Ke loaʻa nei ka manaʻolana ma Kalikimaka

I ka Hemisphere ʻĀkau, hāʻule ʻo Kalikimaka kokoke i ka lā pōkole loa a pouli hoʻi o ka makahiki. Ma hea wau e noho ai, kolo ka pōʻele i ka wā mua o ke kau Kalikimaka e kahaha ai iaʻu ma kahi o kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOkoʻa ʻokoʻa kēia pouli i nā hoʻolauleʻa olinolino a ʻōlinolino hoʻi a mākou e ʻike nei ma nā hoʻolaha Kalikimaka a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e hoʻolaha ʻia ma kahi o 24/24 i ka wā Advent. Hiki ke maʻalahi ke huki ʻia i kēia kiʻi “sparkle all, no sadness” o ke Kalikimaka, akā inā kūleʻa mākou, ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ia e resonate me kā mākou ʻike. No ka hapanui o mākou, e paʻakikī kēia wā Kalikimaka me nā hoʻohiki, nā hakakā pili, nā kaohi ʻauhau, ka mehameha, a me ke kaumaha no ka nalo ʻana a me ke kaumaha.

He mea maʻamau ʻole ia i ko mākou naʻau ke ʻike i ke ʻano kaumaha a me ke kaumaha i loko o kēia mau lā pouli o ka Advent. A ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohilahila iā mākou. ʻAʻole mākou e noho i kahi honua me ka ʻole o ka ʻeha a me ka hakakā. A ʻaʻole hoʻohiki mai ke Akua iā mākou i kahi ala me ka manuahi a me ka ʻeha. No laila inā ʻoe e hakakā nei i kēia Kalikimaka, e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoe hoʻokahi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia ʻoe i loko o kahi hui maikaʻi. I nā lā ma mua o ko Iesū hiki mua ʻana, ua loaʻa ka mea haku mele iā ia iho i loko o ka lua o ka pouli a me ke kaumaha. ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou nā kikoʻī o kona ʻeha a ʻehaʻeha paha, akā ʻike mākou ua hilinaʻi nui ʻo ia i ke Akua e kāhea iā ia i kona ʻehaʻeha a manaʻo i ke Akua e hoʻolohe i kāna pule a pane.

"Ke kakali nei au i ka Haku, ke kali nei koʻu ʻuhane holoʻokoʻa,
a ma kāna ʻōlelo ua kau wau i koʻu manaʻolana.
Kali au i ka Haku
ʻoi aku i ka poʻe kiaʻi no ke kakahiaka.
ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kali ʻana o nā kiaʻi i ke kakahiaka ”(Halelu 130: 5-6).
ʻO kēlā kiʻi o kahi kahu e kali nei no ke kakahiaka ua kau mau iaʻu. ʻIke piha a mālama pono kahi kahu i nā pōʻino o ka pō: ka hoʻoweliweli o nā mea komo hewa, nā holoholona hihiu a me nā ʻaihue. He kumu no ka makaʻu ke makaʻu, hopohopo a me ke kaʻawale ʻoiai ʻo ia e kali ana i waho i ka pō kiaʻi a me nā mea wale nō. Akā i waenakonu o ka makaʻu a me ke kaumaha ʻole, ʻike piha ke kahu no kekahi mea i ʻoi aku ka palekana ma mua o ka hoʻoweliweli o ka pouli: ka ʻike e hiki mai ka mālamalama o ke kakahiaka.

I ka wā Advent, hoʻomanaʻo mākou i ke ʻano o ia mau lā ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o Iesu e hoʻōla i ko ke ao nei. A ʻoiai ke noho nei mākou i kēia ao i kahakaha ʻia e ka hewa a me ka ʻeha, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ka manaolana i ka ʻike e pili pū ana ko mākou Haku a me kāna hōʻoluʻolu me mākou i loko o ko mākou ʻehaʻeha (Matiu 5: 4), e pili pū ana me ko mākou ʻeha (Matiu 26: 38 ), a ʻo wai, i ka hopena, ua lanakila i ka hewa a me ka make (John 16:33). ʻAʻole kēia manaʻolana Kalikimaka he manaʻolana palupalu e hilinaʻi ana i ka ʻōlinolino (a i ʻole nele ia mea) i ko mākou kūlana o kēia manawa; ma kahi o, he manaolana i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka maopopo o kahi Hoola i hele mai, i noho pū me mākou, i hoʻōla iā mākou mai ka lawehala a e hoʻi hou ana e hana hou i nā mea āpau.

E like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā i kēlā kakahiaka i kēia kakahiaka, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike ʻoiai i loko o nā pō pōuliuli loa a pouli hoʻi o ka makahiki - a i waena o nā manawa paʻakikī loa o ke kau Kalikimaka - ʻo Emmanuel, "ʻO ke Akua me mākou," kokoke. ʻO kēia Kalikimaka, e loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka manaʻolana i kaʻoiaʻiʻo "hoʻomālamalama ka mālamalama i ka pouli a ʻaʻole i lanakila ka pouli iā ia" (John 1: 5).