Thola i AppUmlingo KaKhisimusiIsampula
“Ithuba Lokuphila Konke”
“Mina ngize ukuba babe nokuphila, babe nakho kuchichime.”— Johane 10:10
Nginesivumo. Ngingomunye walabo bantu abayinqaba abangakwazi ukwanela ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, noma ngabe yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka. Sonke sinezindlela zokubhekana nesimo. Abanye abantu bayathenga. Abanye abantu badla amaswidi. Ngilalela umculo kaKhisimusi.
Kukhona okuthile ngoKhisimusi okuletha ukumamatheka ebusweni bami. Ngakho, ngokwemvelo, lapho uKhisimusi ufika, ngifuna ukuwusebenzisa ngokugcwele. Kunjengokungathi ngithuthukisa i-FOMO kaKhisimusi (ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa). Ngifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ngiyijabulela ngokugcwele isizini, ngakho-ke izinsuku zami zika-December zigcwele ukuvakasha kuka-Santa, amathikithi e-Nutcracker, uhambo lwesihlahla sikaKhisimusi, imiqhudelwano yendlu yesinkwa se-gingerbread, imibukiso yokukhanya kweholide, amakhonsathi omculo we-caroling, yonke ifilimu kaKhisimusi eyaziwa ngumuntu, futhi maningi amaphathi kaKhisimuzi ukuwabala. Akumangalisi ukuthi ngesikhathi uJanuwari eqala, ngisuke ngilungele ukulala isikhathi eside.
Mhlawumbe nawe ungazizwa ngaleyo ndlela. Nakuba kungekho okubi kulezi zinto, kulula kimi ukuba ngilahlekelwe umbono wenjabulo uNkulunkulu azama ukungibonisa yona maphakathi nale sizini. Phakathi kokubamatasatasa, ngikhunjuzwa ukuba ngibe khona, ngiqalaze, futhi ngibone ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasebenza.
Yisikhathi sokugubha lokho uNkulunkulu akwenzile empilweni yami, ukuzindla ngonyaka odlule, futhi ngibuke uNkulunkulu ezintweni ezincane ezingizungezile. Lapho ngikwazi ukubuka usuku ngalunye ngeso lokholo, ithemba, kanye nethuba, uNkulunkulu uyazibonakalisa futhi angisebenzise ngezindlela engingasoze ngacabanga.
Njengoba ngimatasa ngamaphathini ngamaphathini, ngiyaqaphela ukuthi nginethuba lokukhuthaza abanye, ukuletha uhleko kulabo ababhekene nezikhathi ezinzima, nokuba nesandla esivulekile kulabo engingakaze ngihlangane nabo. Lo mqondo owodwa uyiguqule yonke indlela yokubuka isikhathi kaKhisimusi. Kuyamangaza ukuthi ngiyambona kakhulu uNkulunkulu lapho empeleni ngithatha isikhathi sokumfuna esebenza empilweni yami. Esikhundleni sohlu lwezinsuku ekhalendeni lami, esikhundleni salokho ngiyabona ukuthi mangaki amathuba enginawo okwazi uNkulunkulu ngokwengeziwe futhi ngizwe injabulo ahlose ukuba ngibe nayo unyaka wonke. Ukuphi uNkulunkulu nokusebenza empilweni yakho? Imaphi amathuba akunika wona namuhla?
uLeah Selby
Inethiwekhi Yokunakekela
“Mina ngize ukuba babe nokuphila, babe nakho kuchichime.”— Johane 10:10
Nginesivumo. Ngingomunye walabo bantu abayinqaba abangakwazi ukwanela ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, noma ngabe yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka. Sonke sinezindlela zokubhekana nesimo. Abanye abantu bayathenga. Abanye abantu badla amaswidi. Ngilalela umculo kaKhisimusi.
Kukhona okuthile ngoKhisimusi okuletha ukumamatheka ebusweni bami. Ngakho, ngokwemvelo, lapho uKhisimusi ufika, ngifuna ukuwusebenzisa ngokugcwele. Kunjengokungathi ngithuthukisa i-FOMO kaKhisimusi (ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa). Ngifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ngiyijabulela ngokugcwele isizini, ngakho-ke izinsuku zami zika-December zigcwele ukuvakasha kuka-Santa, amathikithi e-Nutcracker, uhambo lwesihlahla sikaKhisimusi, imiqhudelwano yendlu yesinkwa se-gingerbread, imibukiso yokukhanya kweholide, amakhonsathi omculo we-caroling, yonke ifilimu kaKhisimusi eyaziwa ngumuntu, futhi maningi amaphathi kaKhisimuzi ukuwabala. Akumangalisi ukuthi ngesikhathi uJanuwari eqala, ngisuke ngilungele ukulala isikhathi eside.
Mhlawumbe nawe ungazizwa ngaleyo ndlela. Nakuba kungekho okubi kulezi zinto, kulula kimi ukuba ngilahlekelwe umbono wenjabulo uNkulunkulu azama ukungibonisa yona maphakathi nale sizini. Phakathi kokubamatasatasa, ngikhunjuzwa ukuba ngibe khona, ngiqalaze, futhi ngibone ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasebenza.
Yisikhathi sokugubha lokho uNkulunkulu akwenzile empilweni yami, ukuzindla ngonyaka odlule, futhi ngibuke uNkulunkulu ezintweni ezincane ezingizungezile. Lapho ngikwazi ukubuka usuku ngalunye ngeso lokholo, ithemba, kanye nethuba, uNkulunkulu uyazibonakalisa futhi angisebenzise ngezindlela engingasoze ngacabanga.
Njengoba ngimatasa ngamaphathini ngamaphathini, ngiyaqaphela ukuthi nginethuba lokukhuthaza abanye, ukuletha uhleko kulabo ababhekene nezikhathi ezinzima, nokuba nesandla esivulekile kulabo engingakaze ngihlangane nabo. Lo mqondo owodwa uyiguqule yonke indlela yokubuka isikhathi kaKhisimusi. Kuyamangaza ukuthi ngiyambona kakhulu uNkulunkulu lapho empeleni ngithatha isikhathi sokumfuna esebenza empilweni yami. Esikhundleni sohlu lwezinsuku ekhalendeni lami, esikhundleni salokho ngiyabona ukuthi mangaki amathuba enginawo okwazi uNkulunkulu ngokwengeziwe futhi ngizwe injabulo ahlose ukuba ngibe nayo unyaka wonke. Ukuphi uNkulunkulu nokusebenza empilweni yakho? Imaphi amathuba akunika wona namuhla?
uLeah Selby
Inethiwekhi Yokunakekela
UmBhalo
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Kwabanye, uKhisimusi uyisikhathi senjabulo nokugubha. Kwabanye, kuyisikhumbuzo esibuhlungu salokho okulahlekile. Akukhathalekile ukuthi uhlangabezana nani kulesi sikhathi samaholide, uKhisimusi uyithuba lokugxila emthonjeni wethemba lethu. Sikumema ukuthi ujoyine abasebenzi baseNorth Point ezinsukwini ezingu-25 ezizayo njengoba sihlangana ukuze sijabulele umlingo kaKhisimusi. Joyina ingxoxo usebenzisa i-#NPDevo.
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Sithanda ukubonga abasebenzi baseNorth Point Community Church kanye neNorth Point Ministries, Inc ngokusihlinzeka ngokuqukethwe kulolu hlelo. Ngemininingwane eminingi, sicela uvakashele: northpoint.org
