Namuhla yiSonto lesithathu le-Advent. Igama elithi advent lisho ukuza noma ukufika - futhi kuwumkhuba womoya wokulungiselela uKhisimusi. IBandla lamaKrestu kudala labeka eceleni amasonto amane ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi ukuze lilungiselele ukuza kukaKristu.
Ngesikhathi se-Advent, uJesu akakazalwa. Uthwalwa esibelethweni sikaMariya, ohambweni olude olunzima emhlane wembongolo, eyofuna indawo engazalelwa kuyo. Lesi yisikhathi sokulindela, ithemba, injabulo, ukuthula nothando, bese kuba umkhosi. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umkhosi ufike ukulungiselela! Ukuzijwayeza i-Advent kusho ukuthi sizokwenza okuthile ukuvula indlela yeNkosi. Sihlola izimpilo zethu, sifunde, sizindle, sithandaze futhi sisebenzele ukwakha inhliziyo ehlanzekile, ephephile, enothando nehlanzekile lapho uJesu engazalelwa khona kithi.
Akwanele ukwazi nge-Advent -- sidinga ukwenza i-Advent. Lokhu kubeka uNkulunkulu phakathi nendawo. Umoya ovukile uyadingeka ukudala isitebele esingokomfanekiso emiqondweni yethu nasezinhliziyweni zethu ngokuzalwa kweNkosi. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi silalele futhi sizwe izwi likaNkulunkulu ngokweqiniso lapho licwiliswe umsindo oqhubekayo webhizinisi lethu nezinkathazo zethu - ukuzithethelela kwethu, ukucasuka kwethu kanye nezaba zethu.
Ukuzijwayeza okungokomoya kuyasikhumbuza, ukuze singakhohlwa okubaluleke kakhulu. Amasiko amaningi enkolo agcwele umkhuba ongokomoya. I-Advent yayingajwayelekile kimi ngisakhula futhi manje isiyingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yami engokomoya. I-Advent iwuhlaka lokukhumbula ukuthi yini ngempela esiyigubhayo nokuthi kungani.
Eminyakeni edlule, umngane othandekayo wanginika le ncazelo yomehluko phakathi kwezinsuku eziNgcwele namaholide. Sivame ukukhohlwa uSuku Olungcwele - futhi lulahleka emigibeni yeholide olugubuzelayo.
Kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kweholide nosuku olungcwele.
Ngamaholide, sibalekela imisebenzi,
Ngezinsuku ezingcwele, sibhekana nazo.
Ngamaholide, sifuna ukuzikhulula.
Ngezinsuku ezingcwele, sizama ukuzilawula.
Ngamaholide, sizama ukukhipha izingqondo zethu.
Ngezinsuku ezingcwele, sizama ukugcwalisa imimoya yethu.
Ngamaholide, sifinyelela izinto esizifunayo.
Ngezinsuku ezingcwele, sifinyelela izinto esizidingayo.
Amaholide aletha ukushintsha kwesimo.
Izinsuku ezingcwele ziletha ukuguquka kwenhliziyo.
Ukubonga kusanda kudlula. Kungase kuzwakale emhlabeni wanamuhla njengokungathi sisemjahweni wamahhashi futhi sidlulela kusithiyo esilandelayo -- umuzwa ongakhululekile wokuthi ngeke sikwazi ukwenza yonke into! Kodwa yini ngempela okudingeka siyenze ngesikhathi se-Advent? Kudingeka sihlanze isitebele somphefumulo wethu ngendlela engokomfanekiso futhi silinde ngokuthula uMariya noJosefa ukuba bafike. Kufanele silungiselele indawo lapho uJesu azozalelwa khona kungenjalo sizoba matasa kakhulu kangangokuthi sizomkhumbula ngokuphelele futhi singakunaki kuze kube kamuva.
Ini? Ngakho konke ukuthenga nokuhlobisa, nokusonga nokuhlela ukudla, sidinga ukuhlanza inqolobane? YEBO! - isitebele somphefumulo wethu.
