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Isingeniso

ngoMongameli we-OneHope u-Rob Hoskins

Izigidi ezingenakubalwa zamaKristu emhlabeni jikelele zizobe zigubha uKhisimusi kulo nyaka — njengoba nje wena nomndeni wakho nilungiselela ukwenza. 

Abaningi bazohlonipha lolu suku olukhethekile ngamanye amasiko akho owathandayo — njengokucula kanye nezinkonzo zesonto ezikhanyiswe ngamakhandlela. Abanye bazophawula ukuzalwa koMsindisi ngezindlela ezihlukile zesiko labo - ukudla ukudla okubabayo, ukugubha usuku olungewona uDisemba 25, noma ngisho nokubhukha eKentucky Fried Chicken!

Njengoba ufunda le nkonzo ethokozisayo, uzoba nethuba lokuhlanganyela futhi ugubhe nabafowenu nodadewenu abavela emazweni akude futhi ufunde emibonweni namasiko abo ahlukile futhi anamandla.

Elinye isiko elinjalo i-Advent — umgubho ongokomfanekiso omuhle oholela osukwini lukaKhisimusi, kanye nengxenye enkulu yemikhosi kaKhisimusi emazweni amaningi. 

Okuvame ukukhunjulwa ngokukhanyisa ikhandlela elilodwa ngeSonto ngalinye amasonto amane, i-Advent ikhombisa kalula uKristu ngokuthi "Ukukhanya Kwezwe." Ikhandlela ngalinye lifanekisela iminyaka eyinkulungwane - ebonisa iminyaka engu-4,000 umhlaba ulinde uMesiya wakhe - futhi linencazelo ekhethekile. 

• Isonto 1 - Ithemba. Kuleli Sonto, “Ikhandlela Lomprofethi” elinsomi lisikhumbuza ukuthi uJesu uyeza. 
• Iviki 2 — Uthando. Kuleli Sonto, “Ikhandlela laseBhetlehema” elinsomi lisikhumbuza ngohambo lukaMariya noJosefa oluya eBhetlehema.
• Iviki 3 - Injabulo. Kuleli Sonto, “Ikhandlela LikaMalusi” elibomvana lisikhumbuza ngenjabulo umhlaba owaba nayo ngokuzalwa koMsindisi.
• Isonto lesi-4 - Ukuthula. Kuleli Sonto, “Ikhandlela Lengelosi” elinsomi lisikhumbuza lokho izingelosi ezikuthembisile kuLuka 2:14—ukuthula emhlabeni.

Ngalesi sakhiwo se-Advent, ngikholwa ukuthi ukholo lwakho luzokhuthazeka kakhulu njengoba ufunda le miyalezo efika ngesikhathi nefanelekile ethi Ithemba, Uthando, Injabulo, Nokuthula.

Ukuzinikela ngakunye - okubhalwe uzakwethu wenkonzo ye-OneHope okhonza kwenye ingxenye yomhlaba - kuzohlinzeka ngomBhalo kanye nemininingwane ongazindla ngakho futhi kuzokusiza wena nomndeni wakho ukugubha ukuza kukaKristu ngendlela entsha. 

Ukwengeza, uzothola iziyalezo ezithile zomkhuleko - wena nomndeni wakho, kanye nenkonzo yethu yomhlaba wonke yokufinyelela izingane kanye nentsha ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu eliguqula impilo - kanye namaqiniso ajabulisayo mayelana namasiko akhethekile kaKhisimusi avela amanye amasiko. 

Ngiyabonga ngokugubha i-Advent - nokuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu - kanye nami namakholwa emhlabeni jikelele! Ngiyabonga. 

UNkulunkulu akubusise wena nomndeni wakho kulesi sikhathi sikaKhisimusi. Kwangathi lingagcwaliswa ngethemba, uthando, injabulo nokuthula okulethwa uKristu yedwa.

Ithemba

Ukukhanya Okucwayizayo

ngu-Hisho Uga, Umqondisi Wesifunda Se-Peninsular Asia nase-Japan

“Ngokuba sisindisiwe ngalelithemba; Kodwa ithemba elibonwayo alilona ithemba nhlobo. Obani abathemba lokho asebenakho?” — KwabaseRoma 8:24

Umlamu wami ungumbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi, eminyakeni embalwa edlule wabhala umdlalo ngodade abathathu asebekhulile abakhuthazana ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima. 

