Times of Eswatini

‘My walk with God is intimate’

- By Vumile Mavimbela

a hristian is hard ebaustyrǫe­aItl’lsy hwahrodsta­oidbeitliw­evaes EING nwohne-nbeyloieuv­leivres.aItm’sodnigffia­cucrltotwo­dnotf ptoeofapll­leitnhtionstoefrehor­tiystpiaen­s soafnwdhit­a’st eeŒuvl seetnbihsl­eadnrodien­inrgt.wointhotwb­heatteemve­prteyodnto­e

artying and drining are btheecaeua­sseieits’ts tso esaysynto to psteaeyrst­prornegssa­guarien.st lBieust, lfiatltlil­negwinhtio­te bfoergteht­taingt-o sf iunls tahrate tseoemn a gney ta hhlrielsto­mianw-s stoelfvael­sl cinatou.g het uasmphayna­owurwienth­hgdo Œournheisy. n“amteendiys­a

madmœaimnuee. lI hharviseti­baneealnlm­ay ltaiilafye­uo.agIdnhwdft­eamasrbeyi­notpgrhanf­eariemnn-otsrd aogfe. od from a tender

By the time I was nine years old Itofublley ubnodrnera­stgoaoidn.wIh, tahteitrme­feoarnet, pthreopAep­rrliyl gͶa, vͳeͻͻmͻy. lirfeomto thhartisti­tmone I began waling with od and tehniŒnogyiantgm­eyvderisyp­ohsarli.stian based more of the sensual passions of

Bthis life. I can say that this period in my life let me move away from I roedd.eBduitcabt­yed emcyemlifb­eetroʹͶh, rʹiͲstͲ.Ͷ, vInanmgeyl­ismt iindh-itgehesncs­hoIowl, taeslliann­g evenrysota­nreteadbao­ufetllJoew­sushsiapna­dt twhe ehvigehn stochdoayo.l theabteisg­asntitllhr­eumnninini­sgtry inByʹtͲhͲe­ͷt.ime I went to university I felt called to being an apcohsatlr­ei.sImwaatsic­pcahrtuorc­f ha thmautcbhe­inlitehvee­pdowsoemr ionfisctar­my panuds training young pasI,tothres.refore, served. But tthheisluw­stosrlodf and deceitfuln­ess olefdrmice­hetos bhyepioncr­gitea. Iapwosatsl­eain paubmliacŒbourt psrinivnae­ter.iInt twhast sIoebnadde­d up dropcpoill­negeo. ut of ofAdfetper­eysseiaorn­s, I later returned to university, but this time it was a farneedwpr­ienttsytiw­tueltlitoh­ner. eI thatfeisla­lsontwidll­sfwhuinepc­etihsotena­ribenlgins­thoʹdeͲadͳ­y͸.a rom then on until now I can sinatyimth­aatet manydwI alm weniŒtohyinogde­ivsesroy mdoomaeŒnotroefšipt laonitdsIf­oarmJerseu­asdyastoI fellowship with im all the days of“mhyelifeo. rd of od maes it clear tfohlalot walitnhgou­Jegshusit, wmeaycabne­fdinifdfir­ceuslt in im alone

(Matthew 11: 28).”

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 ?? (Courtesy pic) ?? Tatenda Madzime says he properly gave his life to Christ on the April 4, 1999 and from that time he began walking with God.
(Courtesy pic) Tatenda Madzime says he properly gave his life to Christ on the April 4, 1999 and from that time he began walking with God.

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