Spiritual Eclipse
Ousap mut ngeni osukosukun manau opano ewe saram seni nang.
Non August 21 non ei ier, ruu mettoch a fis ewe a angei an kewe aramas rongorong ngeni non fonufan. Ewe aewin apwapwan tiwe ranin upwutiwen atongeach ewe mi tong enet chon pwarata usun Kraist, Preseten Thomas S. Monson. Non ena atun, ngang uwa fori ai angang non ewe Pacific me uwa ingeno pwe kewe chon mwichefel seni Austalia, Vanuatu, New Zealand, me French Polynesia rese chok sinei met ewe mi fis personal milestone , nge rapwan unusen pwapwa non ar apwapwai. Ngang uwa unusen kinisow ne sinei ar enetn warm ar pwarano ar nuku me tongei ei echun mwan. What an inspiration it is Met ren amwararan ach kuna nefinen Aramas Mi Pin Non Fansoun Sopwonon me neur chon pwarata usun Kraist.
Ewer, Preseten Monson, mindful men ekieki ekewe ra mwochen epwe pwapwa no ranin upwutiwan, ew echun nifangen upwutiwan: “Kutta emon mei wor an hard osukosuk ika mei samaw me fori ekoch mettoch fan iter. Ina met ngang upwe tungor.” Kich sia tongek me sia pwan tipew ngonuk, Preseten Monson.
Solar Eclipse
Ewe och ese fifis me urumot non lang a fis non ewe ran mei nene me nemeni minion non unusen fonufan a unusen kiroch. Iei ewe aewin fansoun an ei eclipse epwe mwekut marched non unusen United States non 99 ier. Met kafen kukuna an ewe akar a pwenuno ren ewe maram?
Ew unusen kiroch a fis nupwen ewe maram a mwekut nefinen fonufan me ewe akar, arap ngeni epwe epetano unusan ekis saram seni ewe akar. . Ei mettoch a men amwarar ngeniei. Ika kopwe ekieki ewe akar as ren ukukun ren efow taian pasiken—ewe maram, non awewe, epwe epwe scarcely arapakan epwe nenen efow kukunun fau.
Ifa usun an epwe mecheres an ewe nenien pwichikar, saram, me manawach an epwe watten chuno meren ekoch mettoch mei chok kukun?
Ikamwo ewe akar a 400 kinikinin watten seni ewe maram, mei pwan 400 kinikinin towawan seni fonufan. Seni an fonufan ekieki, this geometry a fori ewe akar me maram ar repwe pwa non nenechok saisiir. Nupwen kewe ruu ra nomw non ew chok, ewe maram esapw pwa. Chiechie me ai famini kewe mi nomw non ewe nenni ra kapas usun an ewe saram a siwin ngeni kiroch, kewe fuu ra pwa, me kewe machang rese chiwen kon. Ewe arapwan a pitapat mei tongeni kukunutiw seni 20 tikriis Fahrenheit.
Ra awewe usun ar ingeiti, mwareiti, me noninen ach sinei pwe ewe kiroch mei uweato ekkoch feiengaw. Nge, mei pwan met sipwe fori pwe tumunun ach sipwe epeti ngawan ngeni mesach ika “ewe chunen kiroch” nupwen otun katon ewe kiroch. Epetin a tongeni wor pwokiten ra masamas kilas mei for ren an epwe epeti meser seni sokkun feiengaw.
Pekin awewe
Non na keukun pwe ewe kukun maram mei tongeni epeti ewe unusechun akar, an awateno saraman me epwichikaran, kirochenmanawach mei tongeni fis nupwen sia mwut ngeni kukun me osukosuk repwe atai repwe kanengeni ar repwe epetau ewe watten, saram unus, me pwichikaren ewe saramen Jesus Christ me an ewe kapas allim.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell took this analogy even further when he stated: “Even something as small as a man’s thumb, when held very near the eye, can blind him to the very large sun. Yet the sun is still there. Blindness is brought upon the man by himself. When we draw other things too close, placing them first, we obscure our vision of heaven.”
Mei fat, ese wor neich a mwochen epwe epeti an nenien kuna seni lang ika mut ngeni ewe ngun mei kiroch epwe nomw non manawach. Mwut ngeniei upwe kapas usun ekkoch ekiek epwe tongeni anisikich ach epeti ngunuch mi kiroch an esapw anganwano manawach to feinfeno.
Gospel Glasses: Maintain a Gospel Perspective
En mei recall chemeni ai we awewe ren met sipwe mesemes ren epwe epeti kewe ra katon ewe kiroch an esapw angawa mas ika pwan chuunen kiroch? Nengeni ngun mei kiroch non ewe kilassen epet mei pwetete a ngenikich ewe kapas allim, me epetikich seni chunen ngunuch.
Sipwe ekieki ekkoch nikinik. Kewe kapas meren ewe chon pwarata usun Krist a nomw non manawach me ewe ngun mi fel chon anisikich, sia tongeni kuna ekkoch saramen lang non “kilassen kapasen kot” an epwe epeti feiengawen ewe kirochen ngun.
