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Parmeshwar aap ke jaane aur aapse pyaar kare hai.
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Parmeshwar aap ke jaane aur aapse pyaar kare hai.

Elder Alan T. Phillips dwaara

Sattar ke

Parmeshwar kee khushee kee yojna aapke baare mein hai. Aap Unkee anmol bachche hain aur bahut moolyavaan hain.

Chah saal pahele shahar Oxford ke bahaar andhere mein hamara pariwaar raat ko highway se jaa rahen the. Jaisa ki aksar chhote bachchon ke saath hota hai, hamen rukne kee zaroorat thee isliye hamen kaee dukaanon aur restaurants ke saath ek service station mila. Sateekta(precision) ke saath, ham motar se baahar nikle, sevaon ka daura kiya, aur apnee yaatra phir se shuroo karte hue vaapas raaste mein daakhil hue.

Pandra minute baad, hamaare bade bete ne ek mahatvapoorn prashn poochha: “Jasper kaha hain?” Jasper hamesha motar ke peechhe akele baithta hai. Hamne maan liya ki vah so gaya hai ya chhip raha hai ya hamaare saath khel kar raha hai.

Jaise hee uske bhaee ne motar ke pichhale hisse ka adhik baareekee se khoj kiya, hamen pata chala ki hamaara paanch saal ka beta vahaan nahin tha. Hamaare hrday bhay se bhar gaya. Ham motar ko vaapas service station jaane ke liye ghumae, hamne Swargye Pita se Jasper kee salamati ke liye prarthna kee. Hamne police ko kol karke is maamle ke vishay mein batlaaya.

Jab ham utsukata se pahunche, 40 minutes se adhik baad, hamen kaar paark mein do police vaahan mile, jinkee batti chamak rahee theen. Un mein se ek ke bheetar Jasper thaa, jo buttons se khel raha thaa. Unke saath phir se milkar hamen jo khushee mahasoos huee, use main kabhee nahin bhooloonga.

Rakshak kee kaee paravalayik shikshaen us cheez ko ikattha karne, punarsthaapit karne ya khojne ka prayaas karne par dhyaan kendrit kartee hain jo bikharee huee ya kho gaee hai. Inmen khoee huee bhed, khoya hua sikka aur khoe hue bete ke drshtaant hain.1

Jaisa ki Jasper ke saath yah ghatna varshon se mere dimaag mein ghoom rahee hai, main ne Parmeshwar ke bachchon kee divy pahachaan aur mahatv par vichaar kiya hai, Ishu Masih kee muktidaayee shakti, aur Swarg mein Pita ka paripoorn prem jo aapko aur mujhe jaanta hai. Mujhe aasha hai ki main aaj in sachchaiyon ka gavaah banoonga.

I. Parmeshwar ke bachche

Zindagi mushkil hai. Bahut se log abhibhoot, akele, alag-thalag ya thaka hua mahasoos karte hain. Jab cheezen kathin hotee hain, to hamen mahasoos ho sakta hai ki ham bhatak gae hain ya peechhe rah gae hain. Yah jaankar ki ham sabhee Parmeshwar kee santaan hain aur unke shaashvat parivaar ke sadasy hain, apnepan aur uddeshy kee bhaavna vaapas aa jaegi.2

President Ballard batate hain: “Ek mahatvapoorn pahachaan hai jise ham sabhee abhee aur hamesha baat te hain. … Vah yah ki aap sadaiv Parmeshwar ke putr ya putree rahe hain. … Is sachchai ko samajhna—vaastav mein ise samajhna aur ise apnaana—jeevan badal saktee hain.”3

Yah galat na samjhen ya iska avamoolyan na karen ki aap Pita jo Swarg mein hai ke liye kitne mahatvapoorn hain. Aap prakrti ka ek aakasmik upotpaad, ek laukik anaath, ya padaarth, samay aur sanyog ka parinaam nahin hain. Jahaan tasveer hai, vahaan tasveeer banaane vaala bhee hai.

Aapke jeevan ka arth aur uddeshy hain. Ishu Masih ke susamaachaar kee chal rahee Punahsthaapana aapkee divy pahachaan ke sambandh mein prakaash aur samajh laatee hai. Aap Swargiye Pita ki dulaare bachch hai. Aap un sabhee drshtaanton aur shikshaon kee vishay vastu hain. Parmeshwar aapse itna prem karta hai ki usne aapko changa karne, bachaane aur chhutakaara dilaane ke liye apne putr ko bheja.4