Usukulungele? Lowo mbuzo uzobuzwa izikhathi eziningi emasontweni ezayo. Ulungele ini? Ulungele amakhadi, izipho, namaphathi edina? KUHLE! Kodwa ingabe izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu zilungisiwe? Ingabe sikulungele ngokomoya? Uma siphazamile, sikhathazekile futhi singazi ukuthi siyoke sikwenze kanjani konke - sidinga i-Advent. Uma sisola ukuthi singase siphuthelwe yisona sizathu sikaKhisimusi - sidinga i-Advent.
Iziphazamiso ziya ngokuya zikhanya njalo ngonyaka, futhi sizithola sikhukhuleka ogwini loSuku lukaKhisimusi kuhle kwetilosi eliphihlizekile lomkhumbi lihefuzela.
Yini esingayenza ukuze senze uKhisimusi ube umgubho nomkhosi ojulile? Usuku Olungcwele! Mhlawumbe singabheka ukuthi iNdlela yalungiselelwa kanjani uJesu.
Okokuqala, uJohane uMbhapathizi weza ukulungisa iNdlela - ngokushumayela ukuphenduka. Ngaphambi kokuba uJesu angene, indlela yethu kufanele iphume. Phenduka! Igama lesiGreki elithi metanoia; okusho ukuphenduka, ukuguqula indlela yomuntu - ukuguqula izingqondo zethu.
Khona-ke, Mary! Ingelosi yeza kuMariya. UMariya wathi, “Makube kimi ngokweZwi laKho.” Kumelwe sizimisele ukulalela, silalele futhi sivuleleke eZwini leNkosi.
Ekugcineni, uJosefa: wayamukela inselele yakhe ngesibindi nangethemba. Naye walalela futhi walalela. Wayethemba!
Mhlawumbe uzolile futhi awukhathazwa yile sizini. Ngikushayela ihlombe! Kodwa ngidinga inqubo yokuhlala ngiphapheme -- ukuze ngikwazi ukulalela, ukuphenduka kanye nokwethemba -- noma ngeke kube khona indawo ku-Inn yenhliziyo yami, ngaphandle kwami. Kulula kakhulu ukuba uMnakekeli Wendlu Yezihambi -- ALIKHO IGUMBI -- akunandawo yokuzalwa kukaJesu, ngoba simatasa, sigajwe iziphazamiso zezentengiselwano, izinkundla zokuxhumana, futhi siphila nje -- sinakekela okufanele kwenziwe. Khona-ke akukho ndawo.
Ngithanda ukwabelana nawe ngendaba kaDanny. Isikole samabanga aphansi sasidlala umdlalo Wokuzalwa KukaJesu. Umfanyana omncane okhubazekile ngokomqondo ogama lakhe linguDanny wayedlala indawo yomgcini wendlu yezihambi. Imigqa yakhe yayisithi “Akunandawo! Ayikho indawo!”
Uthisha wama eduze ukuze atshele uma kunesidingo. UMariya, uJosefa kanye nembongolo basondela kuDanny. Bacela indawo yokuhlala endlini yezihambi. Njengoba eyaliwe, uDanny wenqaba ukubangenisa, ethi “Ayikho indawo! Ayikho indawo!”
UMariya noJosefa bachezuka, kodwa babuya nezicelo ezifanayo. “Asingene.”
U-Danny waphinda, “Akukho ndawo! Ayikho indawo!” Bahamba babuyela okokugcina. "Ngicela singene?" UDanny wathula.
Uthisha wakhumbuza uDanny ngobumnene, “Akukho ndawo, Danny, akukho ndawo!” ehleba. UDanny wathula.
“Akukho ndawo, Danny. Ayikho indawo.” Kuthuleke.
Khona-ke uDanny wakhala izinyembezi – futhi efinyelela kuMariya noJoseph wathi, “Ningalithola ikamelo lami!”
