Ke Ekim ye Unwana, Obong, Di Dang ye Ami!

Otode Reyna I. Aburto

Udiana Onoitem ke General Presidency eke Relief Society

Ami nno iko-ntiense nte “ke ekim ye unwana” ke Abasi eyedang ye nnyin, ke “idara Christ [ekeme] ndikan ukut nnyin.”

Kiet kotu ikwo emi nnyin imade owut ebenge “Ke ekim ye unwana, Obong, Di dang ye ami” Inikiet ami nkodu ke ubom-ofim ke nte enye ekpetde ndisim akamba oyobio. kiet. Nte nsede ke window, ami mma nkeme ndikut akpa obubit-ntukube ke idak ubom-ofim nnyin. Unwana utin emi asiahade okodori ke enyong ntukube, anam mmo esem ke okposong uyama. Ibighike, ubom-ofim osuhode oduk akwa ntukube, ndien iwiwa nnyin iyoho ke akamba ekim emi ofukde nnyin akan okopsong unwana emi nnyin ikekutde ke esisit ndaha emi ekebede.

Ntukube emi ekeme ndifuk nnyin, man ikukut unwana Abasi onyung anam ibup mme unwana oro osuk ododu ono nnyin aba. Ubak ntukube emi edi mfuho-esit, oyomonsia, ye oruk ubiak eke ekikere ye ntuuk idem efen. Mmo ekeme ndibiongore usung nte nnyin ikutde idem nnyin, mbon efen, ye Abasi. Mmo efina iban ye iren eke ofuri isua-uwem ke ofuri ebiet ke ererimbot.

Ukem oro ke ndibiat edide ndikpuho ekikere ubiere ye eyighe emi ekemede ndibiat mbon efen eke minyeneke mme mfina emi. Ukem nte ubak idem owo efen, mfre ekeme ndiduo ekese udongo, ndighe ye unana nsongo-nda. Ini emi ekikere nnyin obode ndutuho, ofon nnyin ndiyom unwam nto Abasi, nto mbon emi ekperede nnyin, ye mbon ufokibok ye mme ono usobo eefen.

“Kpukpru owo—eren ye nnwan—ekebot ke mbiet Abasi. Mmo kiet-kiet edi edima eyeneren ye eyen-anwan eke ete ye eka eke heaven, ndien, … mmo kiet-kiet enyene edisana uduot ye akanga.” Ukem nte Ete ye Eka Heaven ye Andinyanga nnyin, nnyin imenyene ikpokidem inyung ikop mme ntuuk.

Ndima ndito-eka mi iban, idiokke ke ndikop mfuho mme mfina ke ini kiet. Mfuho, ye iduoesit edi mme uduot ntuuk anade owo enyene. Nte ededi, edieke nnyin ifuhode ofuri ini ndien edieke ubiak nnyin okponde obiongore ukeme nnyin ndikop ima eke Ete Heaven nnyin ye eke Eyen Esie ye eke odudu Edisana Spirit, ntre ekeme ndidi nnyin ikut ndutuho eke mfuho-esit, oyomonsia, mme oruk mfina-idem efen.

Eyenanwan inikiet ekewet ete: “Ini kiet ama odu … [eke] ami nkenehede mfuho kpukpru ini. Ofuri ini ami nsikere ke mfuho ekedi nkpo ndikop buut mbanga, ndien ke edi idiongo mmemidem. Ntre ami nim mfuho mi nno idem mi. … Ami nkere ke nworoke nkpo ndomokiet.”

Ufan kiet owutoro ke usung emi ete: Totongo ke uyen mi, ami mmoyo enwan ye ekikere unana-idorenyin, ekim, ndobo-ikpong, ye ndik ye ekikere ke ami mmatak nyung nnyene-ndo. Ami mmenam ofuri nkpo man ndip ubiak mi nyung nwut ke ami mmeworo nkpo ke ukeme ye osongo.”

Ndima ufan mi, oro ekeme nditibe nno owo nnyin ekededi—akpan akpan kini, nte mme andinim ke uduak inemesit, nnyin ida ndioi mbiomo idori ke idem nnyin ke ndikere ke ana nte ifon-ima idahaemi. Oruk ekikere oro ekeme ndibiat onyung anam idem-enyek nnyin. Ndinyene mfon-mma edi nkpo emi edidade itie ke ofuri eyo uwem isong nnyin ye ke uwem efen—onyung otode ke mfon Jesus Christ kpot.

