Jaise Usne Kia

Lagbhag 18 mahine pehle, 2017 ke fall ke mausam me, mera 64-saal-ka bhai Mike hamme batais ki uske pancreatic cancer ke bimari hai. Usne humse batais ki uske purohiti ke aashish mil ge raha uske gharelu shikshak seaur ki woh apan bishop se mil chukis raha. Woh baad me hamaar paas Oakland California Mandir ke tasveer text se bhejis u aspataal se jahan uske ilaaj hota raha, i baat likh ke usme “Dekho hum apan aspataal la kamra se konchi dekhe sakta hai.”¹

Humme utna hi taajub hois uske tippaniyon se gharelu shikhsak, pristhud ashirvaad, bishops, aur mandiron ke baare me sunke jitna uskecancer ke baare me sunke hois raha. Aap jaaniye, Mike, ek priest Aaronic Purohiti ke, jon niyamit taur se girja nahi gais raha lagbhag 50 saal se.

Uska parivaar hone ke naate, hum long uske dhaarmik pragati se utna hi chakit raha jitna uska cancer se ladne ke pragati se, khaas karke uske abhi ke savaalon ke kaaran Mormon ke Pustak, sealing shakti, aur mauth ke baad ka jeevan ke baareh me. Jaiseh jaiseh mahina badhte gae aur cancer bhi, uske zaroorat atirikt aur adhik vishesh illaaj ke liye, Mike ke Utah aur Huntsman Cancer Institute laaya gaya.

Uske aaye se kuch hee samay baad, Mike ke John Holbrook aakar milis, jo ward mission leeda raha us ward ke jo seva aur dekh rekh ke suvidhaen pradhaan karta raha yahan jaha Mike abh raheta raha. John bolis ki “ye zaahir hai ki Mike Parmeshwar ke putr hai” aur bahut haal dono ek mitrata ke bandhan jodh lees raha aur John abh Mike ke dekh rekh ka muh-bola bhai ban gais raha. Yaha tatkaal nimantran mila ki prachaarako ko abh Mike se milna aana chahiye, jo hamaare bhai achcha se asveekaar karis, par unke dosti ke ek mahina pe, John ek baar phir poochis, Mike ke samjhais, “Hum sochta ki tum susamaachaar sunne se anandit hoyega.”² Is waqt nimantran sveekaar bhais, aur tab prachaarako se mulakaat hois, tatha Bishop Jon Sharp bhi milne aais, jon apan baat cheet se Mike ke uske kulpati la ashirvaad dewaais, uske baptisma ke 57 saal baad.

December ke shuruvaat meh pichhale saal, kayi mahina ke illaaj ke baad, Mike nirnay lees ki woh cancer ka illaaj rokh dega, jisse uske bahut anye peera hota raha, aur usneh chaha ki kudrat hi kuch kare. Hum long ke daactar batais jo uske saath kaam karta tha ki Mike ke sirf teen mahina hai jeeye ke. Is beech meh, susamaachaar ke sawaal jaaree raha—jaise mulakaten aur purohiti agua long ke sahayta. Jab hum long jaata raha Mike se mileh, aksar wahan hum Mormon ka Pustak ke khula rakha paata raha khat ke bagal mejab hum long susamachaar ke Punahsthaapna, pristhud ke chaabiyon, mandir dharamvidhiyon, aur manushe ke anant prakriti ke baat karta raha.

Disambar ke beech talak, kulpati ka aashirvaad uske saath me raha, aiseh lagta raha ki Mike shakti praapt kar raha tha, aur uske rog ki latchan kam se kam teen mahine ki sambhavna thi. Hum long yojana banaya ki woh hum long ke saath Bada Din manaye, Naya saal bhi manaye, aur usseh bhi aage. Disambar 16 ko, aqchanak humeh ek kall aais Bishop Sharp ke taraf se, jon hamme batais ki woh aur stake pradhaan Mike ke intaveeu lees, aur uske yogye paais ki woh abh sakeh Melchizedek Purohiti praapt kare, aur hum seh poochis ki kabh hum sakta unke saath bhaag le. Hum long karyakarm usi Sukhwaar, Disambar 21 ke lie rakha.

