Maa ne Hamein Bachaya

Jab main che saal ka tha, meri choti bahan aur main apni badi bahan ke basketball ke khel ko dekh rahe the. Mere pitaji chale gaye, aur phir hum ne bhi tay kiya ki hum bhi unke saath ghar jana chahate the, to hum unke piche barsaat mein bhaage. Jab hum unhe dhoondh nahin sake, hum waapas gym mein gaye apni maa ke saath ghar jaane ke liye, magar jis samay hum gym mein pahunche, sabhi log us imaarat se chale gaye the.

Mujhe yaad hai darwaaze ke niche saath khade hona, apni choti bahan aur apne aap ko baarish se bachane ki koshish mein, prarthna karte hue ki shaayad koi aa jaaye. Tabhi mainne apne laal gaadi ke darwaaze ko bandh hote hue suna, aur hum daudhte us awaaz ki or gaye. Uske saath mujhe apni bachpan ki ek anokhi yaad aai: hamari maa hamein apne baaho mein bhare hue “jis tarah murgi apne bachchon ko pankh ke niche dhakh leti hai” (3 Nephi 10:4). Meri maa ne hamein bachaya tha, aur mainne usse zyaada surakchit kabhi nahin mehsoos kiya.

Jab main apne upar uske parbhaao ko mehsoos karti hoon, main dekhti hoon ki meri maa ki zindagi ne mujhe Uddhaarkarta ki or moda hai aur dikhlaaya ki “us haath ko udha sakte hai jo kabhi niche the, aur shakti pradaan karein un kamzor ghutnon ko” ka matlab kya hai (D&C 81:5). Woh Ishu Masih par nirbhar thi, jisne use shakti diya “[khud] se zyaada” (“Lord, I Would Follow Thee,” Hymns, no. 220).