ʻO ka pōloli i loko o mākou

361 ka pōloli hohonu loa"Ke nānā nei nā kānaka a pau iā ʻoe me ka manaʻolana, a hānai ʻoe iā lākou i ka manawa kūpono. Wehe aʻe ʻoe i kou lima a māʻona i kāu mau mea i hana ʻia ..." (Salamo 145:15-16 Hope for All).

I kekahi manawa makemake wau i ka pōloli ʻana ma kahi hohonu i loko oʻu. I loko o koʻu mau manaʻo e hoʻāʻo wau e haʻalele iā ia a me ke kāohi iā ia no kekahi manawa. Aka koke mai nae oia i ka malamalama.

Ke ʻōlelo nei wau no ka makemake, ʻo ka makemake i loko o mākou e ʻimi pono i ka hohonu o ka hohonu, ka uē no ka hoʻokō nui ʻana mākou e ʻimi e hoʻopiha i nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻIke wau makemake nui aku i ke Akua. Akā no kekahi mau kumu e hoʻoweliweli nei kēia iaʻu, me he mea lā e noi ana i nā mea hou aʻe iaʻu o ka hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi. He mau makaʻu ke hoʻokuʻu wau iā lākou e piʻi aʻe e hōʻike i nā ʻaoʻao weliweli iaʻu. E hōʻike i koʻu nāwaliwali, hōʻike ʻana i koʻu pono no ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi mea a i ʻole nā ​​mea nui aʻe. ʻIloli ʻo Dāvida no ke Akua, ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ma nā huaʻōlelo wale nō. Ua kākau ʻo ia i ka mele no ka salamo a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke wehewehe i kāna mea e hoʻāʻo ai.

ʻO koʻu manaʻo, ʻike mākou a pau i kēia manaʻo i kēlā me kēia manawa. Ma ka Hana 17,27 Ua ʻōlelo ʻia: "Ua hana ʻo ia i kēia mau mea no ka mea makemake ʻo ia e ʻimi nā kānaka iā ia. Pono lākou e ʻike a loaʻa iā ia. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, kokoke loa ʻo ia iā mākou a pau!” ʻO ke Akua ka mea i hana iā mākou e makemake iā ia. Ke huki ʻo ia iā mākou, ʻike mākou i ka pōloli. Nui nā manawa mākou e noho mālie a pule paha, akā ʻaʻole mākou e lawe i ka manawa e ʻimi ai. Paʻakikī mākou no kekahi mau minuke e lohe i kona leo a laila haʻalele mākou. Paʻa loa mākou i ke kau ʻana, inā paha e ʻike mākou i ko mākou kokoke ʻana iā ia. Ua manaʻo maoli mākou e lohe i kekahi mea? Inā pēlā, ʻaʻole anei mākou e hoʻolohe ana me he mea lā ua hilinaʻi ko mākou ola iā ia?

No kēia pōloli makemake nui ʻia e ka mea ʻoluʻolu e kā mākou mea hana. ʻO ke ala wale nō e hiki ai iā ia ke pale umauma ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka manawa me ke Akua. Inā ikaika ka pōloli, pono mākou e ʻoi aku ka manawa me ia. Noho mākou a pau i ke ola koʻikoʻi, akā he aha ka mea nui loa iā mākou? Mākaukau mākou e ʻike iā ia? Pehea kou makemake? He aha inā i noi aku ʻo ia i hoʻokahi hola ma ke kakahiaka? He aha inā inā i noi ʻo ia no ʻelua hola a hiki i ka pāʻina awakea? He aha inā inā ua noi ʻo ia e hele au ma waho a noho me ka poʻe ʻaʻole i lohe mua i ka ʻeuanelio?

Ke makemake nei mākou e hāʻawi i ko mākou mau manaʻo, ko mākou manawa a me ko mākou ola iā Kristo? E lilo nō ia i mea pono ia. E nui ʻia ka uku, a nui ka poʻe e ʻike no ka mea āu e hana nei.

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E ka makua, e hāʻawi mai i koʻu makemake e ʻimi ʻoe iā ʻoe me koʻu naʻau a pau. Ua hoʻohiki ʻoe e launa pū me mākou a kokoke iā ʻoe. Makemake wau e hoʻokokoke iā ʻoe i kēia lā. Amene

na Fraser Murdoch


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