Ta hanyar Carol Scheppard
Ya ku 'yan'uwa maza da mata,
Alheri da salama a gare ku cikin sunan Yesu Almasihu Ubangijinmu. Muna farin ciki da wannan lokacin zuwan yayin da muke bikin cikin jiki-kaunar Ubangiji mai ban al'ajabi don zama ɗan adam, ya zauna a cikinmu, ya fitar da mu daga duhunmu. “Kalman kuwa ya zama jiki, ya zauna a cikinmu, mun kuma ga ɗaukakarsa, ɗaukakarsa kamar ta makaɗaicin ɗa uba, cike da alheri da gaskiya.”
Kamar yadda mala’iku suka yi shelar: “Ina kawo muku albishir mai-daraja mai-girma ga dukan jama’a: yau a cikin birnin Dawuda, an haifi Mai-ceto gare ku, shi ne Almasihu, Ubangiji. Wannan zai zama alama a gare ku: za ku tarar da yaron sanye da sarƙoƙi yana kwance a komin dabbobi…
Allah ya zaɓi a haife shi a cikin duniya mai cike da tashin hankali na rikice-rikicen siyasa da tashe-tashen hankulan jama’a domin mu damu da masu mulki da masu iko su jijjiga tushensa. Duk da haka mafi ban mamaki, Allah ya zaɓi a haife shi a cikin rumbu don ƙasƙantar da matafiya, gajiyayyu, domin mu san iko mai ban mamaki na canji na allahntaka, ikon da yake namu yayin da muke da'awar matsayinmu a cikin Jikin Kristi.
Shin mun ji wannan labari sau da yawa har ba mu gane girmansa ba, ba mu daɗe da tsammanin canjinsa ba, mun daina amincewa da alkawuransa? Wannan lokacin zuwan shin za mu iya dandana wannan labari da sabbin idanuwa da kunnuwa, mu fito cikin kwarin guiwar tsammanin 'ya'yansa? Allah yana iya kuma yana yi kuma zai canza rayuwarmu da duniyarmu yayin da muke buɗe kanmu ga kasancewar Kristi. Bari mu jira tare da ɗokin jira, kallo da sauraron motsin Ruhu Mai Tsarki.
Kuma yayin da muke jira, kada mu manta ko wanene mu. Mu ne Zaɓaɓɓen Allah/Jikin Kristi, bayyanuwar kasancewarsa a duniya da kuma wakilan mulkinsa. Don haka, aikinmu na farko shi ne mu bauta wa Allah Shi kaɗai, mu juyo daga kowane nau’i na bautar gumaka (girman kai, dukiya, ko mulki), da kuma shaida madawwamiyar ƙaunar Allah.
Aikinmu na biyu shi ne kula da junanmu, mu tallafa wa juna cikin bangaskiya, da hidima ga gwauruwa, da marayu, da baƙon da ke cikinmu. A cikin bautar Allah shi kaɗai, mun tsaya a baya da masu mulki da masu iko, muna nuna madawwamiyar ƙaunar Allah ga waɗanda aka zalunta da marasa ƙarfi. Kamar yadda yake a duniya a lokacin haihuwar Kristi, duhu yana matsa mana kuma yana barazanar kashe begenmu. Ka tuna cewa hasken Kristi yana haskakawa a cikin mafi ƙasƙantattun wurare da wuta a cikin warwatse da waɗanda aka kora. Kamar yadda Jikin Kristi ya dace wurinmu yana tare da Yesu a bayan rumbun.
Don haka, ku kasance masu jajircewa wannan lokacin zuwan da Haɗarin Fata! Ku bauta wa Allah da dukkan ɗaukakar Allah, kuma ku kula da waɗanda suka tsaya su kaɗai a cikin inuwa. "Hasken yana haskakawa cikin duhu, duhun kuwa bai rinjaye shi ba." Allahnmu yana raye kuma yana mulki duniya da lahira!
Barkanmu da warhaka ga Kirsimeti mai albarka,
A cikin Kristi,
Carol Scheppard ne adam wata
Mai Gudanar da Taron Shekara-shekara na 2017
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