Iwe ifa usun ach wata mesach kilasen ewe kapas alim? Ikei ekkoch awewe. Mesach kewe kilasen ewe kapas alim a aitikich pwe ewe samol a mwochen pwe sipwe angei ewe sacaramen iteiten wiik, sipwe kaeo usun ewe paipel me itotek iteiten ran. Ra pwan aitikich pwe setan epwe fori ach sisapw fori. me an mwochen epwe fori an epwe angei ach pwuung ren an fori mettoch epwe anisi ach sipwe fori mettoch mei ngaw. Ennet non an Job kewe ran, a wor ewe kirochen ngun; usun ren: “ra chufengen me kiroch non ewe ran, me sise kunakich mwurin neonowas usun nge nepwin.”
Pwii me fefinei kana, nupwen uwa kapas usun ai kuna non “kilassen kapasen kot,” kopwe sinei pwe use apasa pwe sisapw mwochen kaeo ika fosun ewe sosot kich face sia kuna ika ewe sia fetan pwapwa ignorant ren ewe chunumei me ngunungaw kewe mei opwut kich ra anomwu mwach. Ngang use pworous usun ach sipwe masamas met sisapw kunaechukich won nge ewe oposetin. Ngang uwa apasa pwe kich sipwe katon kewe osukosuk though a lens non kilassen ewe kapas alim. Ach nenengeni pwe sipwe tongeni kuna meinisin echun kapas non wewen nefinach, ewe kapas alim a awateno ach nenengeni nonnomwun manawach.
Nupwen ka wata noumw “kilassen kapasen kot,’ kopwe kuna echunon omw sine, omw nikitu me kuna non met ka ekieki usun met kopwe fori, omw osukosuk, omw mwochen, me pwan omw nipwakingaw. Kopwe kuna saram kewe kosapw tongeni kuna ika kose masamas.
Awewe chok, nge esapw chok ren kewe mi ngaw epwe tongeni fori ngun mi kiroch. Napengeni met sia mwochen ika foffor mi ech a tongeni uweikich ngeni epeti ewe saramen kapasen alim me wato kiroch. Kei efeiengaw ika fofor epwe fiti pekin sukun me nonomwechuch, pechekun me aiti ekoch, mosonoson, me pwan sine me nifang.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf has taught that “any virtue when taken to an extreme can become a vice. … There comes a point where milestones can become millstones and ambitions, albatrosses around our necks.”
Mwut ngeniei upwe apworousa non watten tichikin napanap epwe tongeni winiti catalysts ren ach ekeunoi ach kirochen ngunuch.
Pekin metia
Ekis a no chok Ngang uwa kapas non mwichenapen fefin non BYU.I described how technology including social media facilitates spreading “the knowledge of a Savior … throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.” .”Ngang uwa awewei usun pekin teknology fiti pekin metia a awateno “ach sinei ewe samol…ngeni meinisin neni, emon me emon famine, ar kapas, me aramas”.Kei teknology fiti an mwichefel website usun LDS.org me Mormon.org; kewe apps usun Gospel Library, Mormon Channel, LDS Tools, me Family Tree; me pekin metia ren Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, me Pinterest. Kei modalities repwe awora minion likes, shares, views, retweets, and pins chon sani, posuni sefan, chon katon, makei sefan, me pins me repwe tongeni echuno me sineno ar aitikich ewe kapas alim.
All of the virtues and appropriate use of these technologies notwithstanding, Meinisin kewe fofor me ach aea kewe teknology resapw epeti, mei wor ngawan epwe fitiir, nupwen sia unusen nomw ren, epwe tongeni uweikichenong non ekkoch ngun mi kiroch me tongeni epeti ewe saramen me echun ewe kapas alim.
Ach aea pekin metia, apps, me keim epwe inordinately watteno ach otun aea me epwe ekukunano ach fos fengen non inis. Ei peutunon pekin pworous fengen epwe pwan atai family, me epwe angei ach fansoun kaeo, me atai ach kaeo ngeni nonomwun manawach, akaewin ren kewe sarafo.
Ruu ekkoch mettoch mi ngaw pwan fan iten soson metia ikei unusech me apwangapwang.
Meinisin (ika sapw ekkoch) kewe sassing ra nomw won sosal metia rakan awewei pwe manaw mei unusen echipwer—napengeni sisapw weweiti. Kich sia fen kuna ningechun sasinging eningen imw, ningechun nenien fekeison, smiling selfies, sasingich ach emenimen, a awewei forum mwongo, me kewe sokopaten nikinikin inis.
Iei,ren awewe, ew nios kopwe kuna won an emon sosol metia. Nge inamwo, ese angei unusensasinging me mei fis non nonomwun manawach.
Anenefengeni nonomwuch me ekkoch’ ech-forun, unusechun manawach as usun anomw won soson metia, epwe anomwukich non netipengaw, sani, me pwan ngawono.
Emon ewe a seer chomong sassing a apasa, ren chok ekkoch in jest,pekin urumot, “Met namwoten pwapwa ika kosapw postini?”
