Devotional (8th December 2020)
Topic (7th- 13th December, 2020) – “Ka Jingaiei ka jong U Blei” (God’s Grace)
“Ba Un ioh pyni ha ki rta kiban sa wan ia kata ka jingkynrei eh ka jingaiei jong U, ha ka jinglehsbun sha ngi ha U Khrist Jisu.” (Ephesos 2:7)
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Ha ka kot kaba la ai Kyrteng, “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” U Philip Yancey u thoh, “the world thirsts for grace in ways it does not even recognize.” (Ka pyrthei ka sliang ia ka jingaiei ha ki lynti kiba ka hi ruh kam tip), bad ha kane ka kot u thoh shuh shuh, “Little wonder the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ edged its way onto the Top Ten charts two hundred years after composition.” (Kam long kaba phylla ba ka jingrwai ‘Amazing Grace,’ kan rung ha ka kyrdan napdeng ki 10 tylli ki jingrwai kiba wan hakhmat tam 200 snem hadien bala thoh ia ka).
Kane ka jingrwai “Amazing Grace” ia kaba la pynkylla ha ka ktien Khasi bad ia kaba la thoh ha ka Khasi Hymn Book ha ka jingrwai kaba 381, bad ha ka KHB la ai kyrteng ia kane ka jingrwai “Jingaiei baphylla,” ia kane ka jingrwai la thaw da U John Newton, u briew u ba im bad kane ka pyrthei watla u dei uba ngeit, udei ruh uba khaii mraw (slave trader) ha kito ki por, hynrei u ju angnud pat ban ioh mad ia ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei. Bad ynda haba u lah ioh mad ia ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei, u iohi ba ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei ka dap tang da ki jingphylla ha ka. Ki briew kiba la mad ia ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei ki ju iai bang ban rwai ia kane ka jingrwai.
Hynrei ka jingkylli kaba mih ka long kaei ka jingaiei? U Paul haba u batai ia ka jingaiei u batai ia ka jinglong ka jong U Blei Uba na U ka jingaiei ka mih u ong, (Ephesos 2:7) “ka jingkynrei eh ka jingaiei jong U, ha ka jinglehsbun sha ngi ha U Khrist Jisu.” Da ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei U la pynpaw ia ka jinglehsbun ka jong U sha ngi, ha kaba U la ai ia U Khun jong U, U Jisu ban pynim ia ngi. Ha kane ka lynnong kaba 2 (Ephesos 2) u pynpaw ia kiei kiba ka jingaiei ka leh, u ong, ‘ba da ka jingaiei, U Blei U la pynim ia ki briew na ki pop jong ki’ (Ephesoso 2:8). Ka jingaiei ka jong U Blei ym dei tangba ka long kaba kynrei hynrei ka long ruh kaba iohei, dei na kane ka daw ngi ong ka ‘jingaiei.’ U Phillip Yancey ha kane ka juh ka kot u ong shuh shuh, “Grace is free only because the giver Himself has borne the cost.” (Ka jingaiei ka long kaba iohei namarba Uta Uba ai ia ka U la dep ban siew ia ka dor kaba rem).
Jingduwai: - “Hapdeng jingma, jingjynjar ruh, ba nga dei iaid lyngba; Dei tang ka jingaiei kaba bat skhem bad kaba iai kyrshan ia nga.” - Amen
U Blei Un kyrkhu, Pastor Bidonbok Syiem.