Ishu Masih ne pratyek vyakti kee divy prakrti aur shaashvat mooly ko pahachaana.5 Unhon ne samajhaaya ki kaise Parmeshwar se prem karne aur apne padosee se prem karne kee do mahaan aagyaen Parmeshwar kee sabhee aagyaon kee neenv hain.6 Zarooratmand logon kee dekhbhaal karna hamaaree divy zimmedaariyon mein se ek hai.7 Yahee kaaran hai ki Ishu Masih ke shishyon ke roop mein, ham “ek doosre ka bojh uthaate hain, … shok manaane vaalon ke saath shok manao … , aur un logon ko saantvana(comfort) do jinhen saantvana kee aavashyakata hai”8

Dharm keval Parmeshwar ke saath hamaare rishte ke baare mein nahin hai; yah ek doosre ke saath hamaare rishte ke baare mein bhee hai. Elder Holland ne samjhaya hai ki Angrezi shabd dharm ek Latin shabd se aata hai religare matlab “baandhna” ya, aur sidhe taur pe, “phir se baandhna” Yane kee, “sachcha dharm [vah] bandhan hai jo hamen Parmeshwar aur ek-doosre se baandhata hai.”9

Ham ek doosre ke saath kaisa vyavahaar karte hain yah vaastav mein maayne rakhta hai. President Nelson sikhaata hain, “Rakshak ka sandesh spasht hai: Uske sacha shishy nirmaan karte hain, uthaate hain, protsaahit karte hain, prerit karte hain aur prerit karte hain.”10 Yah tab aur bhee mahatvapoorn ho jaata hai jab hamaare saathee yaatree khoya hua, akela, bhula hua ya hata(removed) hua mahasoos karte hain.

Hamen sangharsh kar rahe logon ko dhoondhne ke liye door tak dekhne kee zaroorat nahin hai. Ham apne parivaar, mandalee ya sthaaneey samudaay(local community) mein kisee kee madad karke shuruaat kar sakte hain. Ham atyadhik gareebee mein rahane vaale 700 million logon kee peeda ko door karne ka bhee prayaas kar sakte hain11 ya ve 100 million log jo utpeedan, sangharsh aur hinsa ke kaaran jabran visthaapit ho gae hain.12 Ishu Masih zarooratmand logon kee dekhbhaal karne ka aadarsh udaaharan hain—bhookon ko, anjaano ko, beemaaron ko, gareebon ko, kaidiyon ko. Unka kaarye hamara kaarye hai.

Elder Gong sikhaata hai kee “Parmeshwar tak hamaaree yaatra aksar ek saath paee jaatee hai.”13 Is prakaar, hamaare vaadon ko Parmeshwar ke sabhee bachchon ke liye aashray hona chaahiye. Kya ham nishkriy roop se girjaghar mein bhaag le rahe hain ya sakriy roop se aise samudaay bana rahe hain jinka uddeshy pooja karna, Masih ko yaad karna aur ek doosre kee seva karna hai?14 Ham kam nyaay karne, adhik prem karne aur apne shabdon aur kaaryon ke maadhyam se Ishu Masih ke shuddh prem ko badhaane kee President Nelson’s kee salaah par dhyaan de sakte hain.15

II. Ishu Masih kee Muktidaayee Shakti

Ishu Masih ka praeshchit hamaare Swargiye Pita ke apne bachchon ke prati prem kee sarvochch abhivyakti hai.16 Sabd praeshchit un logon kee “at one” sthiti ka varnan karta hai jinhen alag kar diya gaya hai ya alag kar diya gaya hai.

Hamaare Rakshak ka mishan Swargiye Pita ke paas lautne ka raasta aur yaatra mein raahat donon pradaan karna tha. Rakshak Apne anubhav se jaanta hai ki jeevan kee chunautiyon ke maadhyam se hamen kaise samarthan dena hai.17 Koee galtee na karen, Masih hamaara bachanewaala aur hamaaree aatmaon ka upchaarak hai.

Jaise hee ham vishvaas ka abhyaas karte hain, vah hamen kathinaiyon ke maadhyam se aage badhne mein madad karta hai. Vah Apna premapoorn aur dayaalu nimantran jaaree rakhta hai:

“He sab parishram karnevaalon aur bojh se dabe hue logon, mere paas aao; main tumhen vishraam doonga.

“Mera jooa(yoke) apne oopar le lo, aur mujh se seekho; … aur tumhen apnee aatma mein shaanti milegee.”18

Jue ka roopak(metaphor) shaktishaalee hai. President Howard W. Hunter jaise samjhaata hain: “Jooa ek aisa upkaran tha … jo doosre jaanvar kee taakat ko ek jaanvar ke prayaas se jodne aur haath mein kaam ke bhaaree shram ko saajha karne aur kam karne kee anumati deta tha. Ek bojh jo kisee ke liYe bhaaree ya shaayad sahan karna asambhav tha, use ek hee jooe se bandhe do logon dvaara samaan roop se aur aaraam se uthaaya ja sakta tha.”19

President Nelson ne sikhaya: “Aap Masih ke paas uske saath aur uskee shakti se judne ke liye aate hain, taaki aap jeevan ka bojh akele na kheencheh Aap duniya ke Rakshak aur Muktidaata ke saath jeevan ka bojh kheench rahe hain.”20

Ham apne aap ko Rakshak se kaise jod sakte hain ya baandh sakte hain? Elder David A. Bednar samjhaate hain:

“Pavitr anubandhon ko banaana aur unka paalan karna hamen Prabhu Ishu Masih ke saath jodta hai. Sankshep mein, Rakshak hamen us par bharosa karne aur Uske saath judne ka sanket de raha hai.

