I ke kahawai o ke ola

Ma ke ʻano he mau mākua, hiki iā mākou ke aʻo nui i ka pili ʻana i kā mākou mau keiki. Ke aʻo mākou iā lākou i ka ʻauʻau, ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻolei wale iā lākou i ka wai, kali a ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole, ua paʻa wau iā ia ma koʻu mau lima a hāpai iā ia i loko o ka wai i nā manawa āpau. A i ʻole, ʻaʻole lākou i aʻo e neʻe kūʻokoʻa i ka wai. I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kā mākou keiki i ka wai, ua makaʻu ʻo ia i ka wā mua a ʻuā ʻo ia: "E Pāpā, makaʻu wau" a pili mai iaʻu. Ma kēia kūlana ua paipai au iā ia, kamaʻilio maikaʻi iā ia, a kōkua iā ia e maʻa i kēia ʻano hou. ʻOiai ʻaʻole palekana a makaʻu kā mākou mau keiki, ua aʻo lākou i kahi mea hou me kēlā me kēia haʻawina. Ua ʻike lākou ʻoiai inā ua ʻuʻu ka wai i kekahi manawa, kuha ʻia, a moni liʻiliʻi paha, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae i kā mākou mau keiki e make.

ʻO kēia mau mea a pau he ʻāpana ia o ka ʻike, ʻoiai inā manaʻo ke keiki ua pio ʻo ia, ua ʻike ʻo ia ua palekana ko lākou mau wāwae ponoʻī ma ka lepo paʻa a hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi koke iā lākou inā pilikia loa ka haʻawina ʻauʻau iā lākou. . Ma hope o ka manawa, ua aʻo kā mākou mau keiki i ka hilinaʻi iā mākou a e noho mau mākou ma ko lākou ʻaoʻao a mālama iā lākou.

Nou iho

Hiki mai ka lā e ʻauʻau ai ʻoe iā ʻoe iho a hoʻāʻo i nā acrobatics pupule e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou. Inā makaʻu loa kā mākou mau keiki e hoʻomanawanui i kēlā mau manawa paʻakikī i ka wai, ʻaʻole lākou e aʻo i ka ʻauʻau. E nalo ana ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻike maikaʻi a ʻaʻole ʻoe e pākī i ka wai me nā keiki ʻē aʻe.

ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke hana i ka ʻauʻau no lākou, pono kā mākou mau keiki e hana i kēia mau ʻike aʻo iā lākou iho. He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka poʻe wikiwiki loa e haʻalele i ko lākou makaʻu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka wikiwiki e hele i kā lākou mau haʻawina mua a i ka hopena i waho o ka wai me ka hilinaʻi hou iā ia iho. ʻAʻole hoʻi ko mākou Makua i ka lani e hoʻolei wale iā mākou i loko o ka wai hohonu a haʻalele iā mākou. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia e noho ʻo ia ma laila no mākou i ka wai hohonu. "Inā pono ʻoe e hele ma waena o ka wai hohonu a i ʻole nā ​​kahawai kahe - ʻo wau pū me ʻoe, ʻaʻole ʻoe e make." (Isaiah 43,2).
I kona ʻike ʻana iā ia e holo ana ma luna o ka wai, ʻōlelo akula ʻo Petero iā Iesū, "E ka Haku, inā ʻo ʻoe kēia, e kauoha mai ʻoe iaʻu e hele aku i ou lā ma luna o ka wai. wai a hiki mai io Iesu la "(Matthew 14,28-29th).

I ka wā i maopopo ʻole ai ka hilinaʻi a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo o Petero a ua kokoke ʻo ia e make, ʻō akula ʻo Iesū i kona lima e hopu iā ia a hoʻōla iā ia. Ua hoʻohiki ke Akua iā mākou: "ʻAʻole au e haʻalele iā ʻoe a e haʻalele iā ʻoe" (Hebera 13,5). E like me nā mākua aloha a pau, ke aʻo mai nei ʻo ia iā mākou ma o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a kōkua iā mākou e ulu i ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka hilinaʻi. ʻOiai inā he mea weliweli a weliweli kekahi mau pilikia, hiki iā mākou ke nānā me ke kahaha i ke alakaʻi ʻana o ke Akua i nā mea āpau no ko mākou pono a no kona nani. Pono mākou e hana i ka ʻanuʻu mua, ʻauʻau i ka neʻe mua i ka wai a waiho i ka makaʻu a me ka maopopo ʻole ma hope o mākou.

ʻO ka makaʻu ko mākou ʻenemi nui loa no ka mea e hoʻopōʻino iā mākou, e hōʻemi i ko mākou hilinaʻi iā mākou iho a i ke Akua. E like me Peter, pono mākou e haʻalele i kēia moku me ka hilinaʻi e hoʻomau ke Akua iā mākou a ʻaʻohe mea hiki ʻole iā ia ka mea āna e makemake ai e hoʻokō me mākou. ʻOiai inā he nui ka wiwo ʻole e hana i kēia kaʻina mua, pono mau ia no ka mea he kumu kūʻai nā uku. ʻO Peter, he kanaka e like me ʻoe a me aʻu, hele maoli ma luna o ka wai.