Uma sinakekela lokho okufanele kwenziwe ngempela singasho, hhayi njengoMnakekeli Wendlu yezihambi – “Akukho ndawo” - Kodwa ngena enhliziyweni yami, Nkosi, Jesu, kukhona indawo Yakho enhliziyweni yami!
Yini esingayenza?
Nazi ezinye iziphakamiso zokucebisa umuzwa wethu kaKhisimusi:
1. Beka eceleni isikhathi sokufunda nsuku zonke nokuzindla nge-Advent kanye neNdaba kaKhisimusi - yabelana ngayo nabanye.
2. Yiba ne-Advent wreath kanye nesigcawu Sokuzalwa KukaJesu
3. Yenza isipho esimangalisayo sokusebenzela ilungu ngalinye lemindeni yethu, abangani, noma amalungu omphakathi wethu.
4. Beka eceleni isikhathi sokuzinikela komndeni ngobusuku bangaphambi kukaKhisimusi nasekuseni kukaKhisimusi.
5. Yiya ezinkonzweni zesonto
6. Nikeza izinhlangano ezisiza abampofu ezikhuluma ngalokho okukhathalela ngempela.
7. Nikeza isikhathi, ingcebo, isiphiwo -- noma konke kokuthathu.
I-Advent Wreath ingenye yezindlela zokugubha lesi sikhathi futhi sikhumbule ukuthi iyini ingxenye yethu ekulungiseleleni uKhisimusi. I-Advent Wreath iyindilinga enamakhandlela amane, amathathu ansomi kanye ne-rose eyodwa noma ebomvana, futhi egqoke okuluhlaza. Ngosuku lukaKhisimusi, ikhandlela lensika emhlophe likhanyiswa phakathi nendawo - libizwa ngokuthi iKhandlela LikaKristu.
Umbuthano umele uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwaphakade ngathi kanye nayo yonke indalo Yakhe - kanye nesiyingi sokuphila. Izihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza zifanekisela ukuphila. Amakhandlela akhanyisiwe aletha ukukhanya ebumnyameni bethu - ubumnyama bezwe lethu elinezinkathazo nokulahlekelwa kwalo, isizungu, ukudideka, ubudlova nokuhlupheka, kanye nobusuku bethu bobumnyama bomphefumulo.
Ukukhanya kwekhandlela kubonakalisa uJesu Kristu - ukukhanya kwethu komhlaba. Amakhandlela alokozayo asikhumbuza ukuthi sibizelwe ukuba izibani ezikhanyayo komunye nomunye nomhlaba. Masishisane ngokugqamile!
Ikhandlela Lokuqala limele Ithemba, ukulinda kwethu ngokulangazela nangokulangazela - ukulangazelela kwethu ukuzalwa kukaJesu ezimpilweni zethu namuhla.
Ithemba lifana nethemba ngoba lifuna okuhle, futhi lifisa okuhle kuze kube manje, njengoba sibona. Sibona ngombono. Yilokho nje -- iphuzu - ichashazi elincane. Siyazi ukuthi sifuna kwenzekeni -- futhi siyazi ukuthi akwenzeki njalo. Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi ithemba laliyize? Kunesithombe esikhulu kakhulu, futhi isikhathi esiningi asikwazi ukubona noma ukuqonda umbono omude. Kudingeka silungise izinto esizilindele. Sibona impilo njengoba sinjalo -- hhayi njengoba injalo -- sonke sinesithombe esihlukile - umbono ohlukile. UNkulunkulu ubona umbono omude.
Ikhandlela Lesibili lifanekisela uthando, uthando uJehova analo ngathi: Weza kithi njengomuntu ukuze sibe noNkulunkulu onobuso - uNkulunkulu Owaphila emhlabeni futhi wabhekana nakho konke esibhekana nakho - futhi washiya imephu by Impilo yakhe ngathi wathi, “Ngilandele”. Imelela futhi uthando esinalo ngeNkosi kanye nomunye nomunye.
