“Aao, Mere Jaisa Karo”

Hamaar pyaare bhaaiyo aur bahano, hamaar patni Wendy aur hum i Sebath ke sabere aap ke sange bitaane ke liye khush hai. Hamare pichle maha sammelan ke baad bahut kuch ho gaya hai. Naye mandirein Concepción, Chile; Barranquilla, Colombia; aur Rome, Italy me samarpit hois hai. Hum long i duno pavitra avsar pe etna zyaada Aatma ke mehsoos kara.

Un dher saare auraton (aur aadmiyon) ke hum badhaai deta hai jon abhi haal hi me Mormon ki Pustak padhis hai aur usme bahut khushi aur chipe huwe khazane paais hai. Hamme prerna milis u long ke mile la chamatkaaro ke baare me suchnaao se.

Hamme 11-saal-ke jawaan ladkaaon pe achambha howe hai, jon ab deacon ban ke, sab Raviwaar ke yogye rup se sekramant baate hai. Weh hamare 11-saal-ke jawaan ladkiyon ke saath mandir jaate hai, jo ab utsukta se Beehives ke baare me seekh rahe hai aur sewa pradaan kare hai. Dono jawaan ladke aur jawaan ladkiyaan susamachaar ke sachchaaiyo ka prachaar sudhta aur purn biswaas se kare hai.

Hum u bachchon aur yuva se khushi hai jon apan gharon me susamachaar sikhaawe me madad kare hai jab u long apan maata-pitaaon ke saath ghar-pe, Girjaghar-ke-sahayta se ki padhaai kare hai.

Hum long ke ek chaar-saal-ke ladka Blake ke photo mila, jon, ek Sanichar ke sabere, Girjaghar la kitaab uthaais aur bolis, “Hamaar aatma ke bhook lagis hai!”

Blake, hum bahut khush hai aapse aur un sab se jo apne aatma ke bhook mitawe hai Ishu Masih ke punahsthaapit susamachaar ke sachchaaiyo pe feast kare se. Aur hame khushi hai ki dher jan Parmeshwar ki shakti paa rahe hai apne jiwan me mandir me praathna kare aur wahan sewa pradaan kare se.

Jaisa ki aap me se kayi log janta hai, teen mahina pehle hum long ke pariwaar ek naazuk bichde la ghatna se guzris hai jab hum long ke beti Wendy swargwaasi ho gayi is maranshil jeevan se. Cancer se ladaai ke uske aakhri dino me, hamme saobhaagye raha baap-beti ke bidaai la baat cheet karo.

Hum uske haath pakda aur uske bataya hum usse kitna pyaar karta hai aur hum kitna abhaari raha uske pita bane ke. Hum bola: “Aap mandir me shaadi kara aur apan vachano ke biswaas se sammaan diya. Aap aur apan pati ke ke saathe ghar me saat ladkan ke khushi se paeda kara aur u long ke paal pos ke Ishu Masih ke sachche bhakt banne diye, Girjaghar ke mazboot sadasye, aur yogdaan dene waale naagrik banaye. Aur u long utne hi guni pati-patniyaan bhi chunis apan liye. Aapke pita ko aap pe bahut, bahut garv hai. Aap ne mujhe bahut khushi di hai!”

Woh dheere se bolis, “Dhanyevaad, Pitaji.”

Hamare liye yeh ek naazuk, aansuwon se bhara samay tha. Uske 67 saalon me, humne saath kaam kiye, gaane gaaye, aur aksar saath me ski karne gaye. Lekin u shaam ke, hum ne un cheezon pe baate ki jo anmol hai, jaise vachanein, dharamvidhiyaan, aagyakarita, biswaas, pariwaar, shudhta, pyaar, aur anant jiwan.

