Te whakautu o te Paipera

 Āe. He aroha tā te Atua ki āna pononga e māuiui ana. E kī ana te Paipera mō tētahi pononga whakapono: “Mā Ihowā ia e whakakaha, i a ia e whakaruhi ana i runga i te moenga.” (Ngā Waiata 41:3) Mehemea kei te noho koe me tētahi mate kino he hanga roa, ka āwhina i a koe ēnei huarahi e toru:

1.   Me īnoi kia whai kaha tonu koe. Ka taea e koe te whiwhi i “te mārie o te Atua, e kore nei e taea te whakaaro, e tiaki ō koutou ngākau, ō koutou hinengaro,” hei whakaiti i tō mānukanuka.​—Piripai 4:6, 7.

2.   Kia ngākau koa. E kī ana te Paipera: “He rongoā pai te ngākau koa; ki te marū ia te wairua, ka maroke ngā wheua.” (Ngā Whakataukī 17:22) Me whakatipu tō katakata i roto i to hātakēhi, nā te mea ka whakamārama pai ake i ngā rā pōuri, ā, ka painga tō hauora.

3.   Whakakaha tō tūmanako mō āmua. Mehemea he pai tō tūmanako, ka taea e koe te harikoa, ahakoa tō mate kino. (Rōma 12:12) E poropiti ana te Paipera, “kāhore hoki he kīanga ake a te tangata whenua, ‘He mate tōku.’” (Īhāia 33:24) I taua wā ka whakakorea e te Atua i ngā mate katoa, nā te kore e taea i te pūtaiao ō nāianei. Hei tauira, e kī ana te Paipera ka whakahokia koe ki tō tamarikitanga: “Ko tōna kiri ka ngāwari atu i tō te tamaiti; ka hoki iho ia ki ngā rā o tōna tamarikitanga.”​—Hopa 33:25.

 Kupu whakamārama: Ahakoa te whakawhirinaki ki te āwhina a te Atua, e rapu ana hoki i Ngā Kaiwhakaatu a Ihowā mai ngā rata mō ētahi mahinga hauora mō te mate kino. (Māka 2:17) Engari, kāhore mātou e tautoko i ētahi tikanga rongoā motuhake, mā ia tangata tonu e whakatau tōna ake huarahi hauora.