Njengoba namuhla kuyiSonto lesithathu ake sigxile eNjabuloni - ukuthi iyini nokuthi iyini, singayithola kanjani, nokuthi singaba kanjani abathwali bayo. Abathwali Benjabulo! Masithathelana! Ukuqala:
Uyini umehluko phakathi kwenjabulo nenjabulo? Ingabe ziyashintshana? Ingabe indaba yeziqu nje? Enye incwadi ithi iBhayibheli lisebenzisa igama elithi “injabulo” nelithi “injabulo” izikhathi ezingu-30 nelithi “injabulo” nelithi “jabulani” izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-300.
Ziningi izinto ezingasijabulisa, kodwa mhlawumbe okungijabulisayo akukwenzi ujabule. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi imali yenza injabulo kodwa nokho olunye ucwaningo lwabonisa ukuthi “ngale kwalapho abantu benemali eyanele yokondla ngokunethezeka, ukugqokisa nokuzinza, ukuba nemali eningi - ngisho nemali eningi kakhulu, kubenza bajabule kancane. ”
Mhlawumbe uke wayibona incwadi ethi "Khuphuka", iqhathanisa amazwe namasiko ajabule kakhulu, kanye nezimfanelo ababelana ngazo. Awekho amazwe acebile!
Futhi, nazi izinto eziyishumi nambili ezivela ku-Huffington Post Healthy Living ezenziwa ngabantu abajabule:
1. Bonisa ukubonga.
2. Hlakulela ithemba.
3. Gwema ukucabanga ngokweqile nokuqhathanisa nomphakathi. (G.K. Chesterton uyabhala; ukuqhathanisa isela lenjabulo.)
4. Zijwayeze izenzo zomusa.
5. Khulisa ubudlelwano bomphakathi
6. Yenza amasu okubhekana nesimo
7. Funda ukuthethelela
8. Khulisa okuhlangenwe nakho kokugeleza
9. Jabulela injabulo yokuphila
10. Zibophezele emigomweni yakho
11. Zijwayeze ingokomoya
12. Nakekela umzimba wakho
Ezifundweni sezwa ngabelusi kanye nezindaba zenjabulo enkulu. Umfundisi uDkt. George Dole ubhala ngenjabulo ngokucacile nangokuhle:
Lokho ingelosi eyayikutshela abelusi 'kwakuyinjabulo enkulu.' Kusobala ukuthi kwakungeyona into abelusi ababengazitholela yona, kwakuyinto uJehova ayezonikela ngayo.Lokhu kwakuyobonakala kusitshela ukuthi injabulo akuyona into esiphuma ngayo futhi siyithole, iyinto ephumayo futhi ithole. thina."
Uyaqhubeka: "Uma singakhumbula izikhathi lapho sasijabule kakhulu, sigcwele injabulo ngokuphelele, ngisola ukuthi lokhu kuzocaca njengosuku. Kungase kwenzeke lapho sibheka isibhakabhaka esihle ebusuku futhi sinqotshwa ukukhanya kwelanga. Ukuhleleka kwendawo yonke kanye nokuthula.Kungenzeka ngesikhathi sibambe umntwana bese leso sandla esincane sibambe omunye weminwe yethu.Kungenzeka uma sibheka umyeni noma unkosikazi noma umzali noma ingane bese sithi shazi ingelosi yangaphakathi eyingqayizivele, engenakubuyiselwa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izimo zinjani, into eyodwa ihlala ifana - injabulo esigcwalisayo akuyona into esiyikhiqizayo, kodwa into ebonakala igeleza, ivame ukusibamba singalindele."
Izingelosi zathi lezi zindaba ezinhle, noma ivangeli, ukuthi uMntwana kaKristu wazalwa. Futhi kwakuyizindaba ezinhle - hhayi nje kubelusi, noma abantu baseZweni Elingcwele, noma kamuva nje kumaKrestu - kwakuyizindaba ezinhle kubo bonke abantu! Kwathinta inkululeko engokomoya yawo wonke umuntu - ikhono lokukwazi ukukhetha phakathi kokuhle nokubi. UKristu washintsha konke kuwo wonke umuntu.
