Kupeza chiyembekezo pa Khrisimasi

Kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi, Khrisimasi imakhala pafupi ndi tsiku lalifupi kwambiri komanso lakuda kwambiri mchaka. Kumene ndimakhala, mdima umalowa mkati mwa nyengo ya Khrisimasi yomwe imandidabwitsa pafupifupi chaka chilichonse. Mdima uwu ndi wosiyana kwambiri ndi zikondwerero zowala komanso zopatsa chidwi zomwe timawona muzotsatsa za Khrisimasi ndi makanema omwe amafalitsidwa pafupifupi 24/24 munthawi ya Advent. Kungakhale kosavuta kukopeka ndi chithunzi cha "Khrisimasi" chosangalatsa, chopanda chisoni, koma ngati tili achilungamo, timazindikira kuti sizikugwirizana ndi zomwe takumana nazo. Kwa ambiri a ife, nyengo ino ya Khrisimasi idzadzaza ndi kudzipereka, mikangano yamaubale, zoperewera pamisonkho, kusungulumwa, kapena chisoni chofedwa ndi chisoni.

Sizachilendo kuti mitima yathu imve chisoni komanso kukhumudwa m'masiku amdima a Advent. Ndipo sitiyenera kuchita manyazi nazo. Sitikukhala m'dziko lopanda zowawa ndi zovuta. Ndipo Mulungu satilonjeza ife njira yopanda zenizeni zakutayika ndi zowawa. Chifukwa chake ngati mukulimbana ndi Khrisimasi iyi, dziwani kuti simuli nokha. Zowonadi, simukuyanjana. M'masiku Yesu asanabwere koyamba, wamasalmoyo adapezeka ali mdzenje lamdima ndikukhumudwa. Sitikudziwa tsatanetsatane wa zowawa kapena zowawa zake, koma tikudziwa kuti adadalira Mulungu mokwanira kuti amufuulire m'masautso ake ndikuyembekeza kuti Mulungu amve pemphero lake ndikuyankha.

"Ndikuyembekezera Yehova, moyo wanga wonse uyembekezera,
ndipo m'mawu ake ndimayembekeza chiyembekezo changa.
Ndikuyembekezera Ambuye
kuposa alonda akudikira m'mawa,
koposa alonda akudikira mamawa ”(Masalmo 130: 5-6).
Chithunzi chomwecho cha woyang'anira yemwe amadikira m'mawa nthawi zonse chimandigunda. Woyang'anira amadziwa bwino komanso amakhala pachiwopsezo chausiku: kuopseza kwa adani, nyama zamtchire ndi akuba. Woyang'anira ali ndi chifukwa chochitira mantha, kuda nkhawa komanso kukhala yekha pamene akudikirira panja usiku wolondera komanso ali yekha. Koma mkati mwa mantha ndi kutaya mtima, wosamalira amadziwanso bwino china chake chotetezeka kwambiri kuposa chiwopsezo chilichonse chamdima: kudziwa kuti kuwunika kwa m'mawa kudzabwera.

Pa Advent, timakumbukira momwe zimakhalira masiku amenewo Yesu asanabwere kudzapulumutsa dziko lapansi. Ndipo ngakhale lero tikukhalabe m'dziko lodziwika ndi uchimo ndi mavuto, titha kukhala ndi chiyembekezo podziwa kuti Ambuye wathu ndi chitonthozo chake ali nafe m'masautso athu (Mateyu 5: 4), zomwe zimaphatikizaponso zowawa zathu (Mateyu 26: 38), ndipo pamapeto pake adagonjetsa tchimo ndi imfa (Yohane 16:33). Chiyembekezo choona cha Khrisimasi si chiyembekezo chofooka chomwe chimadalira kunyezimira (kapena kusowa kwake) munthawi yathu ino; M'malo mwake, ndi chiyembekezo chokhazikika pakutsimikizika kwa Mpulumutsi yemwe adabwera, adakhala pakati pathu, adatiwombola kuuchimo ndipo adzabweranso kudzapanga zonse zikhale zatsopano.

Monga momwe dzuwa limatulukira m'mawa uliwonse, titha kukhala otsimikiza kuti ngakhale nthawi yayitali kwambiri, usiku wakuda kwambiri mchaka - komanso mkati mwa nyengo zovuta kwambiri za Khrisimasi - Emmanuel, "Mulungu nafe," ali pafupi. Khrisimasi ino, khalani ndi chiyembekezo motsimikiza kuti "kuwalako kukuwala mumdima ndipo mdimawo sunakuzindikire" (Yohane 1: 5).