Ngokwenkolo, ukugula yinto enhle kwaye iluncedo. Sonke simele simbulele uThixo ngenxa yokugula, kuba uyathumela kuthi, ukuthobisa intliziyo yethu elukhuni nokukukhokela kuThixo. Ngamanye amaxesha, xa izifo zethu zingenakukwazi ukusifundisa nantoni na (mhlawumbi, asikwazi ukufunda), uThixo uthumela ukugula nokukhathazeka kubantu abasondeleyo kuthi ukuze sitshintshe iingqondo zethu, sizilungise, size senze ukunyanga kwabo kuThixo. Khumbula, izifo nokufa kwabathandekayo akusoloko ziphoso, kodwa isiphumo sezono zakho.
Xa umntu osendlini yakho egula, qalisa unyango ngomthandazo wesigulane, uthenge i-icon egciniweyo kunye nekhandlela lempilo yetempileni. Kwaye kuphela, hamba ugqirha.
Saint Panteleimon uMphili
Ngaphambi kokuba ufunde umthandazo wentsapho yabathandekayo bakho, kufuneka ucele uThixo ukuba akuxolele ezonweni zakho, ukuthembisa ukuba uza kuguqula (kwaye uzame ukuphucula ngakumbi), cela uThixo ukuba acele uxolo kulabo owenzile, kwaye unqwenela ukuvuyela abo bakucaphukile,
ukuyeka ukuhamba nomsindo womsindo.
Umthandazo onamandla kakhulu kwimpilo ufundwa kwiSanta Panteleimon.I-St Panteleimon yayihlala ubomi obunzima kakhulu: waphilisa amakhulu kunye namawaka abantu, apho wahlawuliswa khona amaninzi, kwaye ekugqibeleni, waphathwa. Kodwa nangona emva kokufa, lo ngcwele akayeki ukuthandaza kuThixo ngenxa yokunyanga kwethu, kuba wonke umkholwa uyazi ukuba akusiyo iyeza, kungekhona umthandazo, kungekhona ongcwele, okhulula isifo, kodwa kuphela iNkosi uThixo.
Umthandazo olandelayo wama-Orthodox ngempilo kufuneka ufundwe phambi kwe-icon yesanta. Musa ukuphazanyisa iSt Panteleimon ngaphezu kwezinto ezinqabileyo, kwaye ungayisebenzisi "njengendlela yokukhusela." ISt. St.Panteleimon iqwalaselwa kuphela kwiimeko ezinzulu.
"Oo, umkhonzi omkhulu kaKristu, u-patristess kunye nogqirha, uninzi-onomusa iN Panteleimon!"
Ndiba nenceba kum, isigqila esinesono, ukuva ukucwina kwam nokukhala, nceda uhlambulule wasezulwini, udokotela ophakamileyo wemiphefumlo kunye nomzimba wethu, uKristu kaThixo wethu, undiphelise kwisifo esicindezelekileyo.
Awufanelanga umthandazo onobugqwetha womntu onesono. Ndwendwendwe ngokutyelela.
Ungaguquki kwizilonda zam, uzithambise ngeoli yenceba yakho, undiphilise; Ndingachitha yonke imihla yam, ngobabalo lukaThixo, ekuguqukeni nasekukholiseni uThixo, kwaye ndiya kuvuyela ukuqonda ukuphela komphefumlo wam.
Kuye, umkhonzi kaThixo! Ukuncenga kukaKrestu uThixo, inokuthi inikwe impilo yakho emzimbeni wam kunye nosindiso lomphefumlo wam. Amen. "
Imithandazo eya kwi-Saint Matrona
I-Holy Matrona ngumfazi waseRashiya ongeyena owayehlala kwingingqi yaseTula ukusuka ngo-1881 ukuya ku-1952. Igama lakhe loqobo nguMatrona Dmitrievna Nikonova. Ebomini waba ngumdala kwaye wancedisa bonke abo beza kuye becela uncedo, balahla izifo ezingokwenyama nangokwengqondo. Indoda endala yayininzi eyaziwayo "i-aphorisms". Omnye wabo waxwayisa abathandi bekhwele baze bagxeke abanye. UMoya oyiNgcwele uMatrona uthe kukho nantoni na, igusha ngalinye liya kumiswa ngomsila walo.
Emva kokufa kwakhe, indoda endala ibizwa ngokuba yiSanta Matrona, yaqala ukumbuza impilo kwimithandazo yakhe.
"Owu-myokazi uMatrono, umphefumlo ezulwini phambi kwetrone kaThixo,