Ham akele nahin hain aur hamen kabhee bhee akele rahane kee zaroorat nahin hai.”21

Kisee bhee bojh se dabe, haare hue, bhramit vyakti ke liye, Aapko yah akele nahin karna hai.22 Masih ke praeshchit aur uske niyamon ke maadhyam se aap uske saath jue mein bandhe ho sakte hain ya us se bandhe ho sakte hain. Vah premapoorvak aapko aage kee yaatra ka saamna karne ke lie aavashyak shakti aur upchaar pradaan karega. Vah ab bhee hamaare toofaanon se bachne ka aashray hai.23

III. Swargiye Pita ka prem karta hain.

Rikord ke liye, Jasper majaakiya, snehee, buddhimaan aur bada bhola hai. Lekin is kahaanee kee kunjee yah hai ki vah mera hai. Vah mera beta hai, aur main usse us se bhee adhik pyaar karta hoon jitna usne kabhee socha hoga. Yadi ek apoorn, saansaarik pita apne bachche ke baare mein aisa mahasoos karta hai, to kya aap kalpana kar sakte hain ki ek aadarsh, mahimaamandit, premapoorn Swargiye Pita aapke baare mein kaisa mahasoos karta hai?

Ubharatee peedhee ke mere pyaare doston, Gen Z aur Gen Alpha ke liye: krpaya jaan len ki vishvaas ke liye kaam kee aavashyakata hotee hai.24 Ham aise samay mein rahate hain jab keval bahuton ke liye “dekhna hee vishvaas hain.” Vishvaas chunauteepoorn ho saktee hai aur iske liye vikalpon kee aavashyakata hotee hai. Lekin prarthna ka utthar diya jaata hain.25 Aur javaabo ko mahasoos kiya jaata hain.26 Jeevan kee kuchh sabse vaastavik cheezen dekhee nahin jaateen; unhen mahasoos kiya jaata hai, jaana jaata hai aur anubhav kiya jaata hai. Veh bhee sab sach hain.

Ishu Masih chaahate hain ki aap Pita jo Swarg mein hai ko jaanen aur uske saath sambandh banaayen.27 Usne sikhaaya, “Tumme se kaun aadmi hain, jiske paas ek beta hai, aur vah baahar khada hokar kahega, he Pita, apna ghar khol, ki main bheetar aakar tere saay bhojan karoon, aur na kahega, He mere bete, bheetar aa; kyonki mera tera hai, aur tera mera hai?”28 kya aap Anant Pita Parmeshwar kee adhik vyaktigat, premapoorn chhavi ke baare mein soch sakte hain?

Aap Unke bachche hain. Agar aapko koya hua mahasoos hota hain, agar aapke paas prashn hain ya gyaan kee kamee ha, yadi aap apnee paristhitiyon se joojh rahe hain ya aadhyaatmik asangati se joojh rahe hain, to uskee or muden. Aaraam, prem, uttar aur disha ke liye Usse praarthna karen. Chaahe jo bhee zaroorat ho aur aap jahaan bhee hon, apne Swargiye Pita ko apna dil khol den. Kuchh ke liye, aap President Nelson’s ke nimantran ka paalan karna chaah sakte hain aur “poochh sakte hain ki kya vah vaastav mein vahaan hain—agar Woh aapko jaante hain. Unse pooscho kee Weh umhaare baare mein kya sochta hain. Aur phir suniye.”29

Pyaare Bhaaiyon aur Bahanon:

  • Apne Swargiye Pita ko pahachaane. Vah paripoorn aur premapoorn hai.

  • Jaaniye kee Ishu Masih kaun hain.30 Vah hamaara Rakshak aur Muktidaata hai. Apne aap ko aur jinhen aap pyaar karte hain unhen us se baandhen.

  • Aur jaane aap kaun hain. Apnee vaastavik divy pahachaan ko jaanen. Parmeshwar kee khushee kee yojna aapke baare mein hai. Aap Unkee anmol santaan hain aur bahut moolyavaan hain. Vah tumhe jaanta hai aur tumse pyaar karta hain.