Hamein hamari beti bahut yaad aati hai. Haalaanki, Ishu Masih ke punahsthaapit susamachaar ke kaaran se hum uski chinta nahi karte hai. Parmeshwar ke saath kiye vachano ka sammaan kare se, hum yeh aasha kare sakta hai ki hum uske saath phir se rahenge. Us din tak, hum yahan pe Prabhu ki sewa karenge aur woh Uski sewa wahan karegi—paradise(swarglok) me.¹

Aysa hua, meri patni aur mai is saal ke shuru me Paradise ghumne gaye the—yane ki, Paradise, California. Aysa hua, hamari beti ko is duniya chode 40 ghante ke baad hi hamein wahan ka daora kare ke raha. Hum, Elder Kevin W. Pearson aur uski patni, June ke saath gaye the, Chico California Stake ke Santon se himmat mili. Humne seekha unke bhadhi vishwaas, unke dekhrekh, aur un chamatkaaro ke baare me, jo hua jab California ke itihaas ka sabse vinaashak aag se unhe haani pahunchi thi.

Jab hum wahan the, humne ek jawaan police afsar, John, se baat ki, jon kai madad karne waalo me se ek raha. Uske u ghana andhera yaad aais jon November 8, 2018 ke Paradise me chaais raha, jabki aag se lapte aur angaar shahar bhar tezi me fael rahi thi, apne lapet me imaaraton aur sampatiyon ko nasht karte huwe ek musibat ki jaise aur piche kuch nahi bacha raha sirf dher se raakh aur khali eent ki chimniya.

15 ghanto tak, John ghane andhere me gaadi chalata gaya jisme kayi jalte hue dhamake bhare angaare jaalti rahi jabki woh ek ke baad ek insaan aur pariwaaron ki madad karta raha suraksha tak le ke jaata raha—apan jaan ke parwaah nahi karke. Phir bhi us mushkil ke samay me, John ko sab se zyaada fikr tha apan sabse zaroori sawaal ka: “Kahan hai mera pariwaar?” Bahut deri yahi chinta aur kasht ke baad, u jaanis ki uske pariwaar surakshit raha.

John ke kahani me uske pariwaar ki chinta karne ke andaaz se hamme prerna mila aaj aapse baat kare ke jo koi bhi sochta hoi apan maransheel jiwan ke ant pahunche hai, yeh kehte huwe, “Kahan hai mera pariwaar?” Un aane waale dinon me jab aap apan maransheel jiwan khatm karoge aur aatmik duniya me jaaoge, aapka saamna is dil-jhanjhorne waale sawaal se hoga: “Kahan hai mera pariwaar?”

Ishu Masih dikhawe hai u raasta jon waapas anant ghar le ke jaai. Wah hamare Swarg ke Pita ke anant pragati ke yojna ko humse behtar roop se samajhta hai. Akhir me, Wahi to is yojna ka kunjee(keystone) patthar hai. Wah hamare Muktidaata, Changaai karne waala, aur Uddhaarkarta hai.

Jab se Adam aur Eve ko Eden ke Bagiche se nikaala gaya tha, tab se Ishu Masih Apan shakti ke baaho se u sab ke madad kare hai jon Uske raah pe chale ke chune hai. Lagataar, skripchas me yeh bataaya gaya hai ki bhale sab rakam ke insaan ketno bhi paap kare, Woh ab bhi baahein pasaare intazaar kar rahe hai.²

Hamare andar ka aatma khud hi chahata hai pariwaar ka pyaar hamesha ke liye rahe. Pyaar ke gaano se ek jhuti aasha zaahir hoti hai ki pyaar ki hi zaroorat hai agar aapko hamesha ke liye saath rehna hai. Aur kuch galti se biswaas karte hai ki Ishu Masih ka Punarjiwan ek vaada deta hai ki sab log apne priyejanon ke saath rahenge mauth ke baad.

Sach me, Uddhaarkarta ne Khud yeh ekdam saaf rup se bataya hai ki jabki Uska Punarjiwit hona har ek insaan jo kabhi jiwit tha ke aashuwaasan dewe hai ki unhe jiwit kiya jaaega aur woh hamesha ke liye jiyenge,³ iske alaawa kuch aur bhi karna zaroori hai agar unnati ke unche saobhaagye ko hum paana chahate hai. Uddhaar akele hi paa sakte hai, par unnati pariwaar ke saath paana hai.

