i ezingokomthetho umpristi sihlanganisa cuffs, eyenzelwe kokuqina imikhono surplice. babukeka njengezihlahla imikhono ayisesemikhulu. lesi sibaluli limelela izindophi ezazisezingalweni abangu kusahlangene ophethwe ujesu kristu lapho ujesu ebethelwa esiphambanweni. njengomthetho, ukukhokhiswa senziwa lendwangu efanayo njengoba surplice. babuye emelelwa iziphambano. noma--ke lokhu abantu abezwa ngakho, noma bethola ukuqonda ngesimo sikankulunkulu, lokhu anakho nayikho, lokhu abakuzuzayo kuba ukuphila okuvela kunkulunkulu. uma le mpilo isisebenzile kuwe, ukwesaba kwakho unkulunkulu kuyokhula njalo njalo, futhi ukuvuna lesi sivuno kuyazenzekela ngokwemvelo. uma ungafuni ukuqonda, noma ukwazi ngesimo sikankulunkulu noma ingqikithi yakhe, uma kungukuthi awufuni nokucabanga noma ugxile kulezi zinto, ngingakutshela ngesiqiniseko ukuthi indlela ofuna ngayo ukukholwa kunkulunkulu njengamanje ngeke ikuvumele ukuba ugculise intando yakhe noma uzuze indumiso yakhe. nangaphezu kwalokho, ngeke uze ukwazi ukufinyelela ensindisweni ngeqiniso—lena imiphumela yokugcina. uma abantu bengamqondi unkulunkulu futhi bengasazi isimo sakhe, izinhliziyo zabo azisoze zavuleleka kuye. uma bengaqonda unkulunkulu, bayoqala nokuqonda futhi bathokozele lokho okusenhliziyweni yakhe ngokulangazelela kanye nokukholwa. uma uqonda futhi ukuthokozela lokho okusenhliziyweni yakhe, inhliziyo yakho iyovuleleka kuye ngokuqhubeka, kancane kancane. ngesikhathi inhliziyo ivuleleka kuye, uyozizwela ukuthi ukuxoxa kwakho nonkulunkulu kuyihlazo futhi kuyadeleleka, izimfuno zakho kunkulunkulu, kanye nezifiso zakho ezivile. ngesikhathi inhliziyo yakho ivuleleka ngeqiniso kunkulunkulu, uzobona ukuthi inhliziyo yakho ifana nezwe elingenamkhawulo, futhi uzobe usungena endaweni ongakaze ungene kuyo ngaphambili. kule ndawo akukho ubuqili, ayikho inkohliso, abukho ubumnyama, kanye nobubi. kukhona kuphela ubuqotho kanye nokwethembeka; ukukhanya nokuqonda ngqo kuphela; ukulunga nomusa kuphela. igcwele uthando nokunakekela, igcwele uzwelo nokubekezelelana, futhi ngayo uyazizwela intokozo nenjabulo yokuphila. lezi zinto yilezo azozembula kuwe yena uma uvulela unkulunkulu inhliziyo yakho. leli zwe elingenamkhawulo ligcwele ukuhlakanipha kukankulunkulu, ligcwele amandla onke akhe; ligcwele uthando lwakhe kanye negunya lakhe. lapho ungabona zonke izingxenye zokuthi unkulunkulu unani futhi ungubani, yini emlethela injabulo, kungani ekhathazeka futhi kungani eba lusizi, kungani ethukuthela…. yilokhu okungabonwa yiwo wonke umuntu ovula inhliziyo yakhe bese evumela unkulunkulu ukuba angene. unkulunkulu angangena kuphela enhliziyweni yakho uma uyivulela yena. ungabona kuphela ukuthi unkulunkulu unani futhi ungubani, futhi ungabona kuphela intando yakhe ngawe, uma esengenile enhliziyweni yakho. ngaleso sikhathi, uyothola ukuthi yonke into ngonkulunkulu iyigugu, lokho anakho nayikho kufanele kube yigugu. uma uqhathanisa nalokho, abantu abakuzungezile, izinto nezigameko empilweni yakho, kanye nabathandiweyo bakho, umlingani wakho, kanye nezinye izinto ozithandayo, azifanele nokuphathwa. zincane kakhulu, futhi ziphansi kakhulu; uyozizwela ukuthi azikho nezinto eziphathekayo ezingakwazi ukukudonsa futhi. ekuthobekeni kukankulunkulu uyobona ubukhulu bakhe nobukhosi bakhe; nangaphezu kwalokho, entweni ayenzile, okholwa ukuthi incane impela, uyobona ukuhlakanipha kwakhe okungenamkhawulo kanye nokubekezelelana kwakhe, uyobona ukubekezela kwakhe, ukuzithiba kwakhe, kanye nokuqonda wena kwakhe. lokhu kuyodala uthando lwakhe kuwe. ngalolo suku, uzozizwela ukuthi isintu siphila ezweni elingcolile kakhulu, ukuthi abantu abangakuwe kanye nezinto ezenzeka empilweni yakho, kanye nalabo obathandayo, uthando lwabo kuwe, kanye nokuvikela--mbumbulu kwabo noma ukukhathalela kwabo wena akufanele nokuphathwa—unkulunkulu kuphela ongothandiweyo wakho, futhi unkulunkulu kuphela oyigugu kakhulu. ngesikhathi lufika lolo suku, ngiyakholwa kuyoba khona abantu abathi: uthando lukankulunkulu lukhulu, futhi ingqikithi yakhe ingcwele—kunkulunkulu ayikho inkohliso, abukho ububi, awukho umhobholo, futhi akukho ukuxabana, kodwa ukulunga neqiniso, futhi yonke into unkulunkulu anayo nayiyo kumele ilangazelelwe ngabantu. abantu kumele bakulwele futhi bakuphokophelele. iziphi izisekelo ezizokwenza ukuba isintu sikwazi ukufeza lesi sakhiwo? sakhiwe esisekelweni esiwukuqonda isimo sikankulunkulu, kanye nokuqonda ingqikithi kankulunkulu. ngakho ukuqonda isimo sikankulunkulu kanye nalokhu anakho nayikho, kuyisifundo sempilo yonke yawo wonke umuntu, futhi kuyinjongo yempilo yonke efunwa umuntu wonke olwela ukuguqula isimo sakhe, futhi olwela ukumazi unkulunkulu.