Thanksgiving

I-Thanksgiving, enye yamaholide abaluleke kakhulu e-United States, igujwa ngoLwesine wesine kaNovemba. Lolu suku luyingxenye emaphakathi yesiko laseMelika futhi luhlanganisa imindeni ukuze igubhe i-Thanksgiving. Umsuka womlando we-Thanksgiving uhlehlela emuva ku-1620, lapho amaPilgrim Fathers ethuthela endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-USA ngomkhumbi "Mayflower," umkhumbi omkhulu. Lezi zifiki zabekezelela ubusika bokuqala obunzima lapho cishe ingxenye yamaPilgrim yafa khona. Abasinda basekelwa abomdabu baseWampanoag abangomakhelwane, abagcinanga ngokubanika ukudla kuphela kodwa bababonisa nendlela yokutshala izitshalo zendabuko njengommbila. Lokhu kusekelwa kwaholela ekuvuneni okuyinala ngonyaka olandelayo, kwaqinisekisa ukuthi lezi zifiki ziyasinda. Bebonga lolu sizo, lezi zifiki zenza idili lokuqala lokubonga abamemela kulo abantu bomdabu.

Ukubonga ngokwezwi nezwi kusho: ukubonga. Namuhla e-Europe, i-Thanksgiving ingumkhosi osekelwe kakhulu esontweni onenkonzo lapho i-altare lihlotshiswa ngezithelo, imifino, okusanhlamvu, amathanga nesinkwa. Ngokuhlabelela nangokuthandaza, abantu babonga uNkulunkulu ngezipho zakhe nangesivuno.

Kithina maKristu, isizathu esiyinhloko sokubonga isipho sikaNkulunkulu esikhulu kunazo zonke: uJesu Kristu. Ulwazi lwethu ngokuthi uJesu ungubani nokuthi ungubani esikuthola kuye, kanye nokwazisa kwethu ubudlelwano, kukhulisa ukwazisa kwethu. Lokhu kubonakala emazwini omshumayeli wamaBaptist waseBrithani uCharles Spurgeon: “Ngikholelwa ukuthi kunokuthile okuyigugu nakakhulu kunomkhosi wokubonga. Sikwenza kanjani lokhu? Ngokuhamba ngokwenama, ngokulalela umyalo walowo esiphila ngesihawu sakhe, ngokuphikelela enjabulweni eNkosini, nangokuthobela izinkanuko zethu entandweni yakhe.”

Ngenxa yokubonga ngomhlatshelo kaJesu Kristu nokubuyisana kwethu naye, sihlanganyela emkhosini wamaKristu weSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa. Lo mgubho waziwa kwamanye amabandla ngokuthi yi-Ekaristi (εὐχαριστία okusho ukubonga). Ngokudla isinkwa newayini, izimpawu zomzimba negazi likaJesu, sibonisa ukubonga kwethu futhi sigubhe ukuphila kwethu kuKristu. Lesi siko sisuka ePhasikeni lamaJuda, okuyisikhumbuzo sezenzo zikaNkulunkulu zokusindisa emlandweni wama-Israyeli. Ingxenye ebalulekile yomkhosi wePhasika ukuculwa kwehubo elithi “Dayenu” (ngesiHeberu elisho ukuthi “bekuyobe kwanele”), elichaza umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wokusindisa ama-Israyeli ngamavesi ayishumi nanhlanu. Njengoba nje uNkulunkulu asindisa u-Israyeli ngokuhlukanisa uLwandle Olubomvu, uKristu usinikeza insindiso esonweni nasekufeni. ISabatha lamaJuda njengosuku lokuphumula libonakala ebuKristwini ekuphumuleni esinakho kuKristu. Ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu baphambilini ethempelini manje sebenzeka kumakholwa ngoMoya oNgcwele.

Ukubonga isikhathi esihle sokuma kancane futhi sizindle nge-“Dayenu” yethu siqu: “UNkulunkulu angasenzela okungaphezu kwalokho esingakucela noma esikucabangayo. “Ngakho amandla asebenza ngawo kithi anamandla” (Efe 3,20 IBhayibheli Lezindaba Ezinhle).

UNkulunkulu uYise wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe, athi ngayo: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo.” ( Mathewu 3,17).

Ngokulalela uYise, uJesu wavuma ukubethelwa esiphambanweni, wafa futhi wangcwatshwa. Ngamandla kaBaba uJesu wavuka ethuneni, wavuswa kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu, wanqoba ukufa. Wabe esenyukela kuBaba ezulwini. Ngikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu owenza konke lokhu futhi oqhubeka esebenza ekuphileni kwethu ngaphezu kwanoma yini esingakucabanga. Nakuba kuwusizo ukufunda ngomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu kwa-Israyeli wasendulo, ngokuvamile kufanele sicabange ngesihe sikaJesu Kristu ekuphileni kwethu namuhla.

Iqiniso elibalulekile ukuthi uBaba waseZulwini uyasithanda futhi uyasikhathalela. Ungumuphi omkhulu osithanda ngokungenamkhawulo. Lapho sibona ukuthi singabamukeli bezibusiso ezinjalo eziphelele, kufanele sime kancane futhi sivume uBaba wethu waseZulwini njengomthombo wazo zonke izipho ezinhle neziphelele: “Izipho zonke ezinhle neziphiwo zonke ezipheleleyo zehla zivela phezulu, zivela kuYise wezinkanyiso ezisezulwini. okungekho ukushintsha, nokuguquka kokukhanya nobumnyama” (Jakobe 1,17).

UJesu Kristu wafeza lokho esasingeke sikwenzele kona thina. Izinsiza zethu zobuntu azisoze zakwazi ukusikhulula esonweni. Njengoba sihlangana njengomndeni nabangane, masisebenzise lesi senzakalo saminyaka yonke njengethuba lokukhothama ngokuzithoba kanye nokubonga phambi kweNkosi noMsindisi wethu. Sengathi singambonga uNkulunkulu ngalokho akwenzile, akwenzayo nazokwenza. Sengathi singazibophezela kabusha ekunikeleni isikhathi sethu, ingcebo, namathalenta ethu emsebenzini wombuso Wakhe ozofezwa ngomusa Wakhe.

UJesu wayengumuntu onokwazisa owayengakhonondi ngalokho ayengenakho, kodwa wamane wasebenzisa lokho ayenakho ukuze akhazimulise uNkulunkulu. Wayengenasiliva negolide eliningi, kodwa wanikela ngalokho ayenakho. Wanikeza ukuphulukiswa, ukuhlanzwa, inkululeko, intethelelo, ububele nothando. Wazinikela - ekuphileni nasekufeni. UJesu uyaqhubeka ephila njengomPristi wethu Omkhulu, esinika ukufinyelela kuBaba, esinika isiqinisekiso sokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithanda, esinika ithemba lokubuya kwakhe futhi esinika yena ngokwakhe.

nguJoseph Tkach

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