Umlingo KaKhisimusiIsampula
"Thula... Ngenxa Yomsindo"
Ngiyawuthanda umculo kaKhisimusi. Ngingumfana osekulungele ukuqala ukulalela ama-albhamu zikaKhisimusi ngokuphindaphinda lapho ucwezu lukaphaya seluphelile. Ngizothatha noma iyiphi i-albhamu kaKhisimusi onayo! Ingabe u-Elvis? Umariah Carey? ama-Beach Boys? U-Justine bieber? Vele uchofoze okuthi “Dlala.”
Enye yezingoma engizikhonzile ngaso sonke isikhathi ithi “Silent Night.” Kuyisikhumbuzo esicacile sesigameko sokuzalwa koMsindisi wethu. Kusikhumbuza futhi ngomthelela wokufika kwakhe kuyo yonke indalo kuze kube phakade. Ihubo lezindaba ezinhle kowo wonke umuntu!
Ukuzalwa kukaKristu kwaba ukuntwela komusa ekugcineni okunamandla okuhlenga ngamunye wethu. "Ubusuku obuthule, ubusuku obungcwele, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu, ukukhanya okumsulwa kothando. Imisebe ekhazimulayo evela ebusweni baKho obungcwele. Ngokusa komusa okhululayo. Jesu, Nkosi, ekuzalweni Kwakho ...."
Lokhu kuwumlolozelo. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi sonke “singalala ngokuthula emazulwini” ngoba uMsindisi wethu usefikile. Kodwa ningadideki, bangane bami. Ngalobo busuku abuzange buthule! Okokuqala nje, kwakukhona umntwana osanda kuzalwa owayekhona. Sonke siyazi ukuthi lokho akusikho ukuthula. Kodwa okwezakala kakhulu kunomntwana owayekhala kwakuyibutho lasezulwini elabonisa ukumemeza lidumisa iNkosi esanda kuzalwa.
Ungakubona ngeso lengqondo leso simo? Ngiyabheja ukuthi bekuwukuhlanya! Impela bekunomsindo. Ngenkathi uMsindisi Womhlaba ebonakala endaweni, kwase kuyisikhathi sephathi yezulu nomhlaba. Akukaze kube nezindaba ezingcono kubantu kunokuzalwa kukaJesu.
Phakathi nale nyanga ka-December, sinethuba lokuzindla ngobukhulu balolo suku eBhetlehema. Kwakuwusuku lokubungaza okukhulu nokudumisa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, siyakwazi ukuphumula ngokuthula nangokuzotha namuhla ngoba uMsindisi wethu ufikile. Uyabona-ke sesikwazi nje ukuba nokuthula nokuzotha ngenxa yomsindo.
uStuart Makinson
Amaqembu Abashadile
Ngiyawuthanda umculo kaKhisimusi. Ngingumfana osekulungele ukuqala ukulalela ama-albhamu zikaKhisimusi ngokuphindaphinda lapho ucwezu lukaphaya seluphelile. Ngizothatha noma iyiphi i-albhamu kaKhisimusi onayo! Ingabe u-Elvis? Umariah Carey? ama-Beach Boys? U-Justine bieber? Vele uchofoze okuthi “Dlala.”
Enye yezingoma engizikhonzile ngaso sonke isikhathi ithi “Silent Night.” Kuyisikhumbuzo esicacile sesigameko sokuzalwa koMsindisi wethu. Kusikhumbuza futhi ngomthelela wokufika kwakhe kuyo yonke indalo kuze kube phakade. Ihubo lezindaba ezinhle kowo wonke umuntu!
Ukuzalwa kukaKristu kwaba ukuntwela komusa ekugcineni okunamandla okuhlenga ngamunye wethu. "Ubusuku obuthule, ubusuku obungcwele, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu, ukukhanya okumsulwa kothando. Imisebe ekhazimulayo evela ebusweni baKho obungcwele. Ngokusa komusa okhululayo. Jesu, Nkosi, ekuzalweni Kwakho ...."
Lokhu kuwumlolozelo. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi sonke “singalala ngokuthula emazulwini” ngoba uMsindisi wethu usefikile. Kodwa ningadideki, bangane bami. Ngalobo busuku abuzange buthule! Okokuqala nje, kwakukhona umntwana osanda kuzalwa owayekhona. Sonke siyazi ukuthi lokho akusikho ukuthula. Kodwa okwezakala kakhulu kunomntwana owayekhala kwakuyibutho lasezulwini elabonisa ukumemeza lidumisa iNkosi esanda kuzalwa.
Ungakubona ngeso lengqondo leso simo? Ngiyabheja ukuthi bekuwukuhlanya! Impela bekunomsindo. Ngenkathi uMsindisi Womhlaba ebonakala endaweni, kwase kuyisikhathi sephathi yezulu nomhlaba. Akukaze kube nezindaba ezingcono kubantu kunokuzalwa kukaJesu.
Phakathi nale nyanga ka-December, sinethuba lokuzindla ngobukhulu balolo suku eBhetlehema. Kwakuwusuku lokubungaza okukhulu nokudumisa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, siyakwazi ukuphumula ngokuthula nangokuzotha namuhla ngoba uMsindisi wethu ufikile. Uyabona-ke sesikwazi nje ukuba nokuthula nokuzotha ngenxa yomsindo.
uStuart Makinson
Amaqembu Abashadile
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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