Umndeni wethu wonke waphuphuma injabulo ukuzwa ukuthi iphephandaba lezwe lonke lizobuyekeza umdlalo - ngisho nakakhulu uma sifunda lokhu abakubhala:

“Kulo mdlalo, ithemba lilokoza njengokukhanyayo.”

Bekuyisibuyekezo esihle somdlalo — kodwa futhi umbono onamandla ngesimo sethemba. 

Ithemba alikona ukukhanya okukhanyayo, kodwa liyilangabi elilokozayo. Hhayi umsindo onyakazisa umhlaba, kodwa ukunyenyeza okuncane. 

Ithemba lethu lakhelwe phezu kwezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu eziseZwini Lakhe — isithembiso sokuthi inkazimulo Yakhe iyogcwalisa umhlaba njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle ... nakuba siphila ezweni elivame ukubonakala limnyama kunokukhanya. Ikakhulukazi uma uhlala ezindaweni ezinamaKrestu ambalwa, njengeJapan.

Ubufakazi bethemba lethu bungaba buncane kakhulu. Kwesinye isikhathi akubonakali nhlobo. Kodwa singaduduzeka ngokuthi uJesu—iNkosi yethu yamaKhosi neNkosi yababusi—wabonakala ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngobusuku bokuqala bukaKhisimusi, eyingane encane nje emkhombeni. 

Kule nkathi kaKhisimusi, asibonge ubuhle bokukhanya okulokozayo okuyithemba lethu — sithemba ukuthi ngisho nalokhu kukhanya okuncane kuzoba yisiqalo sesenzo esihle, esinamandla sikaNkulunkulu.

Iphoyinti Lokuzindla

Yini ongayenza ukuze ube ngukhanyi wethemba ezweni elimnyama? Yiziphi izindlela ezincane uNkulunkulu angathanda ukukusebenzisa ukuze wenze umthelela omuhle kulo Khisimuzi?

Izicelo Zomkhuleko

Thandazela u-Hisho nabanye ozakwethu be-OneHope abakhonza ezindaweni ezimnyama emhlabeni wonke ukuze basetshenziswe uNkulunkulu ukuvusa imvuselelo futhi bakhanyise ukukhanya kwethemba ngendlela enamandla.

Khulekela izingane zaseJapan ukuthi zithole ukuthi ithemba likaKhisimusi alitholakali kuSanta Claus, kodwa kuKristu. Cela uNkulunkulu ukuba asebenzise injabulo yabo yaleli holide ukuze adonsele le ntsha eyigugu nemindeni yayo kuye 

Ukubungaza uKhisimusi e-Japan

"Izikhanyiso" zikakhisimuzi yizindawo eziheha kakhulu lapho iziteshi zesitimela, amapaki, nezinye izindawo zomphakathi zibeka amashumi ezinkulungwane zezibani ezinhle. 

·Ukubhuka e-Kentucky Fried Chicken! Kungase kuzwakale kungavamile, kodwa lokhu kuyisiko elisungulwe kakhulu eJapane. I-KFC iqala ukubhukha ukudla ekuqaleni kukaDisemba — futhi yilabo abenze amalungiselelo kuphela abangathola ibhakede lenkukhu ngeholide!

·UKhisimusi uyiholide lezithandani (njengoSuku Lwezithandani). Ngokuvamile abantu abasha bayazincebelekisa futhi bashintshisane ngezipho kunokuba bachithe isikhathi nemindeni yabo. Ngokuvamile labo abangenazo izinsuku zikaKhisimusi baba nomuzwa omkhulu wokuba nesizungu.

·U-Santa Claus uvame ukuba umuntu oyinhloko phakathi nale sizini, esikhundleni sikaJesu. Eqinisweni, abantu abaningi baseJapane abazi ukuthi uKhisimusi uwukugubha ukuzalwa kukaKristu. Noma kunjalo, isasasa nemikhosi kuyenza ibe yithuba elihle lokuxhumana nabantu - ngamakhonsathi omphakathi kaKhisimusi, umculo wengoma, nemicimbi yesonto. 

Kulo nyaka, i-OneHope izobe inikezela ngamakhophi oshicilelo lukaKhisimusi Incwadi Yethemba kubafundi esikoleni nasemasontweni amaphathi kaKhisimusi.