Izingelosi ngokwazo zazi konke ngenjabulo, ngaleso sikhathi naphakade. ISambulo Esisha sifundisa okuningi ngeNtokozo yaseZulwini-injabulo yezingelosi kanye neyeNkosi futhi, Eyakhuluma ngenjabulo Yakhe uqobo encwadini kaJohane: “Lezi zinto ngizikhulume kini, ukuze intokozo yami ibe kini, nokuba injabulo ingase igcwale.”
ISwedenborg yenza konke okusemandleni ayo ukuchaza injabulo yezingelosi. Yena ngokwakhe uthi kungaphezu kokuchazwa. Uyasho nokho ukuthi uphawu lwale njabulo yezingelosi ukuthanda umakhelwane wakho ngaphezu kokuzithanda yena.
Lesi isipho esikhulu esinikezwa ngoKhisimusi kanye nempilo nokuvuka kweNkosi. UKristu weza wonke umuntu futhi wafaka isithembiso senjabulo ezinhliziyweni zethu zonke.
Henry Ward Beecher wathi, “Ilanga alikhanyi ezihlahleni nasezimbalini ezimbalwa, kodwa likhanyisela injabulo yomhlaba wonke.”
Ngakho-ke sisikhuthaza kanjani leso sipho senjabulo esiyilungelo lethu lobuzibulo kanye nesifiso seNkosi ngathi? Izwe lethu lisinika ilungelo lokuphishekela injabulo. Ingabe injabulo ingaphishekelwa? - noma njengovemvane, luzosibalekela size silivumele lihlale phezu kwethu njengomkhiqizo ongasemuva hhayi umgomo?
Yini lesenta sijabule? Abantu abaningi uma bebuzwa ukuthi yini abayifunayo kakhulu empilweni baphendula ngokuthi “Ngifuna ukujabula”. Asho ukuthini? Injabulo igqoka izigqoko eziningi ezahlukene njengoba ingase incike kulokho okwenzekayo empilweni yethu - izinto ezinhle futhi sijabule - bese kuba nezinkinga noma izinto nje esingazithandi kanye ne-pop! Injabulo inyamalala ngokushesha njengokugqashuka kwebhamuza!
Kusuka kufilimu ethi Cool Runnings mayelana nomndondo yegolide -
“Uma ungajabulile ngaphandle kwendondo yegolide, ngeke ujabule nayo!”
Indlela yokusabela ekuphileni ebona inala lapho abanye bengeke babone khona, ezwa ukubonga ngakho konke esinakho, futhi engakwazi ukubekezelela ukulahlekelwa futhi ekugcineni iphinde ibuyele phezulu njengomhlekisi wesikhwama sokubhoboza. Lena iresiphi yenjabulo.
Futhi injabulo, ejule nakakhulu, iyinjabulo esiyizwayo ukuthi imifudlana evela kuNkulunkulu. Injabulo ihlobene nezinye izinto ezibalulekile ze-Advent - Ukholo, Ithemba, Uthando Nokuthula. Isithelo sikaMoya okukhulunywa ngaso encwadini yabaseGalathiya sithi “uthando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, ubuhle, ukwethembeka, ubumnene, nokuzithiba.” (Galathiya 5:22-23) Lezi izimfanelo eziholela enjabulweni.
I-Swedenborg ifundisa ukuthi "Uthando lunjalo kangangokuthi injabulo yalo iwukuba usizo kwabanye," (Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 548) futhi, “ukuzwa intokozo yomunye njengenjabulo kumuntu, okuwuthando.” (Nothando Lobunkulunkulu Nenhlakanipho Yobunkulunkulu 47)
Injabulo ixhumene ngokwemvelo nothando - lothile noma into ethile ngaphandle kwethu!