In shabdo ko suno jo Prabhu Ishu Masih Apan profat se bolis raha: “Sab vachan, anubandh, sambandh, kartavye, shapath, pratigya, kaarye, lagao, mel sanghat, ya ummeede agar Pavitra Aatma ke vada ke bandhan se nahi judha … yeh jaayaz ya shaktishaali nahi rahegi mare huwon ke punarjiwan ke baad me; kyunki jo anubandh is ant tak nahi banta ka koi faeda nahi rehta jab insaan mar jaata hai.”⁴

Yeh batao, ek pariwaar ko hamesha ki unnati paane ke liye kya zaroori hai? Hum yogye hote hai us saobhaagye ka, Parmeshwar ke saath vachano ko banane se, vachano ko nibhaane se, aur zaroori dharamvidhiyon ko haasil karke.

Yeh duniya ki shuruaat se sach hai. Adam aur Eve, Noah aur uski patni, Abraham aur Sarah, Lehi aur Sariah, aur anye sab Ishu Masih ke wafadaar chelein—duniya ke shuruaat se lekar—ne yahi vachanein banai hai Parmeshwar se. Unhonne yahi dharamvidhiyaan haasil ki thi jo hum aaj ke Prabhu ke punahsthaapit Girjaghar ke sadasye banate hai: wahi vachanein jo hum baptisma aur mandir me haasil karte hai.

Uddhaarkarta sabhi ko amantrit karta hai Unki tarah baptisma lene ke liye aur, samay aane par, Parmeshwar ke saath anye vachano ko banaye mandir me aur zaroori dharamvidhiyon ko haasil kare aur biswaasi bane rahe. Yeh sab zaroori hai agar hum logon ko unnat jiwan haasil karna hai apan pariwaaro aur Parmeshwar ke saath hamesha ke liye.

Hamaar dil ke tadap ye hai ki dher jan jiske hum pyaar karta, jiske hum prashansa karta, aur jiske hum aadar karta Unke nimantran ke thukraawe hai. U long Ishu Masih ke dalieel ko nazar-andaaz kare hai jab Wah bole hai, “Aao, mere jaisa karo.”⁵

Hum samajhta hai kaahe Parmeshwar rois raha.⁶ Hum bhi aisan dosto aur pariwaar waalon ke liye rota hai. U long achcha admi aur aurat long hai, apan pariwaar aur samaajik zimmedaari imaandaari se nibhay hai. U long udaarata se apan samay,shakti, aur saadhan ke daan kare hai. Aur unhi logon ke koshisho se duniya behtar hai. Lekin u long Parmeshwar ke sange vachan banae ke nahi chunis hai. U long abhi tak u dharamvidhi ko nahi haasil karis hai jisse u long apan pariwaaro ke sange unnat jiwan paai aur hamesha ke liye saath me bandha rahee.⁷

Hum etna mangta ki hum u long se mili aur u long ke amantrit kari Prabhu ke kaanoon pe gambheerta se soche ke. Hum bahut socha hai ki hum u long se konchi sakta bole jisse u long mehsoos kari Uddhaarkarta u long se ketna pyaar kare aur jaane hum u long se ketna pyaar karta hai, aur pehchaan paawe kaise vachan-nibhaane la aurat aur admi long ke sake “pura khushi mile.”⁸

U long ke samjhe ke chaahi ki jabki yahan ke baad u long ke paas ek jagah hai —aashcharyajanak aadmio aur auraton ke saath jon chunis hai Parmeshwar ke sange vachan nahi banawe ke—matlab u jagah nahi jahan pariwaar long sange mili aur u long ke khaas maoka diya jaai hamesha ke liye sange jiye aur pragati kare ke. Yeh wah raajye nahi jahan u long ke pura khushi mehsoos hoi—na-khatm howe la pragati aur khushiyaali.⁹ Yeh sabse achche ashirvaad sirf ek unnat jiwan jeene se mil sakta hai Parmeshwar ke saath, hamare Anant Pita; Unke Putr, Ishu Masih; aur hum long ke aashchayajanak, yogye, aur kaabil pariwaar ke sadasyo ke saath.

Hame prerna mila hai bole ke hamaar hichkichaae waale doston se:

“Is jiwan me, aap kabhi dharti pe kam behtar se santusht nahi raha hai. Phir bhi, jab aap Ishu Masih ke punahsthaapit susamachaar ke puri tarah apnaae se hichkichaata hai, aap kam behtar se santusht rahe ke swikaar karta hai.