Ke usung efen, kini nnyin iyarare mfina esit-idem nnyin, inyime ke nnyin ifonke-ima, nnyin imeno mbon efen ufang man ebuana mfina mmo. Otokiet nnyin idikut ke idorenyin odu ndien ke inaha nte nnyin ibo ndutuho ikpong.

Nte mbet Jesus Christ, nnyin imenam ediomi ye Abasi ite ke nnyin “imenyime ndibiom ukut kiet eken” nyung “ntua ye mmo eke etuangade.”10 Ndibiom nyung ntua ekeme ndisne ndikabare nkop mbanga udongo ntuuk-idem, ndiyom usung man enwam ke mme mfina emi, ndien ke akpatre ndida idem nnyin ye mbon efen nsok Christ, emi edide Akamba Andikok. Edieke nnyin midiongoke nte ikpenwamde ke ukut emi esimde mbon efen, ndinyime ke ubiak mmo odu ekeme ndidi akpa nkpo ke ndifok nyung nnwam.

Ke nde efen, ekeme ndikut ntongo mfuho-esit ye oyomonsia, ndien kini efen osongde ndikan mfiok. Mfre nnyin ekeme ndibo ndutuho oto ekaha ye akwa mmemidem, emi ke usukini ekeme ndifon oto ke nti-udia, idap, ye nsinge-idem. Ediwak ini, ekeme ndiyom ibok emi nta ono-usobo mbakara enode.

Utit unana edikok udongo ekikere ye ntuuk-idem ekeme ndidiok, ada ekesim edidu nsan-nsan, unana-ifiok, ebuana ndibiara, ndibiat idem, ye ndiwot-idem. Ami mmefiok emi ke akpa ini, koro ete mi akakpa oto uwot-idem ke ediwak isua emi ekebede. Mkpa esie ama nkpo-ndik ye iduoesit ono mi ye ufokemana mi. Ada mi ediwak isua ndikan mfuho mi, ndien mmi-mmi kpot ke ami mkpeb nditing mbanga uwot-idem ke usung odotde enehede anwam nditre akan ndisosongo. Idahaemi ami mmekeme ndinehede nneme mkpa ete mi ye ndito mi nyung nkut ukok emi Andinynaga ekemede ndino ke nkang veil mbiba.

Mbom, ediwak emi ebode ndutuho eto akwa mfuho-esit esio idem mmo ekpong ikot Abasi koro mmo ekere ke mmimo idotke ndiduk otu. Nnyin imekeme ndinwam mmo ediongo enyung ekop ke nnyin inehede inyene mmo. Ofon ndifiok ke mfuho-esit itibeke ito ntak mmemidem, mme ke ntak idioknkpo. Mfuho-esit “osong odudu kini edipde onyung osuhode oto edifiok.” Otokiet, nnyin imekeme ndibiat ntukube eke edidu nsan-nsan ye emiom man efihede mbiomo obut ndien utibe ukok ekeme ndidu.

Kini utom ukworo-iko Esie ke isong, Jesus Christ ama okok mbon udongo ye ukut, edi ana owo kiet-kiet enyene mbuotidem ke Enye onyung anam-nkpo man obo ukok Esie. Ubak owo esanga eto anyan ebiet, mbon efen enyan ubok man etuuk ofongidem Esie, ndien ana emen mbon efen esok Enye man ekebo ukok. Ini emi esimde ndikok-udongo, nte kpukpru nnyin inehede iyom Enye? “Nte kpukpru nnyin idige mme ebenge-ebenge?”

Yak nnyin itiene usung Andinyanga inyung inam esit-mbom nyin okpon, itre ubiomikpe, inyung itre ndise ndaha nkpo-Abasi eke mbon efen. Ke oruk ini oro, nnyin imekeme ndinwam mmen ye ndimenede ndodobi ntukube emi abiatde mbon ima ye ufan nnyin man otodo, ke ntak ima nnyin, inikiet efen mmo ekeme ndikop Edisana Spirit enyung ebo ima emi otode Jesus Christ.