Jab woh din aais, hamaar patni, Carol, aur hum pahunchaa dekh rekh ke suvidhaan meh aur haathonhaath hall meh uske kamre ke kareeb aur bataya gai ki Mike ke pulse nahi raha. Hum kamre ke bheetar gaya aur dekha kulpati, uske bishop, aur uske stake ke pradhaan pahale se hee intezaar kar raha hai—aur phir Mike apan aakhen kolis. Woh hameh pahechaana aur sveekaar karis ki woh hameh sooneh sake aur taiyaar raha purohiti praapt kareh ke lie. Pachaas saal baad niyukti bhaya raha Aaronic ki Purohiti meh, hume vishesh adhikaar mila, sahayta mila sthaaneey neta seh, Melchizedek Purohiti pradhaan karna aur niyukti karna apana bhai ko elder ke padh par. Paanch ghanta baad, Mike guzar gais, parda paar kar gais humlong ke maata-pita ko mila ek Melchizedek Purohiti ke roop meh.

Sirf ek saal bhais, ek koll badhaya gais Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson dwaara hum mein se pratiyek ke liye ki hum long apneh bhaiyon aur bahanon ko dekh bhaal kareh ek “unche, zyaada pavitra tarika se.”³ Udhaarkarta ke baare me, Pradhaan Nelson seekhssid ki “kyunki ye Uska Girjaghar hai, hum Uske sevak banke dekhrekh karega ek ke, jaise U karis raha. Hum long dekhrekh karega Uske naam par, Uske shakti aur adhikaar se, aur Uske prem aur dayaa se.”⁴

Parmeshwar ke profat seh u nimantran ke jawaab me, ek ke dekhrekh kare ke koshishe jaari hai duniya bhar me, dono mil-jul ke, jaise sadasye vishwaas se apan dekh rekh ke seva jo unko saupa gae hai poora karte hai, tatha us tarah bhi jise hum “bina taeyaari ka” dekhrekh kehte hai, jaise kitne saare log Masih-jaisa prem dikhate hai achanak aaye maoko me. Hamaare apneh pariwaar meh, hum dekha hai, nazdeek se, yahi roop se dekh rekh hoe.

John, jo Mike ka dost tha, aur dekhrekh ka bhai, aur ek poorv mission adhyaksh, apan prachaarakon ko batais raha ki “agar koi jo soochee meh hai, batae ki unhe ‘dilchaspi nahi hai’ toh haar nahi manna. Log badal jaate hai.” Woh phir hum long se bataais, “Mike toh bahut zyaada shakti se badlis.”⁵ John pahela dost raha, jo uske lagataar protsahaan aur samarthan deta raha—par uska dekhrekh nahi rooka dosti ka mel milaap me. John jaanta raha ki ek dekhrekh karne waala ek dost se badhkar hai aur woh dosti badhe jab hum long dekhrekh karta hai u long ke.

Yeh zaroori nahi hai ki log kasht jhelein, mere bhaai ki tarah, kisi jeevan ki khatra la beemari se taaki unhe dekhrekh ki seva ki zaroorat ho. Woh sab zaroorate aae kai rakam ke aakaar, naap aur sthitiyon me. Akela maa ya baap; ek kam-active jhoda; ek sangharsh karta hua yuva; ek utsuk maa; ek musibat vishwaas kare meh; ya dhan, swaasthye, ya shaadi sambandhi maamle—ye soochee na ant hone waala hai. Haalaanki, Mike ke rakam, koi nahi bahut door gais hai aur abhi itni der nahi bhais hai Uddhaarkarta ke pyaar bhara baaho ke liye.

