Ukufumana ithemba ngeKrisimesi
KwiNyakatho yeNtlabathi, iKrisimesi isondela kolona mfutshane nolona suku lumnyama enyakeni. Apho ndihlala khona, ubumnyama buyangena kwangoko kwixesha leKrisimesi kangangokuba lindothusa phantse minyaka le. Obu bumnyama bahluke mpela kwimibhiyozo eqaqambileyo eqaqambileyo esiyibonayo kwintengiso zeKrisimesi nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya esasazwa phantse nge-24/24 ngexesha le-Advent. Kungalula ukuba utsaleleke kulo mfanekiso weKrisimesi “yonke into ayakhazimla, akukho lusizi”, kodwa ukuba sinyanisekile, siyaqonda ukuba ayihambelani namava ethu. Uninzi lwethu, eli xesha leKrisimesi liza kuba lixesha lokuzibophelela, ukungqubana kwezolwalamano, iingxaki zerhafu, isizungu, okanye usizi ngenxa yokulahleka kunye nosizi.
Akuqhelekanga ukuba iintliziyo zethu ziziva zibuhlungu kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba kule mihla emnyama ye-Advent. Kwaye asifanelanga ukuba neentloni ngayo. Asiphili kwihlabathi elingenazintlungu nasemzabalazweni. Kwaye uThixo akasithembisi indlela ekhululekileyo kwinyani yelahleko nentlungu. Ke ukuba uyasokola kule Krismesi, yazi ukuba awuwedwa. Ewe ukudibana. Kwiintsuku ezingaphambi kokuza kukaYesu okokuqala, umdumisi wazifumana selekumhadi wobumnyama kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba. Asizazi iinkcukacha zentlungu yakhe okanye ukubandezeleka kwakhe, kodwa siyazi ukuba wayemthemba uThixo ngokwaneleyo ukuba angakhala kuye ekubandezelekeni kwakhe kwaye alindele ukuba uThixo awuva umthandazo wakhe aphendule.
Ndithembele kuYehova, uthembile umphefumlo wam;
ndikholose ngelizwi lakhe.
Ndithembele kuYehova
ngaphezu kwabalindi abalinde ukusa,
ngaphezu kwabalindi balinda ukusa ”(iNdumiso 130: 5-6).
Lo mfanekiso womgcini olinde intsasa uhlala undibetha. Umgcini unolwazi olupheleleyo kwaye ulungelelaniswe nobungozi bobusuku: isoyikiso sabahlaseli, izilwanyana zasendle kunye namasela. Umgcini unesizathu sokoyika, unxunguphalo kwaye uyedwa njengoko elinde ngaphandle ebusuku ebusuku kwaye yedwa. Kodwa phakathi koloyiko kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba, umgcini ukwazile ngokupheleleyo ngento ekhuselekileyo kunayo nayiphi na isoyikiso ebumnyameni: ulwazi lokuba ukukhanya kwasekuseni kuyakufika.
Ngexesha lokufika, sikhumbula ukuba kwakunjani ngezo ntsuku ngaphambi kokuba uYesu eze kusindisa umhlaba. Kwaye nangona namhlanje sisahleli kwihlabathi eliphawulwe sisono kunye nokubandezeleka, sinokufumana ithemba kulwazi lokuba iNkosi yethu kunye nentuthuzelo yethu ikunye nathi ekubandezelekeni kwethu (Mateyu 5: 4), okubandakanya nentlungu yethu (Mateyu 26: 38). ), owathi ekugqibeleni, woyisa isono nokufa (Yohane 16:33). Eli themba lenyaniso leKrisimesi ayilo themba libuthathaka elixhomekeke ekubengezeleni (okanye ukunqongophala kwalo) kwiimeko zethu ezikhoyo; Endaweni yoko, lithemba elisekwe kubunyani boMsindisi oweza kuhlala phakathi kwethu, wasihlawulela esonweni kwaye uyakubuya enze zonke izinto zibe ntsha.
Njengokuba kuphuma ilanga ntsasa nganye, sinokuqiniseka ukuba kwangexesha lobusuku obona bude, nobona bumnyama enyakeni- kwaye phakathi kwelona xesha linzima kumaxesha eKrisimesi- uEmmanuel, "uThixo unathi," ukufuphi. Ngale Krisimesi, ngamana ungafumana ithemba eliqinisekileyo lokuba "ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni kwaye ubumnyama abukoyisanga" (Yohane 1: 5).