Ofuri ini edieke mbufo edude ke “ke ufot ekim,” owongore etiene Ete ke Heaven. Iduhe se mbufo ekutde emi edikpuhode nsinsi akpaniko koro afo edi eyen Esie ndien ke Enye ama fi. Ti ke Christ edi Andinyanga ye Andifak mbufo, ndien Abasi edi Ete mbufo. Mmo efiok. Ekere-ekut ke Mmo edu ekpere mbufo, ke ekpang-utong enyung eno unwam. “[Mmo] eyedidong mbufo esit ke ukut mbufo.” Enam ofuri se ekemede, enyung enyene mbuotidem ke mfon erisio-isop Christ.

Mfina mbufo iwutke se mbufo edi, edi mmo ekeme ndidiong mbufo. Ke ntak “nkukim ke obukidem,” mbufo emenyene ukeme ndinyene akwa esitmbom nno mbon efen. Nte Edisana Spirit onode etemede, ebuana mbuk mbufo man “enwammbon mmemidem, emenede ubok emi oduode, enyung esin odudu ke edong emi efumde.”

Eke nnyin emi isuk inwanade mme inwamde owo kiet eke oduode, yak nnyin inyime nditiene ibet Abasi man kpukpru ini Spirit Esie odu ye nnyin. Yak nnyin inam “mkpri ye ndimem nkpo” emi edinode nnyin osongoke spirit. Nte President Russell M. Nelson etingde ete, “Iduhe nkpo emi enehede eberede heaven nte mbuaha nkori edisana-ido, ata nkopitem, ediyom ke mbuotidem, edikot iko Christ ke Nwed Mormon kpukpru usen, ye ndisio ini nimno utom temple ye family history.”

Yak kpukpru nnyin iti ete ke Andinyanga nnyin, Jesus Christ “[ama ada] ofuri unan [nnyin] odori ke idemesie, mn esit esie okpoyoho ye mbom, nte ekemde ye obukidem, man enye odiongo … nte ekpekokde [nnyin] ekekem ke mme unan [nnyin].” Enye ekedi “man obop mbon eke esit obungode, … man odong mme atua-eyet esit; … man ono anyanya ke ibuot ntong, ara idaresit ke ibuot ntuanga, ofong idem itoro ke ibuot mkpa-esit.”

Ami nting iko-ntiense nte ke “ekim ye unwana” Obong eyedang ye nnyin, ke “idara Christ [ekeme] ndifuk ukut nnyin,” ndien ke “enyanga nnyin oto ke mfon, ke ima ikanam ofuri se ikemede.” Ami nting iko-ntiense nte ke Jesus Christ eyefiak edi ke isong “yeosongoke mba esie.” Ke akpatre, Enye “eyekwohore kpukpru mmongeyet ke enyin [nnyin] efep; ndien … mfuho ididuhe aba.” Eke kpukpru owo emi “etienede Christ, enyung edi edisana ke enye,” utin mbufo idisopke aba … koro Jehovah eyedi nsinsi unwana [nnyin], ndien mme usen ntuanga [nnyin] eyekure.” Ke enying Jesus Chrst, amen.

Mkpri nwed

1. “Di Dang ye Ami!” Ikwo, no. 166.

2. When we were above the clouds, we could not visualize the darkness that lay just a few feet below us, and when we were enveloped in the darkness underneath, it was difficult to visualize the radiance of the sun that shone just a few feet above us.

3. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, May 2017, 145.

4. “The spirit and the body are the soul of man” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:15). “Idem mbufo editemple ono spirit mbufo. And how you use your body affects your spirit” (Russell M. Nelson, “Decisions for Eternity,” Ensign Nov. 2013, 107).

5. See, for example, Isaiah 65:19; Luke 7:13; 3 Nephi 17:6–7; Moses 7:28. Learning to identify and value our emotions can help us use them constructively to become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ.

6. See “Sadness and Depression,” kidshealth.org/en/kids/depression.html.

7. Hermana Elena Aburto blog, hermanaelenaaburto.blogspot.com/2015/08. She also wrote:

   “That trial gave me the chance to truly exercise my faith in the plan of salvation. For I knew that my Heavenly Father loved me, and that He had a plan just for me, and that Christ understood exactly what I was going through” and “God does not shame you when you are lacking a skill.

   “God does not shame you when you are lacking a skill. He is happy to help you improve and repent. He doesn’t expect you to fix everything at once. Inaha nte mbufo enam emi ikpong” (iwillhealthee.blogspot.com/2018/09

8. Personal correspondence. She also wrote: “The healing balm of my Savior’s Atonement has been the most constant source of peace and refuge throughout my journey. When I feel alone in my struggle, I am reminded that He has already experienced exactly what I am going through on my behalf. … There is so much hope in knowing that my future perfected, resurrected body will not be plagued by this mortal [affliction].”

