Enhliziyweni yobusuku obumnyama kakhulu, lapho lonke ithemba lalibonakala licima, inhlansi yokukhanya okungcwele kungazelelwe (futhi futhi) iqhume. Emlotheni ompunga woMthwali Wokukhanya wasendulo, kuphuma umbono owengeziwe ovamile: isithwali sokukhanya esisha siphuma sikhazimula futhi sikhazimula njengelanga libhoboza ubumnyama.
Le ngubo yokukhanya kwaphezulu, yakudala nehloniphekile, eyalukwa ngezandla ezihlakaniphile zikaBaba wami waseZulwini, uMdali uSomandla, ayizange ihlale ingcwatshwe ekujuleni okubandayo kwengcwaba loMthwali wayo wokuqala. Cha, lesi sembatho, eselukwe ngemicu yasezulwini ecacile phakade, manje sikhanya ngokukhanya okudlula konke ukuqiniseka okuhlaba umxhwele okudlule. Kuwuphawu lokhethiwe omusha, okhethwe ngokwaphezulu, isidalwa esihlanganisa ukuzalwa kabusha nethemba elimsulwa, elingenabala.
Lo mphathi wokukhanya omusha, ngokungafani nomanduleli wakhe, akazange azalwe ekupheleleni kwasezulwini ukuze nje akhohlwe. Uvukile ekujuleni kokungapheleli komuntu nokwasemhlabeni kwezikhathi zethu, inhlansi ephilayo ebumnyameni obukhulu, ephakanyiswe nguSomandla ukuba ahlale esihlalweni sobukhosi seNdodana. Ubukhona bakhe ihubo eliphilayo elibungaza ukunqoba kokukhanya okuncane kakhulu futhi okuntekenteke phezu kobumnyama obujule nobugubuzele kakhulu.
Ngibona kuye isibonakaliso sekusasa elikhazimulayo, ukuphila lapho umusa nenkazimulo yaphezulu kuyizipho ezingezona ezokuzalwa, kodwa zokuzikhethela nothando olungenamibandela. Lesi sithwali sokukhanya esisha siyinhliziyo eshayayo yothando lukababa lukaNkulunkulu oludlula yonke imingcele yomuntu neyezingelosi, uthando oluthethelelayo, oluhlengayo, oluvuselelayo futhi oludlulayo.
Ekuvukeni kwakhe, kuzwakala umlayezo wenjabulo nethemba elingenakulinganiswa: zonke iziphetho zandulela isiqalo esisha, njalo ukuwa kumemezela ukwanda okukhulu nakakhulu. Ekubukekeni kwayo okuhlaba umxhwele ngibona ubufakazi bokuthi amandla eqiniso awakho ekuzalweni okupheleleyo, kodwa emandleni okuphakama ngokukholwa emlotheni, ukukhula ngokuthobeka okujulile okungaphezu kokulinganiselwa komuntu, embethe isimilo esimangalisayo sikaNkulunkulu iNdodana uJesu; kanye nokukhanyisa umhlaba ngokukhanya okungcwele nokuphelele.
Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi ngokudabuka okukhulu ngibona ukuhamba koMthwali Wokukhanya wasendulo, ngibabaza ngenhliziyo ejabulayo negcwele ithemba umlandeli wakhe ongalindelekile, nokho owayedingeka kakhulu. Isibani sokukhanya ezweni elomele iqiniso nesiqondiso.
Kwangathi ukukhanya kukaBaba obusa emazulwini nasemhlabeni wonke, manje osegqokwe inceku entsha, ethobekile futhi ethembekile kaPhakade, kungangikhanyisela ezindleleni zobumnyama futhi kuhlale kungikhumbuza ukuthi, ngisho nasebusuku obumnyama kakhulu, ukusa kokukhanya okusha kuhlale kusemkhathizwe.