{"id":3119435,"date":"2014-06-01T05:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T09:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/umoja-wa-mateso-marafiki-na-mungu\/"},"modified":"2014-06-01T05:02:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T09:02:13","slug":"umoja-wa-mateso-marafiki-na-mungu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/umoja-wa-mateso-marafiki-na-mungu\/","title":{"rendered":"Umoja wa Mateso (Marafiki na Mungu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c2 c0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3016009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stones.jpg\" alt=\"mawe\" width=\"779\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stones.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stones-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/tag\/marafiki-na-mungu\/\">&#8221;Marafiki na Mungu&#8221; ni tafakari za kibinafsi kutoka kwa uteuzi wa Marafiki juu ya jinsi wanavyomfafanua Mungu.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> s miale ya umeme inaanza kugawanya hewa ya usiku, nagundua kuwa nimesimama katikati ya uwanja wa nyasi. Nikiwa nimezungukwa na giza jeusi kama makaa ya mawe, ninaweza tu kutambua ukingo wa kuni wakati wa miale ya mwanga. Msitu mnene ni mahali panapowezekana pa kukimbilia ikilinganishwa na nyika iliyo wazi, lakini mimi hukaa sawa, nikiendelea kupiga kelele kwa uchungu mbinguni, kwa Mungu, na ulimwengu. Moyo wangu umepasuka sana sijali hatari inayonifanya niruke kila mshtuko wa umeme unapoachiliwa. Ninathubutu Mungu anitoe, aniingize ndani, na kuniacha kwenye njia zangu. Ninakaribisha kukomeshwa kwa maumivu ya kiakili na yaliyomo ambayo yanatishia kunitenganisha.     <\/p>\n<p>Makofi ya radi ndio jibu pekee ninalosikia. Hasira yangu inaongezeka, na ninalaani kwa hasira ya kukata tamaa katika mwelekeo wa boom. Baada ya kupoteza mengi katika mwaka uliopita ambayo yalinifafanulia\u2014nyumba yangu, kazi yangu, uhusiano wangu, utambulisho wangu\u2014niligundua leo kwamba mshirika wangu mpendwa wa mbwa ana saratani na wiki chache tu za kuishi. Je, Mungu, Mpendwa, angewezaje kuruhusu hili litokee? Je, Mungu hangewezaje kuona udhaifu wangu, au kuelewa hitaji langu la upendo usio na utata, au kujibu maombi yangu ya uhifadhi kwa ajili ya viumbe vyote?    <\/p>\n<p>Kwa nini? Kwa nini sasa? Kwa nini hata kidogo? Mbwa wangu amekuwa nguzo yangu, rafiki yangu mkubwa, msiri wangu, na mwalimu wangu. Tumekuwa na miaka 13 pamoja kuanzia siku ambayo alionekana kwa kushangaza kwenye ukumbi wangu wa nyuma akiwa na wiki sita tu. Ameniona kupitia chaguzi zote zenye kusumbua, kuachilia. . . kwa njia ya kuokota vipande na kusonga mbele. Huzuni yangu juu ya hasara hii mpya inayokuja ni kubwa sana hivi kwamba nina shaka nina akiba ya kuishi nayo. Ninaanguka chini huku nikilia, siwezi kujali ikiwa nitaishi au kufa. Naomba Mungu anifungue kutoka kwa huzuni yangu.       <\/p>\n<p>Mawingu yanafunguka na mvua ya joto huanza kumwagika kwa matone makubwa na mazito hivi kwamba yanajipenyeza kwenye udongo wa mchanga. Nguo zangu zinalowa. Ninafumba macho huku maji yakiniosha kwenye shuka. Kimiminiko cha maji kinapenya hasira yangu, maumivu yangu, mateso yangu, na kulegeza ugumu wao. Mkazo wangu unaanza kupungua, na ninajua kwamba dunia inanikumbatia kwa karibu, ikitegemeza mwili wangu wenye mkazo. Maumbile yananifariji, yakinisafisha kwa uchungu, woga na hasara yangu, huku akinifunika mikono yake yenye mchanga na yenye nyasi. Baada ya muda, ninaanza kuhisi uwepo wa Mpendwa kila mahali. Ninaanza kukumbuka: Mungu amekuwa hapa wakati wote, akinishikilia kwa karibu kama mtoto anayependwa, nikiteseka na mateso yangu, na akinipa huruma kupitia asili ya ardhi na maji.       <\/p>\n<p>Kuzama ndani ya nafasi hii takatifu\u2014eneo hili la ardhi\u2014ninaruhusu kifo kinachokuja cha mwenzangu wa moyo kujiandikisha kikamilifu. Ninafungua kwa uchungu wa ajabu na kutoa ruhusa ya mvua kuoga na kutuliza huzuni yangu. Ninampoteza mpendwa wangu wa thamani, kama wengi walionitangulia wamepitia, na wengi baada yangu watafanya hivyo. Nikiwa nimeonyeshwa umoja wa mateso, ninahisi huzuni chungu ambayo inaweza tu kutoka kwa hifadhi kubwa kama hiyo ya upendo. Kufiwa ni sehemu ya hali ya mwanadamu, na hii inaniunganisha kwa wale wote wanaopitia huzuni ya kupenya. Nikiwa na msingi imara, ninasema maombi kwa ajili yetu sote, ufufue mwili wangu, na kuelekea nyumbani kuwa pamoja na yule ninayemwabudu katika siku zake za mwisho.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kutoka kwa &#8221;Marafiki na Mungu,&#8221; tafakari za kibinafsi kutoka kwa uteuzi wa Marafiki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9825,9919],"tags":[12978],"fpb_issue_category":[10179],"class_list":["post-3119435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haijaangaziwa","category-tafakari","tag-marafiki-na-mungu","fpb_issue_category-juni-julai-2014-dhana-za-mungu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Umoja wa Mateso (Marafiki na Mungu) - Friends 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