Tum Apan Sir Uthaao aur Anand Manao
Jab hum long Prabhu ke rasta pe kathinaai ke saamna karta, aysa ho ki hum long apan sir upar uthaai aur anand manaai.
1981 me, hamaar pita, uske do kareebi dost, aur mai Alaska gaye ek edvencha pe. Hum long ke dur ke ek taalaab me utarna tha aur wahan se chadhte huwe kisi sundar pahaadi ilaake me jaana tha. Kyunki hum mangta raha apan uthawe la bojh kamti rakkhe, hum long apan saamaan box me bhara, uske foam se topa, rang biranga kapde usme lagaye, aur unhe apne bush plane ki khidki se apne nirdhaarit jagah par fek diya.
Wahan pahunchte hi, humne bahut dhoonda, par afsos, koi bhi box nahi mila. Tab hamein ek box mila. Usme tha ek chota gas stove, ek taapulin, kuch laali, aur Hamburger Helper ke pasta ke packets—par koi mince beef nahi tha. Hum logh ke paas bahari duniya se sampark ka koi saadhan nahi tha, aur hamein ek hafte baad wahan se leke jaane waale the.
Hum i anubhav se dui keemti lessan seekha: Ek, kabhi bhi bhojan khidki ke baahar mat feko. Do, kabhi kabhi hamein kathinaai ka saamna karna padhta hai.
Zyaada karke, hum logh kathinaai ke samay kehte hai “Kaae hum?” Kyun, puche se bhi, kabhi kathinaai nahi dur howe hai. Prabhu maange hai ki hum logh chunaoti ke paar karo, aur U bolis hai “ki sab cheez [hum logh] ke anubhav di, aur [hum long] ke achchaai ke liye rahi.”1
Kabhikabhi Prabhu hum logh se bole hai koi kathin kaam karo, aur kabhi kabhi hum logh ke chunaoti long hum logh ke ya auron ke chunne ki shakti se utpann howe hai. Nephi i dono rakam sthiti se guzris. Jab Lehi apan ladkan ke bolis laut ke jaao Laban se plets ko laao, u bolis, “Dekho tumaar bhaai long fusfusaaye, bole ki hum u long se itna kathin kaam karaaye mangta; lekin suno i hum nahi mangta u long se, lekin i ek aagya hai Prabhu se.”2 Ek aur maoka pe, Nephi ke bhaai long apan chune ke shakti istemaal karis iske roke ke kostin: “U long hamaar upar haath uthaais, suno, u long bahut gussa me raha, aur u long hamme rassi se baandh dis, kyunki u long mangta raha hamaar jaan lewe.”3
Joseph Smith Liberty Jail me ek kathinaai ke saamna karis. Saamne koi ummeed na tha aur niraash hoi ke, Joseph jor se rois, “He Parmeshwar, aap kahan ho?”4 Hum janta hum long me se kuch log Joseph ke rakam mehsoos kara hoi.
Sab koi kathinaai ke saamna kare: ek priyejan ka maot, talaak, ek bigda aulaad, beemaari, biswaas me sankat, naokri khona, a koi aur mushkil.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell jon Barah ke Korum ke hai se i baat sun ke hum to ekdam se badal giya. I tab ke baat hai jab u leukemia(khoon ki beemaari) se peedit raha. U bolis, “Hum gehra soch me duba raha aur i tera shishan aur protsaahan dene waale shabd mere mann me aaye: ‘Hum tumme leukemia diya hai taaki tum hamaar log ke asliyat sikhaae sako.’” U aage bolis kaise i anubhav se uske ashirvaad mila “ek aisan nazariya ke jisse anantta ke mahaan asliyat mila. … Anantta ke aisan gyaan sake hum long ke madad kare agla 100 yard le ke jaawe, jon saait bahut kathin rehta.”5
Kathinaai me hum long ke aage badhe me aur vijayi howe me madad kare ke kostin anantta ke aisan gyaan se, hum mangta dui cheez batawe. Hum long ke chaahi kathinaai ke saamna karo, pehla, dusar ke maaf karke aur, dusra, apne aap ke Swarg ke Pita ke de ke.
