"emini ngosuku olulandelayo, umyeni wami wabuyela ekhaya, waphonsa phansi iphephandaba elalisesandleni sakhe phambi kwami. wathi, ""buka! kuthi ephephandabeni bangaboshwa nokuboshwa uma nje kutholakala ukuthi abantu bakholwa kunkulunkulu usomandla. ijele aliyona nhlobo indawo ofuna ukuchitha noma yisiphi isikhathi kuyo. abantu abagcini nje ngokushaywa, kodwa inqwaba yabantu inqwabelaniswa ndawonye esitokisini esisodwa. uma umuntu eya endlini yokugezela phakathi nobusuku, akabe esaba nayo indawo yokulala lapho esebuya. uma uboshwa, ngeke ngibe nayo imali yokukukhipha ngebheyili. uma uboshwa futhi ugwetshwa iminyaka eminingana, kuyodingeka unikezele! “lapho ngilalela umyeni wami ekhuluma kabuhlungu, ngezwa inhliziyo yami ibuhlungu kakhulu. ngaphezu kwalokho, ngayizonda iccp enobudimoni. ukuba kwakungeyibo ababeqale indidane namahemuhemu, indluzula yabo, nokushushisa kwabo, umyeni wami wayezongeseka okholweni lwami kunkulunkulu. wayengeke angiphoqe njengalokhu ayenza ngaleso sikhathi. ngenxa yokweswela icebo elingcono, nganxusa kunkulunkulu nje enhliziyweni yami: ""nkulunkulu usomandla! ngiyazi ukuthi konke okusabalaliswa yiccp kungamanga nje nokunyundela, ukuthunaza nokuhlambalaza wena. iccp ingusathane uqobo lwakhe, isitha sakho. kodwa manje, ngibhekene nobuthakathaka enhliziyweni yami, futhi ngifisa sengathi unkulunkulu angangivikela, anginike ubuhlakani obengeziwe, angivumele ngikwazi ukubona ngale kobuqili namacebo kasathane kanye nokukwazi ukuma ngesibindi kunkulunkulu ngingasatshiswa amandla obumnyama beccp ...” ngemva kokuba sengithandazile, ngangingasenasifiso enhliziyweni yami sokulahla unkulunkulu, ngase ngicabanga ngezwi likankulunkulu usomandla: “uma inkosi ujesu kukhona ekwenzayo okufana nokubuyisa ulazaru ekufeni, injongo yayo kwabe kuwukunika ubufakazi kubantu nakusathane ukuze babone, futhi yenze abantu nosathane bazi ukuthi izinto zonke zesintu, ukuphila nokufa kwesintu kunqunywa ngunkulunkulu, nokuthi noma yayikade ithathe isimo senyama, njengokwemihla, ihlala ibusa izwe lenyama elibonakalayo kanye nezwe lakwamoya abantu abangeke balibone. lokhu kwabe kungokokubonisa abantu nosathane ukuthi izinto zonke zesintu azikho phansi kombuso kasathane. lokhu kwakungukwembulwa nokubonakaliswa kwegunya likankulunkulu, futhi kwakuyindlela kankulunkulu yokuthumela umyalezo kuzo zonke izinto ukuthi ukufa nokuphila kusezandleni zikankulunkulu. ukuvusa kwenkosi ujesu ulazaru—le ndlela yokwenza izinto kwakungenye yendlela yomdali yokufundisa nokuqondisa isintu. kwakuyisenzo esiqinile asebenzisa ngayo ikhono kanye negunya lakhe ukuqondisa isintu, kanye nokuhlinzeka abantu. kwakuyindlela ngaphandle kwamazwi ukuba umdali avumele isintu sibone iqiniso lakhe libusa ezintweni zonke. kwakuyindlela yakhe yokutshela isintu ngezenzo eziphathekayo, ukuthi ayikho insindiso ngaphandle kwakhe. lolu hlobo lo kuthula lusho ukuthi ukuqondisa kwakhe isintu kumi kuze kube phakade—akunakusuka, futhi kwaletha enhliziyweni yomuntu ukwethuka kanye nokukhanyiseleka okungayikuphela. ukuvuka kukalazaru kwakhazimulisa unkulunkulu—lokhu kunomthelela ojulile kubo bonke abangabalandeli bakankulunkulu. igxilisa wonke umuntu oqonda ngokujulile lesi sehlakako ukuqonda, umbono othi ngunkulunkulu kuphela ongayala ukuphila nokufa” (“umsebenzi kankulunkulu, isimo sikankulunkulu, nonkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe iii” kwethi izwi livela lisenyameni). leli qiniso likankulunkulu evumela ulazaru ukuba avuke kwabafileyo langikhuthaza kakhulu, futhi ngaphinde ngathola amandla enhliziyweni yami, ngavuka futhi ngingasenakuthamba: yebo! unkulunkulu ulawula zonke izinto endaweni yonke, futhi ukuphila nokufa kwabantu kusentendeni yesandla sikankulunkulu. akekho umuntu ongaba namandla phezu kwayo, futhi ukuthi ngiyaboshwa noma cha nakho kusezandleni zikankulunkulu. izwi likankulunkulu laphinde langivikela, futhi ukholo enhliziyweni yami kunkulunkulu lwaphinde lwanda. ukwesaba nokuthuthumela enhliziyweni yami nakho kwadanjiswa kakhulu.