Hum long ke seekhaya gaya hai Dekhekh pe Girjaghar ki website se, “jabki dekhrekh ke etna dher lakshye hai, hum long ke dekhrekh ke koshish itchcha se nirdeshit, doosar ke madad kare ke, taaki woh khud apna adhik se gahara badalao paaye aur Uddhaarkarta ki tarah bane.”⁶ Elder Neal L. Andersen ne is tarah batlaya hai:

“Ek atcha dil wala insaan kisi ko taaya banane me madad kar sakta hai, ek saath-rehne waale ko daactar ke paas le jaa sakta hai, kisi udaas insaan ke saath bhojan kar sakta hai, ya muskura ke aur hello bol sakta hai kisi ke din ko roshan karne ke liye.

“Par pehla niyam ko nibhaane waala apne aap hi in sewa ke zaroori kaarye meh kuch zyaada karega.”⁷

Ishu Masih ke rakam dekhrekh kare me, ye yaad kare ke zaroori hai ki Uske pyaar karna, uthsahit karna, seva karna, aur aashirvaad dena ek mahaan lakshye raha na ki sirf abhi ke zaroorat poora kare ke. Woh jaanta raha din prati din ka zaroorate, aur daya karis u long ke abhi ke kasht par, jaiseh Woh changai dis, bhojan khilais, chamma karis aur seekhaais. Lekin Woh mangta raha zyaada kare, khali aaj ke dekh rekh nahi. Jinhe Woh seekhata raha Woh chahata tha ki weh Uske peeche hoy, Uske jaane, aur apne divye kshamta tak pahunche.⁸

Jaiseh hum long dhoonde ga dekhrekh kare ke Jaise U karis raha,⁹ hum long ke ausar pradaan kiya jai apneh ko bhool ke aur doosron ko utsahit kare ke. Yeh ausar shaayad aksar asuvidhaajanak rahi aur hum long ke pariksha lei aur zyaada Swami ki tarah bane ke, jiska sabse bada sewa raha, Uske aprampaar Praeshchit, suvidhajanak rahe se kam nahi raha. Matthew aadhiaay 25 me, hum long ke yaad dilae kaise Parmeshwar mehsoos kareh hum long ke baareh meh, jabh, Uske rakam, hum long mehsoos karta etna dher sangharsh, musibaton, aur chunaotiyon se par u sab aksar nazarandaaz kar diya jae sake:

“Aao, Mere Pita ke joh dhanye ho, us raajye ke apnaao jo sansaar ke buniyaad se tumhare liye tayyaar kiya gaya hai:

“Kyunki mai bhookha tha, aur tumne mujhe khaane ko diya: Mai pyaasa tha, aur tumne mujhe paani pilaya: Mai pardesi raha, aur tumne mujhe apne ghar mein tehraaya. …

“Tab dharmik log usko uttar denge, kehkar He Prabhu, hum ne kab tujhe bhookha dekha aur khana khilaaya? Ya pyaasa dekha aur paani pilaaya?

“Humne kab tujhe pardesi dekha, aur apne ghar mein tehraaya? …

“Tab Raja unhe uttar dega aur unse kahega,Mai tumse sach kehta hoon, ki tumne jo mere in chote se chote bhaaiyon mein se kisi ek ke bhi saath kiya, woh mere hi saath kiya.”¹⁰

Chaahe hum long seva kare ek bhai aur ek bahan ke tarah, ya kewal jab hum long ke koi batai ki koi ke zaroorat hai, Hum long ke uthsaahit mile ki hum dhoonde Pavitra Aatma ke maargdarshan aur nirdeshan—aur phir kaarye kare. Hum long shayad sochenge kaise atchi tarah se seva kare, par Parmeshwar jaanta hai, aur Uske Aatma se hum long ke nirdeshan mili hum long jab koshish karega. Jaise Nephi, jo “Pavitra Aatma dwara le chala gaya raha, woh pahele se nahi jaanta raha [uske] koun cheez kareke hai,”¹¹ hum long ke bhi Pavitra Aatma le jai jaise hum long koshish karega ek saadhan baneh ke Prabhu ke haath me Unke batcho ko aashirvaad dene ke liye. Jaise hum long Pavitra Aatma ke agavai ko dhoondega aur Prabhu par bharosa karega, hum long ke bhi us sthiti aur halat me raka jaiga jahan hum long sakta kaarye me lag jaae aur aarshirvaad dewe—doosre shabdo meh, dekh rekh karna.

