaʻohe hoʻopaʻi hou ʻia i ka poʻe no Kristo Iesu" (Roma 8,1 Paipala Ola Hou). He keiki oe na ke Akua, he kaikunane a he kaikaina paha o Iesu: «No ka mea, aole i loaa ia oe ka uhane o ka luhi e makau hou ai; akā, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻuhane hoʻokamakama, a ma laila mākou e kāhea aku ai: ʻAba, e ka makua aloha! Ke hoike mai nei ka Uhane i ko kakou uhane he poe keiki kakou na ke Akua." (Roma 8,15-16th).

Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kēlā? Malia paha e hoʻohewa pinepine ʻia ʻoe a hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻike ke Akua iā ʻoe pēlā. He mea paʻakikī paha kēia iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo. Malia paha ua ulu ʻoe me ka hoʻoponopono wale ʻana. Ua wikiwiki kou mau mākua e hoʻokolokolo iā ʻoe a hōʻike iā ʻoe i kou hemahema i kā lākou mau manaʻo. Hoʻohewa mau kou mau kaikaina iā ʻoe. Ua wikiwiki kou haku hana e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mea lapuwale āu e hana nei a ke manaʻo nei ʻoe i ka palekana i loko o ia kūlana. Manaʻo mau ʻoe e hoʻokolokolo ʻia ana ʻoe. No laila he mea paʻakikī iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole like ke Akua a hōʻike iā ia iho ma ke ʻano like.

No ke aha i hele mai ai o Iesu i ko kakou ao? Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou: "ʻAʻole i hoʻouna mai ke Akua i kāna Keiki i ke ao nei e hoʻokolokolo i ko ke ao nei, akā i ola ko ke ao nei iā ia." 3,17). ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo! ʻAʻole ke Akua e noho ma ka lani e nānā mai iā ʻoe e hoʻokolokolo iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole ke Akua! ʻAʻole nānā ke Akua i nā mea a pau āu e hana hewa ai. ʻIke paha ʻoe pēlā, akā ʻike pono ke Akua iā ʻoe ma o Iesū! No ka mea, aia ʻoe i loko o Kristo, ke ʻōlelo nei ke Akua iā ʻoe i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana no Iesū. E hoʻolohe pono! Inā he kanaka ʻoe, ʻī maila ʻo ia iā ʻoe, "ʻO kaʻu Keiki kēia, ka mea aʻu i ʻoliʻoli nui ai." Inā he wahine ʻoe, haʻi ʻo ia iā ʻoe i kēia mau ʻōlelo: "ʻO kaʻu kaikamahine kēia, aʻu i hauʻoli nui ai!" Ke lohe nei ʻoe?

Hāʻawi ke Akua iā mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o kona ʻike ʻana iā mākou i loko o Kristo. Hōʻike ʻo ia iā mākou i nā mākua pehea e mālama ai i kā mākou mau keiki. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe i lohe mai kou mau mākua mai he haʻaheo ʻoe. Makemake ʻoe i kāu mau keiki e nānā i hope i nā mākua i haʻi ʻole iā lākou he hauʻoli nui lākou? Mai hoʻokuʻu i kēlā!

E kamaʻilio me kēlā me kēia keiki o kāu mau keiki. E ʻōlelo ponoʻī i kēlā me kēia keiki: ʻO ʻoe kaʻu keiki a hauʻoli wau ʻo ʻoe. Aloha wau iā ʻoe. He mea nui ʻoe iaʻu a ʻoi aku ka waiwai o koʻu ola no ka mea aia ʻoe ma laila. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe i hana i kēia ma mua. ʻO ka manaʻo o ia mea e hōʻoluʻolu a hōʻoluʻolu ʻole paha ʻoe? Ua ʻike mākou he hopena hoʻololi ke ola o ia mau ʻōlelo i nā keiki. E hoʻololi nā keiki, e ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ka hilinaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea nui o nā mākua a pau, ʻo ko lākou mau mākua, ua hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻōlelo aloha, e ke keiki aloha, e ke kaikamahine aloha. Mai hoʻokuʻu i kahi pule ʻē aʻe me ka ʻole o ka lohe ʻana i kāu keiki i nā mea e pono ai lākou e lohe mai iā ʻoe, pehea ka waiwai iā ʻoe. Mai hoʻokuʻu i kekahi pule ʻē aʻe me ka lohe ʻole i ka mea a kou Makua Lani e haʻi mai nei iā ʻoe. E hoʻolohe! "ʻO kaʻu keiki aloha kēia, ʻo kaʻu kaikamahine aloha kēia, aloha nui wau iā ʻoe!"

na Dennis Lawrence