ʻO ko mākou pono maoli

505 ko mākou waiwai maoli

Ma o kona ola ʻana, make, a me ke alahouana, hāʻawi ʻo Iesū i ke kanaka i kahi waiwai ma mua o nā mea a mākou e hiki ai ke loaʻa, loaʻa, a i ʻole ka manaʻo. Hangē ko ia naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “ʻIo, ʻoku ou manatu ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ko ha meʻa ʻi he faʻatatau ki he ʻilo lahi ʻo Kalaisi Sīsū ko hoku ʻEiki. No ia, ua lilo keia mau mea a pau ia'u, a ua helu au ia mau mea he lepo, i lanakila ai au ia Kristo." (Philippians 3,8). Ua ʻike ʻo Paulo ʻo kahi pilina ola a hohonu me ke Akua ma o Kristo he waiwai pau ʻole - ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kekahi mea a ka luawai kaʻawale. Naʻe haʻu ki he fakaʻosi ko ʻení ʻi hono fakakaukau ki hono tofiʻa fakalaumālié, naʻe moʻoni ʻi heʻene manatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Saame 8: “Ko e hā ‘a e tangata ke ke manatu‘i ai ia, pea ko e foha ‘o e tangata ke ke tokanga‘i ai?” (Saame). 8,5).

ʻIke paha ʻoe i ke kumu i hele mai ai ke Akua i ke kanaka o Iesū e like me ia? ʻAʻole paha hiki iā ia ke hele mai me nā hui lani nona ka mea i hōʻike i kona ikaika a me kona hanohano? ʻAʻole paha hiki iā ia ke hele mai e like me kahi holoholona kamaʻilio a i ʻole me ke koa o ke kahe a nā Marvel komics? Akā e like me ka mea e ʻike ai mākou, hele mai ʻo Iesu ma ke ʻano haʻahaʻa loa - he keiki liʻiliʻi ʻole. ʻO kā kāna hoʻolālā e pepehi weliweli. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua ke hoʻoikaika ʻia i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kupanaha ʻaʻole ʻo ia e pono ai, akā ua hele mai nō naʻe. ʻAʻohe mea āu e hiki ke hāʻawi iā ia, ke ʻole ka hoʻohanohano, aloha a me ka mahalo.

No ka mea ʻaʻohe makemake ke Akua iā mākou, ua ala mai ka nīnau o kā mākou pono. Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau, ʻo mākou ka mea haʻahaʻa. ʻO ka waiwai o nā mea kanu e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana i ko mākou mau kino a puni CHF 140. Inā kūʻai mākou i ka ʻōpū o ka iwi, kā mākou DNA a me nā kino o ko mākou kino, hiki ke piʻi ke kumukūʻai i hoʻokahi miliona miliona francs. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia kumukūʻai me kā mākou kumu maoli. Ma nā mea hou i loko o Iesū, he waiwai nui mākou. ʻO Iesu ke kumu o kēia waiwai - ka waiwai o ke ola i pili i ke Akua. Ua kāhea ʻo Triune ke Akua iā mākou mai kahi ʻē aʻe a hiki iā mākou ke noho pū me ia i kahi pilina kūpono, hemolele a aloha hoʻi. ʻO kēia pilina ka hui ʻana a me kahi kaiāulu a mākou e kūʻokoʻa a hauʻoli ai i nā mea a pau a ke Akua e hāʻawi ai. A hoʻi, hāʻawi mākou iā ia me nā mea āpau a mākou.

Ua hōʻike ka poʻe manaʻo Karistiano i nā makahiki i ka nani o kēia pilina aloha ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Augustine, "Ua hana ʻoe iā mākou nou. ʻAʻole hoʻomaha ko mākou naʻau a kau i loko ou." Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻepekema Farani a me ke akeakamai ʻo Blaise Pascal: "I loko o ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia kanaka aia kahi hakahaka a ke Akua wale nō e hoʻopiha". Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CS Lewis, "ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka hauʻoli o ka ʻike ʻana i ke Akua e makemake e kūʻai aku iā ia no ka hauʻoli a pau o ka honua."

Ua hana ke Akua i na mea a pau (me kakou na kanaka) no ka mea, "he aloha ke Akua," e like me ka olelo a ka lunaolelo Ioane (1. Johannes 4,8). ʻO ke aloha o ke Akua ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kiʻekiʻe loa - ke kumu o nā mea i hana ʻia. He waiwai pau ʻole kona aloha, a ʻo kāna aloha hoʻōla a hoʻololi āna i hōʻike mai ai iā mākou ka mea i lilo i ko mākou waiwai maoli.

Mai poina ʻole kākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke aloha o ke Akua no kākou. Inā mākou i hōʻeha, hōʻeha a noʻonoʻo paha, e hoʻomanaʻo mākou e aloha ke Akua iā mākou a e lawe aku i nā ʻeha a pau e like me kāna papa. Ke kaumaha mākou, nalowale, a me ke kaumaha, pono e hoʻomanaʻo e aloha ke Akua iā mākou a hoʻokahi lā e holoi i nā waimaka a pau.

I ka wā ʻōpio o kaʻu mau keiki, ua nīnau lākou iaʻu no ke aha e aloha ai au iā lākou. ʻO kaʻu pane ʻaʻole lākou he mau keiki aloha a maikaʻi ke nānā aku (ʻo wai lākou a ʻoi aku lākou). ʻAʻole ia e pili iā lākou he haumāna maikaʻi loa (ʻoiaʻiʻo ia). Ma kahi o kaʻu pane i pane ai: "Aloha au iā ʻoe no ka mea he keiki ʻoe naʻu!" Hele ia i ka puʻuwai o ke aloha a ke Akua iā mākou: "No iā ia mākou a ʻo ia ka mea e waiwai ai mākou ma mua o kā mākou e noʻonoʻo ai." ʻAʻole pono mākou e poina i kēlā!

E ʻoliʻoli kākou i ko mākou waiwai maoli i ke aloha a ke Akua.

ʻO Joseph Tkach

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