Kai anye samay jab hum long pahechaanega ek zaroorat ko, par aise lagi ki hum long kutch nahi kar paega aur kaise unko madat de, sotchenge ki kya kutch ham long ke pass hai, woh kam hai. Woh sab karo jaiseh Usne kiya,¹² kisi bhi rakam, ek doosar ke dekhrekh karo woh dene se jo cheez de sakta aur bharosa karo ki Parmeshwar hum long ke koshisho ko badhanti dei ki hum long sakega aashirvaad de aapan “saathi yaatri ke joh is maranshil jeevan meh saath hai.”¹³ Kuch log ke liye, ye shayad waqt aur yogyata ka uphaar rahi; doosar log ke, shaayad ye daya bhari baaten ya ek shaktishaali kandha rahi. Maano ki hum long mehsoos karega hamari khoshishe na munasib hai, Pradhaan Dallin H. Oaks batais ek mahatvpoorn siddhaant “chotha aur saral” ke baare meh. Woh seekhaais ki chota aur saral kaarye shaktishaali hai kyunki weh nimantran deta hai “Pavitra Aatma ka sanghati ke,”¹⁴ ek sanghati joh aashirvaad dono dene aur lene waale ko deta hai.

Jaanta raha ki woh marne waala hai, hamaar bhai Mike bolis, “Kitna aashcharye ke baat hai kaise ye pancreatic cancer sakeh uspar dhyaan dewaawe jo bahut mahatvapoorn hai.”¹⁵ Dhanyavaad hai un aashcharyajanak aadmio aur auraton ko jinhonne dekhe ek zaroorat ko, bhed-bhaao nahi kiya, aur dekhrekh kiya Udhaarkarta ke rakam, Mike ke liye bahut der nahi bhais raha. Kuch log ke liye, badlao jaldi aawe; aur anye long ke liye, shayad pardae ke us paar. Toh bhi, hum long ke yaad rakhna ki ya bahut der nahi hai aur koi nahi kabhi raasta se utna door gais hai ki uske yeh Ishu Masih ka Praeschit tak pahunchna pahunch se door lage, jo ki apne samay aur maatra me bina daere ke hai.

Pichale saal Aktuber ke maha sabha meh, Elder Dale G. Renlund seekhais ki “koi baat nahi hum long kitna lamba samay ye raasta se alag raha … , jon pal me hum long badle ke nirnay kar leta hai, Parmeshwar hum long ke madat kari lautne ke liye.”¹⁶ Woh badalne ke nirnay, tab bhi, aksar nimantran ke parinaam hai jaise ki “Hum sotcha ki tum susamaachaar sunne se anandit hoyega.” Jaise ye kabhi der nahi Udhaarkarta ke liye, waise yeh nimantran dena bhi kabhi jaldi nahi hai hum long ke liye.

Easter ke mousum pradaan kare, ek baar phir, ek suhana mouka vichaar kare ke, hamare Uddhaarkarta, Ishu Masih ke mahaan praeshchit ke balidaan pe gaor kare ke, aur Usne hum sab ke liye kya kiya etna jabardast keemat pe—ek daam jon U khud bolis “iske karan [Usko], sabh se badha ko, kaapana padha dard se.” “Phir bhee,” Uska kehna hai, “Hum bhaagh leeya aur khatam kara Apan tayaari sab logon ke batcho ke liye.”¹⁷

Hum apan gawahi deta hai ki kyon ki Woh “pooran ho gais,” aasha sab taaim rahi. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.