{"id":3117781,"date":"2007-08-01T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/credo\/"},"modified":"2007-08-01T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T04:00:29","slug":"credo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/credo\/","title":{"rendered":"Credo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ninaamini kuwa kuna ukweli wa mwisho ambao hufanya kuwepo iwezekanavyo na kudumisha uumbaji daima. Katika kiwango cha mwanadamu, tunahisi ukweli huu kama mtakatifu na tunauona kama upendo. <\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini ukweli wa mwisho ni kuthamini maisha yetu, ambayo ni kwa upendo tunaojua kama bahari ni tone la maji.<\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kwamba ingawa Upendo huu wa Cosmic ni mkubwa sana haujulikani na hauwezi kueleweka kwetu, lakini unaweza kupatikana kwa viumbe vyote, kwa kila sehemu kulingana na asili yake.<\/p>\n<p>Wanadamu hupitia uelewa wao wa uhalisi wa hali ya juu katika aina nyingi, ambazo kila moja ni takatifu kikweli, ilhali kila mojawapo ni kiwakilishi cha sehemu tu au sitiari kwa Kizima kisichojulikana ambacho watu wamekipa majina kama vile Allah, Yahweh, Mungu, Vishnu, au Tao.<\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kwamba Upendo huu wa Ulimwengu unaweza kuonyeshwa kama Uwepo, ambao ninauita Mungu.<\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kuna watu binafsi ambao wameshikamana hasa na Uwepo wa Kiungu, na kwamba Yesu alikuwa mmoja wao. Ninaamini kwamba watu wengine wengi wana uzoefu wa moja kwa moja na wa kibinafsi wa uwepo wa Mungu. Lakini pia ninaamini uzoefu huu hauhitajiki kwa ajili ya kuungana na Mungu katika uumbaji. Hakuna masharti ya kuwa muumba mwenza na Mungu.   <\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kile tunachohisi kama kitakatifu kimejikita katika nyanja zote za uumbaji, na tunaweza kujiunga katika mtiririko mkubwa wa upendo wa ubunifu kwa kutafuta utakatifu na kuitikia.<\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kuna kifungo kisichoweza kufutwa kati ya upendo na uhuru. Kwa hiyo, tuko huru ama kuungana na Mungu katika mtiririko mkubwa wa upendo katika maisha yote au kwenda kinyume na mtiririko huo\u2014kuungana na Mungu katika upatano wa uumbaji, kuuzuia, au kusimama kando bila kujali. Kwa vile hakuna mahitaji ya kujitolea, ninaamini kwamba tunapewa fursa za kujiunga katika mtiririko huo, ili kushiriki katika maelewano makubwa.  <\/p>\n<p>Katika upatanisho huu mkuu nimeunganishwa na uumbaji wote, kwa hiyo ninapofurahi, uumbaji husikika kwa furaha, na ninapohuzunika, uumbaji hupiga mwangwi kwa huzuni. Haijalishi sehemu yangu ni ndogo kiasi gani, inanipasa kuongeza furaha katika ulimwengu na kujaribu kupunguza huzuni. <\/p>\n<p>Ninaamini kwamba Uungu hushiriki maisha yangu kadiri ninavyomwalika Mungu kufanya hivyo. Nimeona heshima kubwa kwangu kama sehemu ya pekee ya uumbaji\u2014heshima ambayo Julian wa fumbo wa karne ya 14 wa Norwich pia alitambua alipomwita Yesu \u201cBwana wake Mwenye Adabu.\u201d \u201cMimi hapa,\u201d Yesu alisema. &#8221;Nasimama mlangoni nabisha. Mtu akiisikia sauti yangu na kuufungua mlango, nitaingia na kula pamoja nao, na wao pamoja nami&#8221; (Ufu. 3:20).  <\/p>\n<p>Lakini sijajisikia kuitwa kujitoa kwa Mungu. Badala yake, ninashawishika kwamba Mungu amejitolea kwangu, na ninajikuta nikishukuru sana kwa ukweli huo na kwa upendo mkubwa, heshima, akili, na uelewa ambao ninahisi unanitegemeza mimi na yote yaliyo. Kama ilivyokuwa kwa Mtume Paulo alipozungumza na Waathene, naamini upendo wa Mungu hauko mbali na kila mmoja wetu, kwa kuwa ni upendo ambao tunaishi na kusonga na kuwa na uhai wetu (Matendo 17: 27-28).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninaamini kuwa kuna ukweli wa mwisho ambao hufanya kuwepo iwezekanavyo na kudumisha uumbaji daima. 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