In saral lekin moolabhoot satyon kee main Ishu Masih ke naam par gawahi deta hoon, amen.

Notes

  1. Dekhiye Luke 15:4–32.

  2. Dekhiye Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2023), 1.

  3. M. Russell Ballard, “Children of Heavenly Father” (Brigham Young University devotional, Mar. 3, 2020), speeches.byu.edu.

  4. Dekhiye John 3:16; Mosiah 15:1; 3 Nephi 17:6–10.

  5. Dekhiye Preach My Gospel, chapter 3.

  6. Dekhiye Matthew 22:36–40.

  7. Dekhiye General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1.2, Gospel Library.

  8. Mosiah 18:8, 9.

  9. Jeffrey R. Holland, “Religion: Bound by Loving Ties” (Brigham Young University devotional, Aug. 16, 2016), speeches.byu.edu.

  10. Dekhiye Russell M. Nelson, “Peacemakers Needed,” Liahona, May 2023, 99.

  11. “Atyadhik gareebee mein rahane vaale logon kee sankhya 70 miliyan se badhakar 700 miliyan se adhik ho gaee” (“Poverty,” Nov. 30, 2022, World Bank, worldbank.org).

  12. “100 miliyan se adhik log jabaran visthaapit hain” (“Refugee Data Finder,” May 23, 2022, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, unhcr.org).

  13. Gerrit W. Gong, “Room in the Inn,” Liahona, May 2021, 25.

  14. Dekhiye General Handbook, 1.3.7, Gospel Library.

  15. Dekhiye Russell M. Nelson, “Peacemakers Needed,” 98–101.

  16. Dekhiye John 3:16.

  17. Dekhiye Alma 7:11–12; Doctrine and Covenants 122:8.

  18. Matthew 11:28–29.

  19. Howard W. Hunter, “Come unto Me,” Ensign, Nov. 1990, 18.

  20. “The Mission and Ministry of the Savior: A Discussion with Elder Russell M. Nelson,” Ensign, June 2005, 18.

  21. David A. Bednar, “Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease,” Liahona, May 2014, 88.

  22. President Camille Johnson ke kaha: “Bhaiyon aur bahanon,Main is par akele nahin ja sakta, aur mujhe iskee aavashyakata nahin hai, aur main aisa nahin karoonga. Apne Rakshak se bandhe rahana chun raha hoon, Ishu Masih, Un anubandhon ke dvaara jo main ne Parmeshwar ke saath baandhe hain, “Main Masih ke dvaara sab kuchh kar sakta hoon jo mujhe saamarth deta hai’ [Philippians 4:13]” (“Jesus Christ Is Relief,” Liahona, May 2023, 82).

  23. Dekhiye Psalm 62:6–8.

  24. Dekhiye James 2:17.

  25. Dekhiye Matthew 7:7–8; James 1:5.

  26. “Weh [Pavitr aatma] Dilaasa dene vaala hai (John 14:26). Jaise ek pyaare maata-pita kee sukhadaayak aavaaz ek rote hue bachche ko shaant kar saktee hai, aatma kee phusaphusaahat hamaare dar ko shaant kar saktee hai, hamaare jeevan kee pareshaan karne vaalee chintaon ko shaant kar saktee hai, aur shok hone par hamen aaraam de saktee hai. Pavitr aatma hamen aasha aur poorn prem se bhar saktee hai aur hamen raajy kee shaantipoorn cheezen sikha saktee hai’ (Moroni 8:26; Doctrine and Covenants 36:2)” (Topics and Questions, “Holy Ghost,” Gospel Library).

    “Woh [Pavitr Aatma] Pita aur Putr ka gavaah hai.” (2 Nephi 31:18). Yah keval Pavitr Aatma kee shakti ke maadhyam se hai ki ham Parampita Parmeshwar aur Unke Putr, Ishu Masih kee ek nishchit gawahi praapt kar sakte hain.

    “Pavitr aatma saty kee gawahi deta hai, aur yah uskee shakti ke maadhyam se hai ki ham sabhee cheezon kee sachchaee jaan sakte hain.’ (Moroni 10:5)” (“The Holy Ghost Testifies of Truth,” Liahona, Mar. 2010, 14, 15)

    ‘Parantu jab vah sahaayak aaega, jise main tumhaare paas Pita kee or se bhejoonga, arthaat saty ka Aatma, jo Pita kee or se nikalta hai, to vah meree gavahi dega” (John 15:26).Topics and Questions, “Holy Ghost,” Gospel Library).

  27. Dekhiye John 14:6–7; 17:3.

  28. Joseph Smith Translation, Matthew 7:17 (in the Bible appendix).

  29. Russell M. Nelson, “Come, Follow Me,” Liahona, May 2019, 90.

  30. Dekhiye Mark 8:27–29.