Daro Nahi: Khali Vishwaas Rakkho!
Apan khushi ki talaash shuru karo hum log sab ke achcha uphaar ke dene waale se pehle hi paaye gaye cheezon ke liye abhaari ho kar.
Aaj ke hamaar bhaashan Girjaghar ke jawaan logon ke liye hai, yaane ki har koi jo President Russell M. Nelson ka umra ka hai ya usse chota. Hum visuals bahut kamti istemaal karta hai, lekin yeh waala share kare se hum ruk nahi paya.
Ih cri de coeur hamaar aath-saal-ke dost Marin Arnold likhis hai. Hum aapke liye uske pra-arambhik sudhre huwe Egyptian ke anuwaad karega:
Priye Bishop
generle confrins(general conference)
was Boring why(Boring tha kaae ki)
Do we half to(kya hamein)
Do it? tell me why(Kare ke hai? hamme bataao kaae)
Sinserlie, Marin(Sincerely, Marin)
Arnold.1
Achcha Marin, jon bhaashan hum dewe la hai usse toh aap beshak phir se maayoos ho jaaogi. Lekin jab aap apan bishop se shikaayat kare ke liye likhogi, toh yeh zaroori hai ki aap use bataana ki hamaar naam hai “Kearon. Elder Patrick Kearon.”
Lagbhag dui saal se bible me dikhaae aafat ke jaisan ek mahamaari hum log ke grah(planet) ke gheris hai, aur jabki ih aafat samaajik rup se lagbhag sab cheez ke rok dees raha, yeh saaf hai ih raajnitik rup se nirdayta, hinsa, aur beraham cherd-chaard ke nahi rokis raha.raashtriye ya antararaashtriye star par Maano etna kaafi nahi raha, hum log abhi bhi bahut-samay se hoti rahi samaajik aur saanskritik chunaotiyon ke saamna karta hai, jisme aarthik kami se lekar vaataavaran ki haani sambandhi se jaatiye anyaaye aur bahut kuch shaamil hai.
Aisi tez hawaaein aur kaale din hum log ke beech ke yuwaaon ka himmat todhe sake hai, jin me hum log apne jiwan ke bhavishye se sambandhit ummeed aur josh dhoondhte hai. Ih bola ge hai ki “yuwaaon ke shakti pura duniya ke liye saamaanye dhan hai. Yuwa … hum log ke … bhavishye … ke chehre hai.”2 Iske alaawa, hum log ke ladkan trustee hai jin ke haatho me ih Girja ka bhaagye rakkha jaai.
Abhi ke samay ke dekh ke, ih samajh me aawe hai ki kya yuwaaon ka aadarshwaad thoda kam ho raha hai. Yale University ke ek professor, Dr. Laurie Santos, abhi haal me Manovigyaan aur Achcha Jiwan(Psychology and the Good Life) naam ke ek class banais hai. “Class ka pehla saal, [pura] undergraduate student body ka lagbhag [ek-chaothaai] chaatr enroll huwe.”3 Uske baad 64 million se adhik jan uske podcast ke dekhis. Ih adbhut ghatna ke baare me likhte huwe, ek patrkaar ne note kiya ki itne saare ujjwal, yuwa chaatron—aur badhe vyaktiyon—ko dekhna kitna dardnaak hai “kuch khoe huwe cheez ki talaash karte huwe” ya, isse bhi battar, kisi aisi cheez ki bekaraari jo unke paas kabhi nahi thi.4
Aaj hamaar praathna hai hum log ke yuwaaon, aur aap maata-pitaaon aur badhe vyaktiyon se jo unhe salaah dete hai, ki apan khushi ki talaash shuru karo hum log sab ke achcha uphaar ke dene waale se pehle hi paaye gaye cheezon ke liye abhaari ho kar.5 Ekdam wahi samay pe duniya me bahut jan dhaarmik baaton ke baare me kathin sawaal puche hai, hum log ke chaahi Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke saathe “achcha samachaar”6 se jawaab do. Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka, jon duniya ke Rakshak ke mission aur sandesh ke mahatwa dewe hai, aisan avashyak samay me achchaai kojhe aur achcha kare dono ke liye sabse mahatwapurn tarika pradaan kare hai.