Usun fefinach Oscarson a achema ngenikich iei nesosor, nonomwech non manaw ese come down to anongonong won fite sani kich mei angei ika fite “chiechiach” won soson-metia ika chon tapwekich. Ewer, nge inamwo, epwe anongonong ren connecting meaningfully nonomwuch ngeni ekkoch me awora saram non manwer.
Amwo ita, kich sipwe kaeo ach sipwe unusech, kutta ekkoch pekin atakirikir, me ekununu ach netipengaw nupwen confronted withsia kuna kewe nios repwe osokano nikinikich me nonomwuch me napengeni repwe uwekichenong non ngaw.
Anonno fengen ese chok fis non ach ei fansoun. Ewe Aposel Paul a esinesin ngeni aramasen an ran “pwe ra auku ir ren ir pwisin, me anonnofengenir ngeni ekkoch ese tipachem.”
Ren chomongun met mi ech me epwe anisikich ach aa teknology, let us,esapw mwut ngeni kich ech ach sipwe aa ren an epwe aitikich, anisikich, echu manawach me anisi ekkoch ar repwe nepwakoch—nge sisapw aa chock ren ach sipwe idealized echuno nonomwechun manawach? Sipwe fori ach sipwe osokukuna me fori ach aa echuu teknology ren kewe rising generation tetenin aramas me met mei hazards efeiengaw me met mei ngaw. Aa soson metia through the lensnon ewe kapas alim, sipwe tongeni epeti seni an epwe ngun mi kiroch non manawach.
Pride
Sipwene address pworous usun ewe age-old ier-minen nomw stumbling block feun chepetek ren eingeing. Eingeing oposetin manawech ewe mi anisikich “ne mwochen ne fori mefian ewe samol.” Eingeing napengeni sa okukukuf iwe sa mefi pwe sipwe kutta ach sipwe tekia me ekieki sise naf. Kich sia eech seni ekkoch. Eingeing napengeni mwurinon sia song ika kopwut; a efisi an emon epwe amwochu an song ika esapw tongeni omwusano tipisin emon. Eingeing, apwan tongeni aa non ach nikinikin Christ ren manawech.
Relationships, even with close family and loved ones, especially with close family and loved ones—even between husbands and wives—are fostered in humility and are stymied by pride.
Many years ago an executive of a large retailer called me to talk about his company, which was being bought out by one of its competitors. He and numerous other headquarters personnel were extremely anxious that they might lose their jobs. Knowing that I was well acquainted with senior management of the acquiring company, he asked if I would be willing to both introduce him and give a strong reference on his behalf, even to arrange a meeting for him. He then concluded with the following statement: “You know what they say? ‘The meek shall perish!’”
I understood his comment was more than likely intended as humor. I got the joke. But there was an important principle that I felt might ultimately be of use to him. I replied, “Actually, that isn’t what they say. In fact, it is just the opposite. ‘The meek … shall inherit the earth’ is what they say.”
In my experience in the Church as well as throughout my professional career, some of the greatest, most effective people I have known have been among the most meek and humble.
Humility and meekness fit hand in glove. May we remember that “none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart.”
I pray that we will strive to avoid the spiritual eclipse of pride by embracing the virtue of humility.
Conclusion
In conclusion, a solar eclipse is indeed a remarkable phenomenon of nature during which the beauty, warmth, and light of the sun can be completely covered by a comparatively insignificant object, causing darkness and chill.
Usun chock ei amwarar mei pwan tongeni fis non pekin ngun, nupwen epwe kukun me esapw kon auchea ra kanengeni me epeti ewe ning, pwichikar, me saramen lang re ewe kapas alimen Jesus Christ, epwe siwini ngeni pitapat kiroch.
Mesach kewe ra for ar repwe epeti ach sight nenien kuna ren kewe non zone of a solar eclipse ewe nenien kiroch an epwe tongeni epeti an epwe atai. . “kilassen kapasen kot” a for ren sine me pwarata usun ewe anukun kapasen kot me foforun epwe wato epetin me asaramen ekkoch ar repwe tonong non feiengawen ewe ngun mi kiroch.
Ika ka kuna mettoch epwe epeti omw pwapwa me saramen ewe kapas alim nonmanuom, ngang uwa tongorek kopwe nengeni non noumw mesemesen kilas non kapas alim me kopwe pworacho omw kosapw mwut ngeni met ese namwot me ese wor pwopwun non manawomw an epwe atai met omw mwochen ren ewe watten pwapwa esemwuch. Saingonon, Ousap mut ngeni osukosukun manau opano ewe saram seni nang.
Testimony
Uwa pwarata pwe ese nifinifin met fofor epwe epeti ach vision of nenien kuna ewe saramen kapasen alim, ewe saram mei chiwen nomw. Ewe nenien pwichikar, enet, me tipachen ina ewe kapas alimen Jesus Christ. Ngang uwa pwarata usun ai tongei samach won lang, neun we at, Jesus Christ, me wisan we pwe ach samol me chon amanaw. Non iten Jesus Christ, amen.