U long ke maaf karna jon saait hum long ke kathinaai ke kaaran raha aur dosti kar lena “[apne]aap ke Parmeshwar ke ichcha se”6 sake bahut mushkil rehwe. Sabse dukh daai rehwe jan u chot ek parivaar ke sadasye, ek kareebi dost, ya khud apne aap ke kaaran rehwe.
Jab hum pehla dafa bishop bana, hum maafi ke baare me sikha jab hamaar stake pradhaan, Bruce M. Cook, i kahani batais. U samjhaais:
“1970s ke ant ke daoraan, mai aur kuch saathi mil ke ek biznas shuru kara. Bhale hi hum long kuch gaer-kaanooni nahi kara, hum long asafal hoya kuch halka faesla, aur chunaotipurn aarthik samay ke kaaran.
“Kuch investa log kaanooni kaarwaahi shuru kar dis apan nuksaan wasul kare ke liye. Ayse bhe ki i wakeel hamaar parivaar ke bishoprik ke ek salaahkaar raha. Bahut kathin raha u admi ke sastain karo jon mangta raha hamaar jiwan barbaad kare. Hamme usse thoda dusmani rakam mehsoos hone laga raha. Paanch saal ke kaanooni ladaaiyon ke baad, humne apni saari sampati, tatha apna ghar bhi kho diya tha.
“2002 me, meri patni aur maine seekha ki jon stake adhyakshta me hum salaahkaar raha uske phir se aayojit kara jaawe hai. Jab hum log thoda din ke ghume giya mukt hone se pehle, u humse puchis ki hum kiske apan salaahkaar banaega agar hum nawa stake pradhaan banega. Hum nahi mangta raha uspe baat kare, lekin u puchte rahis. Phir, ek naam hamaar mann me aais. U tab wahi wakeel ke naam lees jiske hum long sochta raha 20 saal pehle hum long ke barbaadi ke kaaran raha. Jab u bolis, Aatma hamme swikriti dees ki wahi ke chaahi dusra salaahkaar raho. Hum u admi ke maaf kar paaega?
“Jab Elder David E. Sorensen humme stake pradhaan la kolling dees, u hamme ek ghanta dees apan salaahkaar chune ke. Aankho me aansu bhare, hum uske bataya ki Prabhu pehle se u praktikaran de dees raha. Jab hum u admi ke naam liya jiske hum apan dushman sochta raha, hamaar gussa, ghrinna, aur nafrat jon raha khalaas hoi ge. U pal me, hum seekha Masih ke Praeshchit se maaf kare se kon shaanti mile.”
Iske matlab, hamaar stake pradhaan uske maaf kar dees raha, jaise puraana zamana ke Nephi karis.7 Hum Pradhaan Cook aur uske salaahkaar ke dho sachcha pristhud neta ke rakam dekhta raha jon ek dusre se pyaar karta raha. Hum mangta raha u log ke rakam bane.
Saalon pehle, hum long u Alaska la kathinaayon ke daoraan, hum jaldi se seekh liya raha ki apan paristhiti ke kostin dusar ke dosh dena—kam raushni me pilot ka bhojan baahar fekna—sujhaao nahi raha. To bhi, jab hum log thakaan, bhojan ki kami, beemaari, aur toofaan ke samay zameen pe sona sirf ek taapulin ki suraksha me anubhav kara, hum seekha ki “Parmeshwar me koi bhi cheez na-mumkin nahi rehwe.”8
Jawaan log, Parmeshwar maange tum kathinaai se guzro. Ek 14-saal-ke jawaan mahila mukaabla la basketbol khelis. Uske sapna raha high skool basketbol khelo apan bada bhaini ke rakam. U tab seekhis ki uske maata-pita ke koll kara ge raha Guatemala me i mishan ke adhyaksh karo.
Jab u wahan pahunchis, uske pata chala ki uske kuch klaas Spanish me rahi, ek bhaasha jon u nahi bolta raha. Uske skool me ek bhi ladki long ke khel-kud la teem nahi raha. U ek building ke 14th floor pe rehta raha sakt suraksha ke saath. Aur yeh bhi ki, u suraksha ke vajah se akele bhaire nahin sakta raha jaawe.
Uske maata-pita kayi mahino tak sunis kaise u roye ke sutta raha. Isse u long bahut dukhi hota raha! Tab u long faesla karis ki u log uske ghare bhejdi uske naani ke paas high skool padhe ke kostin.