“Uddhaarkarta bolis hai, ‘Hamaar pita ke ghar me dher kamre hai.’¹⁰ Haalaanki, jab aap Parmeshwar se vachan banae ke nahi swikaar karta hai, aap pura anant jiwan me bahut hi kam inaam paae ke chunta hai.”

Hum apan hichkichaawe la doston ke aur thoda manawe mangta hai i bol ke:

“Parmeshwar se apan sab haal bataao. Usse pucho ki kya i sab baat long sachcha hai. Samay nikaalo Uske shabdon ke stady kare ke. Ekdam achcha se stady kare ke! Agar aap apan pariwaar ke sach me pyaar karta aur mangta hai u long ke sange hamesha unnat jiwan paawe, abhi mehnat karna zaroori hai—lagan se stady aur praathna karo—i anant sachchaai ke jaane aur uske paalan kare ke liye.

“Agar aapko yeh hi nahi pata hai ki aap Parmeshwar me biswaas karte hai, toh isi se shuruaat karein. Yeh jaan lein ki jab Parmeshwar ke saath anubhave nahi rahenge, koi bhi Parmeshwar ki maojudgi pe shak kare lagi. Isliye, aysa karein ki aapko Unke saath anubhave hoti rahein. Khud ko vinamra banaye. Praathna kare ki aap apne jiwan me Parmeshwar ke prabhaao ko dekh paaye aur apne aas paas ki duniya me bhi. Unse puchein ki aapko batlaaye kya Woh sach me wahan hai—kya Woh aapko jaanta hai. Unse puchein Woh aapke baare me kaisa mehsoos karta hai. Aur phir suniye.”

Mera ek aysa priye dost tha jise kam anubhave thi Parmeshwar ke saath. Par woh bahut chahata tha ki woh apne bichdi hui patni ke saath rahe. Tab usne meri madad maangi. Hum use bola ki hum long ke prachaarako se milo Masih ke siddhaant ke samjhe ke khaatir aur susamachaar ke vachano, dharamvidhiyon, aur ashirvaadon ke seekhe ke liye.

Usne waisa hi kiya. Lekin uske laga ki u long ke rakam kare me uske apan jiwan me bahut dher badlaao laawe ke padi. U bolis, “U sab aagya aur vachanein hamaar liye bahut kathin hai. Aur yeh ki, hum nahi sakta daswa hissa bhare, aur hamaar paas samay nahi hai Girjaghar me sewa kare ke.” Tab u humse puchis, “Jab hum mar jaaega, kripya aap hamaar patni aur hamaar liye zaroori mandir kaarye karna taaki hum phir se ek saath reh sake.”

Shukra hai, hum i admi ke judge nahi hai. Lekin hamaar sawaal hai ek aisan admi ke liye jab hum mandir me kaam karega jiske i jiwan me maoka raha baptisma lewe ke—pristhud me ordain howe ke aur mandir ke ashirvaadon ke paawe ke isi dharti pe—par u jaanbujh ke waise nahi karis.

Hamaar pyaare bhaaiyo aur bahano, Ishu Masih hum long ke amantrit kare hai vachanbadh maarg pe laut ke, waapas Swarg ke Maata-Pita ke paas jaao aur apan priyejano ke saath raho. Woh hamein amantrit kare hai “aao, mere jaisa karo.”

Ab, jabki hum Uske Girjaghar ke Pradhaan hai, hum aapse vinti karta jon apne aap ke Girjaghar se door kar liya hai aur u long se jon abhi tak jaane ke ichcha nahi karis hai ki Uddhaarkarta ke Girjaghar punahsthaapit hoi ge hai. Apne aap dhaarmik karye karo, pata lagao, aur kripya abhi karo. Samay beet raha hai.

Hum gawahi deta hai ki Parmeshwar jiwit hai! Ishu hi Masih hai. Uske Girjaghar aur Uske susamachaar ki sampurnata ke punahsthaapna se hamare jiwano me khushi ka ashish mila hai, abhi aur bhavishye ke liye. Hum yeh gawahi Ishu Masih ke naam se deta hai, amen.