Ukuthola ithemba ngoKhisimusi
ENyakatho Nenkabazwe, uKhisimusi usondela osukwini olufushane nolumnyama kakhulu onyakeni. Lapho ngihlala khona, ubumnyama bungena busekuqaleni kwesikhathi sikaKhisimusi okungimangaza cishe njalo ngonyaka. Lobu bumnyama buhluke ngokuphelele emikhosini ekhanyayo negqamile esiyibona kwizikhangiso zikaKhisimusi namafilimu asakazwa cishe ngo-24/24 ngenkathi ye-Advent. Kungaba lula ukudonselwa kulesi sithombe sikaKhisimusi “sonke esikhazimulayo, esinosizi” kodwa uma sithembekile, siyabona ukuthi asihambisani nesipiliyoni sethu. Kwabaningi bethu, lesi sikhathi sikaKhisimusi sizoshuba ngokuzibophezela, izingxabano zobudlelwano, izingqinamba zentela, isizungu, noma usizi ngokulahlekelwa nosizi.
Akuyona into engavamile ukuthi izinhliziyo zethu zizwe ukudabuka nokuphelelwa yithemba phakathi nalezi zinsuku ezimnyama ze-Advent. Futhi akufanele sizizwe sinamahloni ngakho. Asihlali ezweni elingenabo ubuhlungu nomzabalazo. Futhi uNkulunkulu akasithembisi indlela engenakho iqiniso lokulahleka nobuhlungu. Ngakho-ke uma udonsa kanzima kulo Khisimusi, yazi ukuthi awuwedwa. Ngempela, uhamba kahle. Ezinsukwini ezandulela ukufika kukaJesu kokuqala, umhubi wazithola esemgodini wobumnyama nokuphelelwa yithemba. Asazi imininingwane yobuhlungu noma ukuhlupheka kwakhe, kodwa siyazi ukuthi wayethembele kuNkulunkulu ngokwanele ukuba akhale kuye ekuhluphekeni kwakhe futhi alindele ukuthi uNkulunkulu ezwe umthandazo wakhe futhi aphendule.
“Ngiyalindela iNkosi, umphefumulo wami wonke ulindile,
nasezwini lakhe ngibeka ithemba lami.
Ngilindele iNkosi
kunabalindi abalinda ukusa,
kunabalindi abalinda ukusa ”(Amahubo 130: 5-6).
Lowo mfanekiso womlindi olinde ukusa uhlale ungishaya. Umnakekeli wazi kahle futhi unamathele ezingozini zasebusuku: usongo lwabahlaseli, izilwane zasendle namasela. Unogada unesizathu sokwesaba, ukukhathazeka futhi abe yedwa njengoba elinde ngaphandle ebusuku bokuqapha futhi eyedwa. Kepha phakathi kokwesaba nokuphelelwa yithemba, umqaphi ubuye azi ngokugcwele okuthile okuphephe kakhulu kunanoma yiluphi usongo oluvela ebumnyameni: ulwazi lokuthi ukukhanya kwasekuseni kuzofika.
Ngesikhathi se-Advent, sikhumbula ukuthi kwakunjani ngalezo zinsuku ngaphambi kokuba uJesu eze ukusindisa umhlaba. Futhi noma namuhla sisaphila ezweni eligcwele isono nokuhlupheka, singathola ithemba ekwazini ukuthi iNkosi yethu nenduduzo yayo inathi ekuhluphekeni kwethu (Mathewu 5: 4), okubandakanya nobuhlungu bethu (uMathewu 26: 38) ), futhi ngubani ekugcineni owanqoba isono nokufa (Johane 16:33). Leli themba likaKhisimusi leqiniso akulona ithemba elintekenteke elincike ekukhanyeni (noma ekuntulekeni kwalo) ezimweni zethu zamanje; esikhundleni salokho, kuyithemba elisekwe ekuqinisekeni koMsindisi owafika, wahlala phakathi kwethu, wasihlenga esonweni futhi ozobuya futhi enze zonke izinto zibe zintsha.
Njengoba nje ilanga liphuma njalo ekuseni, singaqiniseka ukuthi ngisho nasebusuku obude kakhulu, nobumnyama kakhulu onyakeni - naphakathi kwezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu zezikhathi zikaKhisimusi - u-Emmanuel, "uNkulunkulu unathi," useduze. Lo Khisimusi, kwangathi ungathola ithemba ngokuqiniseka ukuthi "ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni futhi ubumnyama abukwamukelanga" (Johane 1: 5).