He nānā i hope

ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i kahi e lawe ai iā ʻoe, ʻaʻohe pono e hopohopo. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke neʻe i mua ke nānā ʻoe i hope. ʻOiai inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ʻōlelo, i kēlā me kēia manawa e nānā ʻoe i ke aniani hope o kou ola. Nānā ʻoe i hope a ʻike i kēlā mau kūlana ola a ke Akua i lawe ai iā ʻoe. I kēlā mau kūlana āu i ʻimi ai i ka lima o ke Akua, ua lawe ʻo ia iā ʻoe i kona mau lima. Ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i kā mākou mau pilikia paʻakikī loa i mau ʻike hoʻonaʻauao waiwai: "E oʻu mau hoahānau, e hauʻoli nui i ka wā e hāʻule ai ʻoukou i nā hoʻowalewale like ʻole, a e ʻike ʻoe i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ʻia ai ko ʻoukou manaʻoʻiʻo, e hana ana i ke ahonui" (Iakobo 1: 2-3). .
ʻAʻole maʻalahi kēlā hauʻoli i ka hoʻomaka, akā he koho noʻonoʻo pono mākou e hana ai. Pono mākou e nīnau iā mākou iho inā mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua a me kona mana mana o ka lanakila a i ʻole e ʻae ka diabolo e hoʻonāwaliwali iā mākou a hoʻoweliweli iā mākou. Ke hoʻoweliweli kekahi i kā mākou mau keiki, holo lākou me ka uē ʻana i loko o ko mākou mau lima a ʻimi e pale mai iā mākou. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻike maopopo lākou e pale mau mākou iā lākou. E like me nā keiki a ke Akua, ʻano like mākou i kahi kūlana a i ʻole pilikia e hopohopo nei iā mākou. Holo mākou me ka uē ʻana i loko o nā lima o ko mākou makua kāne aloha me ka ʻike ʻana e pale a hoʻomaha ana mākou. Pono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa, akā naʻe, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka ikaika. No laila, i ka wā e ʻauʻau ai mākou, ʻae ke Akua iā mākou e ʻu, kuha, a ʻai i kahi wai liʻiliʻi a hoʻāʻo e hoʻokō me ka ʻole o ia. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i kēia: "I hemolele ʻoe a piha ʻoe, ʻaʻohe hemahema." (James 1,4).

ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka noho ʻana ma ka honua a ʻaʻohe o mākou e ʻōlelo he nani mau ke ola. Akā, e noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā manawa i paʻa paʻa ʻia ai ʻoe e kou makuahine a makua kāne a ʻo wai ʻoe. Ua hilinaʻi kou kua i ka umauma o kekahi a ua nānā ʻoe i kahi ʻāina ākea a manaʻo ʻoe i ka palekana a me ka mahana i nā lima ikaika pale o kekahi. Ke hoʻomanaʻo mau nei ʻoe i kēlā manaʻo ʻoluʻolu o ka pumehana a me ka pale aloha i noho aliʻi i loko ou a ʻaʻole i haʻalele iā ʻoe me ka ua, ka ʻino a me ka hau? ʻO nā ala ʻauʻau o ko mākou ola he mea weliweli i kekahi manawa, akā i ka wā e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ua hilinaʻi mākou i ke Akua a maopopo e lawe ʻo ia iā mākou ma nā wai palekana, hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i ko mākou makaʻu i hauʻoli. Ke nānā aku nei mākou iā ia me ke kāhāhā no ka lawe ʻana iā mākou i loko o ka wai hohonu a me nā ʻino. Inā hiki iā mākou ke aʻo e hauʻoli i ka wai paʻakai o ke kai ma ko mākou mau maka ma mua o ka emi ʻana mai ke kahawai ʻeleʻele o ka wai - ʻoiai, ʻike mākou me ke kanalua ʻole e paʻa mau ke Akua iā mākou ma kona mau lima i nā manawa a pau.

Ke ulu aʻe kā mākou mau keiki, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa haʻaheo iā lākou i ko mākou mau lima a haʻi aku iā lākou: Aloha nui wau iā ʻoe a haʻaheo wau iā ʻoe. ʻIke au ua pono ʻoe e ʻauʻau i kekahi mau manawa paʻakikī i kou ola, akā ua lanakila ʻoe no ka mea ua hilinaʻi ʻoe i ke Akua.

I ka ʻaoʻao aʻe o ko mākou ola e ʻauʻau mākou i ko mākou alahele. Ma laila nā manō a me nā kiʻi diabolical e peʻe nei i loko o ka wai ʻeleʻele a hoʻāʻo e hoʻoulu i ka makaʻu a hoʻonāwaliwali iā mākou me kā lākou hana ʻino. Hana mākou i kahi koho noʻonoʻo a hāʻawi mākou iā mākou iho e hāʻule i loko o nā lima o ko mākou makuakāne. Ke haʻi aku nei mākou iā ia me ka makaʻu ʻole iā ia. E pane mai ʻo ia i kēia: "Mai hopohopo i kekahi mea, akā i nā mea a pau e hōʻike i ko ʻoukou noi i ke Akua ma ka pule a me ka noi ʻana me ka hoʻomaikaʻi! A ʻo ka maluhia o ke Akua, ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea a pau, e mālama i ko ʻoukou mau naʻau a me ko ʻoukou mau naʻau i loko o Kristo Iesu." (Philipi. 4,6-7th).

na Ewan Spence-Ross