Jab hamaar patni hum log ke beti ke kamra me geis hum log ke faesla batawe ke kostin, u dekhis hum long ke beti apan khatiya ke paas ghutna tekis hai aur Mormon Dharamshaastra khatiya pe khula hai. Aatma hamaar patni se bolis,“U tik hoi jaaige,” aur hamaar patni dhire se kamra se nikal ge.
Uske baad hum long kabhi nahi suna uske sute se pehle rotha huwe. Pakka iraada aur Prabhu ke madad se, u apan teen saal ke bahaduri se saamna karis.
Hum long ke mishan jab khalaas bhe, hum apan beti se pucha agar u apan full-taaim mishan pe jaai. Uske jawaab raha “Nahi, Pitaji, hum to mishan serve kar liya hai.”
Hamme to uske faesla theek laga! Lekin lagbhag che mahina baad, Aatma ek raat hamme jagais i khyaal se: “Hum tumaar beti ke mishan pe bheje mangta.”
Hum bola “Swarg ke Pitah, u etna zyaada balidaan de dis hai.” Aatma jaldi se hamaar soch sudhaaris aur hum samjha ki Prabhu ke uske prachaar sewa chahiye tha.
Kuch hi dino me hum apan beti ke lunch khawae le ke giya. Mez ke i-paar se, hum bola, “Ganzie, kya tum janta kaae hum long yahan aaya?”
U bolis, “Haan, Pitaji. Aap jaante hai ki hamme chaahi mishan pe jaao. Hum nahi mangta jaawe, lekin hum jaaega.”
Apan ichcha Swarg ke Pitah ke de ke, u apan pura dil, koshish, mann, aur taaqat se Uske sewa karis. U apan pita ki sikhaai dees kaise ek kathin kaam karo.
Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ke yuva ke liye duniyabhar ke devoshanal mei, u yuva long se kuch kathin kaam kare ke bolis. Pradhaan Nelson bolis: “Hamaar paanchwa nimantran hai ki aap i duniya, se alag rakam se jiyo. … Prabhu maange tum Ishu Masih ka sachcha chela ke rakam lago, sunao, karo, aur pahino.”9 I saake ek bahut kathin kaam rehwe, to bhi hum janta tum sakta kare—khushi se.
Yaad rakkho ki “manushye hai, ki unhe khushi mile.”10 Lehi jon jon cheez jhelis raha, to bhi u khush raha. Yaad karo jab Alma “bahut dukhi raha”11 Ammonihah ke logon ke kaaran? Farishta uske batais, “Alma, tum dhanye ho; isliye, tum apan sir upar uthaao aur anand manao,… kyunki tum imaandaar rahe ho Parmeshwar ke aagya ka paalan karne me.”12 Alma ek mahaan sachchaai sikhis: jab hum aagya paalan karta hum log sakta sab taaim anand manae. Yaad rakho ki yudh aur chunaotiyon ke samay Captain Moroni bahut dher chunaoti se guzris, “Nephi ke logon me isse khushaal samay aur koi nahi tha.”13 Hum log kathinaai la taaim sakta aur chaahi khushi raho jab kathin samay aawe.
Uddhaarkarta ne kathinaaiyon ka saamna kiya: “Duniya … uska koi mahatwa nahi samjhega, aur use sataega, aur wah sahanshil bana rahega, log use maarenge aur wah maar sahega. Ha, weh us par thukenge, aur wah sahega, kyunki maanav santaan ke liye us mein prempurn daya hai aur unke liye wah bahut jhelega.”14
U prempurn daya ke kaaran, Ishu Masih Praeshchit jhelis. Iske kaaran, U hum log sab se bole hai, “Sansaar mein tumhein takleefe milti hai: parantu dheeraj baandho; maine sansaar ko jeet liya hai.”15 Masih ke kaaran, hum long bhi sakta sansaar ke jeete.
Jab hum long Prabhu ke rasta pe kathinaai ke saamna karta, ayse ho ki hum long apan sir upar uthaai aur anand manaai. I pavitra maoka pe hum duniya ke gawahi deta, hum batlaata hai ki hamare Uddaarkarta jiwit hai aur Apan Girja ke aguwaai kare. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.