Mudzimai weMazuva Ekupedzisira, Chikamu Chechipiri

Chidzidzo 3
tuka chirwere kuti chisave nesimba rekukanganisa muviri wangu,
vakandivimbisa kuti ndichaita zvakanaka. Vakandiropafadza kuti ndigove
nesimba rekunzwa kurwadziwa kwandaikwanisa kutakura.
“Panguva yandakanga ndakaiswa kwangu ndega, kwandaka rwadziwa
zvikuru, ndakadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro peMuponesi,
rudzikinuro, nerudo rwaIshe Jesu Kristu. Zvakaratidzika kwandiri kuti
ndakanga ndichidzidziswa nguva yose. Pakave nenguva imwechete
yandakanzwa ndisisakwanise kushivirira marwadzo, asi ipapo sekuru
Ray Moss nemwana wavo Raphel vakaisa maoko avo pamusoro
wangu vakandinamatira.
“Panguva iyoyi ndakange ndinekurwadziwa kunotyisa mumaziso
angu zvekufi ndakanga ndisingaone. Imwe nguva ndakapengenuka
kwenguva yakakwana kunzwa chiremba achitaurira . . . mukoti wake,
kuti ndakanga ndiine nguva imwechete kubva zviuru zvishanu yekuzomboona
zvakare—asi ndaiziva ndaichazoona. Pamusoro pezvo,
rutivi rwangu rwekurudyi rwakanga rwabatwa; ndakanga ndisingakwanise
kufambisa tsoka yangu, uye ruoko rwangu rwakanga rwarukutika.
Asi handina kumbokonona kuti ndichaita zvakanaka.
“Umwe usiku . . . izwi rakati kwandiri, kana uine rutendo kana
rushomo-shoma, unokwanisa kufambisa soka yako uye unokwanisa
kuona.’ Ndakanzwa kutukwa, nokuti ndaifunga kuti ndakanga ndato
ratidza rutendo rukuru. ...
“Ndakanamata kuna Ishe ndikaratidza rutendo. Ndikazoedza kupindutsa
musoro wangu. Kusvika panguva iyoyo ndakanga ndisinga
kwanise kuita izvozvo ndisinga dzimirwe, asi panguva iyi ndakakwanisa
kuupindutsa uye ndikakwanisa kuona kamutswi kechiedza pasi
pegonhi rangu.
“Ndakanzwawo kuti ndikaedza, ndaizokwanisa kufambisa gumbo
rangu....
“Rutendo chipo chaMwari, uye vakandipa rutendo rwakawanda kupinda
rwandakambova rarwo muupenyu hwangu. Ndakafambisa
gumbo rangu. Ndakarara ipapo usiku hwese ndichifara nekurumbidza
Ishe—handina kuda kutaurira chero munhu kusvikira mangwanani.
Ishe vakanga vavimbisa kuti ndichapora kuburikidza nerutendo nesimba
rehufundisi neminamato yeavo vaindida. Ndinorumbidza Ishe
nekundibvumira kuti ndive nerudzi rwechiitiko ichocho, nokuti chakandisimbisa”
(“Faith Is a Gift of God,” Remarkable Stories from the Lives of
Latter-day Saint Women, 2:1–3).
■ Ndechipi chipo chemweya chakatambirwa naSista Affleck? Rutendo
rwake rwaka kuridzira sei ropafadzo raakatambira?
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