9. Se Russell M. Nelson, “Perfection Pending,” Ensign, Nov. 1995, 86–88; Jeffrey R. Holland, “Be Ye Therefore Perfect—Eventually,” Liahona, Nov. 2017, 40–42; J. Devn Cornish, “Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It?” Liahona, Nov. 2016, 32–34; Cecil O. Samuelson, “What Does It Mean to Be Perfect?” New Era, Jan. 2006, 10–13.

10. Ofon ndineme mbanga nkpo emi ye nditonwong, ufokemena, ye mme ufan ke mme ufok, ward, ye obio nnyin.

11. Mosiah 18:8–9.

12. Se Russell M. Nelson, “Jesus Christ—the Master Healer,” Liahona, Nov. 2005, 85–88; Carole M. Stephens, “The Master Healer,” Liahona, Nov. 2016, 9–12.

13. Knowing how to recognize signs and symptoms in ourselves and others can be helpful. We can also learn to detect inaccurate or unhealthy thinking patterns and how to replace them with more accurate and healthier ones.

14. Depression can also result from positive life changes—such as the birth of a child or a new job—and can occur when things are good in a person’s life.

15. See “Understanding Stress,” Adjusting to Missionary Life (2013), 5–10.

16. See Jeffrey R. Holland, “Like a Broken Vessel,” Liahona, Nov. 2013, 40.

17. See Dale G. Renlund, “Understanding Suicide” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org; “Talking about Suicide” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org; Kenishi Shimokawa, “Understanding Suicide: Warning Signs and Prevention,” Liahona, Oct. 2016, 35–39.

18. “The beginning of healing requires childlike faith in the unalterable fact that Father in Heaven loves you and has supplied a way to heal. His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, laid down His life to provide that healing. But there is no magic solution, no simple balm to provide healing, nor is there an easy path to the complete remedy. The cure requires profound faith in Jesus Christ and in His infinite capacity to heal” (Richard G. Scott, “To Heal the Shattering Consequences of Abuse,” Liahona, May 2008, 42). When there is a problem, our tendency is to fix it. However, we do not have to become sole fixers of ourselves or of others. We do not have to do everything ourselves. On more than one occasion in my life, I have sought therapists to help me deal with difficult times.

19. Se John 9:1–7.

20. Jane Clayson Johnson, Silent Souls Weeping (2018), 197.

21. Se Matthew 9:2–7, 20–22; 14:35–36; Mark 1:40–42; 2:3–5; 3 Nephi 17:6–7.

22. Mosiah 4:19; see also Jeffrey R. Holland, “Are We Not All Beggars?” Liahona Nov. 2014, 40–42.

23. Se Romans 2:19; 13:12; see also Jeffrey R. Holland, “Come unto Me” (Brigham Young University devotional, Mar. 2, 1997), speeches.byu.edu.

24. Se1 Nephi 8:23–24see also 1 Nephi 12:4, 17; 3 Nephi 8:22.

25. Se Psalm 82:6; Romans 8:16–18; Doctrine and Covenants 24:1; 76:24; Moses 1:1–39.

26. Se Adjusting to Missionary Life, 20; see also Micah 7:8; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:78–79; John 8:12

27. Jacob 3:1; see also Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:10–14; Mosiah 24:13–14; Alma 38:5. Read your patriarchal blessing or ask for a priesthood blessing so you can hear and remember how much Heavenly Father loves you and wants to bless you.

28. Se 2 Corinthians 4:16–18; Doctrine and Covenants 121:7–8, 33; 122:5–9.

29. 1 Corinthians 12:7.

30. Doctrine and Covenants 81:5; see also Isaiah 35:3.

31. Se Moroni 4:3; Doctrine ye Covenants 20:77.

32. Alma 37:6.

33. Russell M. Nelson, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives,” Liahona, May 2018, 95.

34. Alma 7:12see also Isaiah 53:4; 2 Nephi 9:21; Mosiah 14:4.

35. Isaiah 61:1–3; se nko Luke 4:18.

36. Alma 31:38; see also Alma 32:43; 33:23.

37. 2 Nephi 25:23.

38. Malachi 4:2; 3 Nephi 25:2.

39. Revelation 21:4.

40. Moroni 10:32.

41. Isaiah 60:20.