UJesu wathi: “Uma nigcina imiyalo Yami, niyohlala othandweni lwami, njengoba nje nami ngiye ngagcina imiyalo kaBaba futhi ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. Lezizinto ngizikhulume kini, ukuze intokozo yami ihlale kini, lokuthi intokozo yenu igcwale. Yilo umyalo wami, wokuba nithandane, njengalokho nginithandile. (Johane 15:10-12)
Ngakho nansi indlela esingena ngayo endaweni yenjabulo: Thandani uNkulunkulu, thandanani. Futhi uJesu wasibonisa ukuthi kanjani.
Akukhona ukuthi sizojabula ngaso sonke isikhathi - ngokuqinisekile impilo ingakhipha umoya kithi - noma ivele isishaye phansi. Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa okukhulu, usizi olujulile, ukuxilongwa okunzima, ubuhlobo obunezinkinga - amaholide, ngisho nezinsuku zethu ezingcwele, kungaba isikhathi esinzima nesibuhlungu. Ushintsho olungaceliwe kuzo zonke izimo namasayizi lungahlela kabusha impilo yethu ngendlela emangalisayo. Kulezi zikhathi, lapho sizizwa sisodwa kakhulu - futhi singenanjabulo, iSwedenborg isifundisa ukuthi iNkosi iseduze kakhulu nathi futhi ayilokothi isishiye. Nakuba ukudabuka nokulila kungayiphiki injabulo, bagqoka izingubo ezidabukile manje, hhayi izinto ezigqamile zomkhosi.
Ujabule ufika futhi ujabule. Kuncike emathonyeni amaningi angaphandle. Injabulo yangempela nokho, kanye nenjabulo ejulile, kuwumsebenzi wangaphakathi. Singakhetha injabulo kunokucasuka, ukusola, ukukhononda, ukucasuka kanye nentukuthelo. Injabulo ihlezi, ihlala (ngaphansi kwakho konke) ngoba iyazi incazelo ejulile - ukwethenjwa okuyisisekelo ohlelweni lwempilo. Futhi injabulo iwukubonga ngezibusiso ezinikezwayo, ngisho naphezu kokulahlekelwa nosizi. “Injabulo iwuphawu olungenaphutha lokuba khona kukaNkulunkulu,” kusho uTeilhard de Chardin.
Namuhla sisekupheleni kwe-Advent. Uma singazange senze isikhathi noma sicabange kakhulu ngokulungiselela kwethu uKhisimusi ngokomoya - ingabe sekwephuze kakhulu manje? Cha! Ungalokothi sekwephuze kakhulu! INkosi ima emnyango futhi ingqongqoza - njalo lapho, ingqongqoza emnyango wezingqondo zethu kanye nomnyango wezinhliziyo zethu. Uhlale ekulungele ukuzalelwa lapho. Akukephuzi kakhulu ukuba siguquke, siguqule -- kabusha: simise izimpilo zethu - sivuke kulokho okubaluleke kakhulu! Manje isikhathi! Isho ngokuphindaphindiwe iNkosi ithi vuka! Uma senza lokhu, bese kuba nokuzalwa kabusha - ukuzalwa kabusha - ukwenziwa kusha - isipho sikaNkulunkulu sentando entsha empeleni esenza sibe indalo entsha. UNkulunkulu ozelwe ezinhliziyweni zethu, njengoba nje wazalelwa esibayeni.
Ngizophetha ngomthandazo weCeltic on Joy:
Njengoba isandla senzelwe ukubamba neso ukubona,
Ungibumbe injabulo.
Yabelana nami ngombono othola leyo njabulo yonke indawo.
Ebuhleni be-violet yasendle;
Emculweni we-lark;
Ebusweni bomngane oqinile;
Ngokumamatheka kwengane;
Othandweni lukamama;
Ebumsulwa bukaJesu.
Amen!