President Russell M. Nelson bolis hai ki jawaan logon ke ih peedhi me “koi bhi pichli peedhi ke milaan me duniya pe adhik prabhaao[achcha ke liye] rakkhe ke chamta hai.”7 Sab logon me se, hamein, “mukti waale pyaar ka geet[gaana]”8 chahiye, par uske liye zaroori padegi discipline(anushaasan)—“shishyeta(discipleship),” agar aap chaahe—us tarah ka jo nakaaraatmak rawaiya aur vinaashkaari aadaton se bachaata hai jo hamein rokta-hai logon ko anant moksh ka anand dikhaane se.
Yahan tak ki jab hum “sadak ke ghaam lage la taraf” rehte hai,9 hamari mulaakaat aise insaan se ho sakti hai jo kisi bhi paristhiti ke baare me kuch rookha aur niraashjanak paa hi leta hai. Aap uska aadarsh waakye toh jaante hai: “Ekdam andhera hone se pehle sabse zyaada andhera hota hai(hamesha lagta hai raat bura hoga usse bhi bura hone se pehle).” Kitna haanikaarak drishti aur kitna abhaaga astitva! Haan, hum shaayad kabhi kabhi jahan hai wahan se bhaagna chahte hai, lekin hum jo hai usse kabhi nahi bhaagna chahiye—jiwit Parmeshwar ke bachche jo humse pyaar karta hai, hamesha taeyaar rehta hai maaf karne ke liye, aur jo kabhi bhi, na kabhi nahi hamein thukraaega. Aap Uske anmol maal hai. Aap Uske bachcha, jisko Usne prophets aur vaadein, dhaarmik uphaarein aur revelation. chamatkaarein aur sandeshein. aur parde(veil) ke dono or farishte de rakkhe hai.10
Usne hamein ek girjaghar bhi diya hai jo parivaaron ko mazboot karta hai maransheelta ke liye aur unhe anantta ke liye saath jode rakhta hai. Jisme 31,000 wards aur branches hai jahan log ikattha hote hai, aur gaate, aur upwaas karte, praathna karte ek dusre ke liye aur apne kamaai ko gareeb me baatte hai. Yahi woh jagah hai jahan har ek insaan ko naam milta hai, jisaab, aur sewa ki jaati hai, aur jahan dost aur padosi khud se ek-dusre ki sewa(callings me) karte hai jo clerk ke kaarye se lekar safaai tak ki zimmedari pura karte hai. Hazaaron jawaan baalig(young adults) aur varisth jode bhi apan kharcha pe mission pe jaawe hai bina chune kon jagah jaai, aur jawaan aur budhe sadasye mandir jaate hai pawitr dharamvidhiyon ko pura karne ke liye manushye parivaaro ko ek saath jodne ke liye—itna alag vichaaron ke duniya me ek saahas bhara kaam lekin aisa kaam jisse dikhta hai ki algaao sirf thode samay ka hai. Ih khali aisan kaaran hai jon hum log deta hai “[hum log] me jon aasha hai” par .11
Beshak, hum log ke abhi ke samay me, Ishu Masih ke koi bhi chela ke saamne bahut kathin samasyaaen hai. Girjaghar ke leaders, apan pura koshish se jiwan bitate hai Prabhu ke maargdarshan dhoondhte hai in chunaotiyon ke samadhaan ke liye. Agar kuch ka samadhaan nahi milta sab ki santushti me, shaayad woh us krus ka woh bhaag hai jo Ishu ne kaha tha hamein jhelna padega Unki raah pe chalne ke liye.12 Yeh theek isliye hai kyunki Parmeshwar ne vaada kiya tha ki andhere din aur kathin samasyaaen honge, woh din me ek baadal se aur raat ko aag ke khambe se, prophets ka maargdarshan karega, ek lohe ki chadi dega, ek patra faatak kholega jo ek seedhe raaste ki or jaata hai, aur sabse badhkar hamein anth tak jaane ki shakti dega.13
Toh kripya, kripya puri daawat ke liye rukiye, bhale hi aap broccoli se waakif na ho. Uske raushni me dubo aur apne aap ke candle ke jalne do is kaam ke liye.14 Primary iske sahi se bole hai: Ishu sach me “[tumhe chahata hai] ek sunbeam(suraj ke kiran) ke liye.”15
Jab Jewish leader Jairus apan 12-saal-ke beti ke changa kare ke liye Ishu se chirori karis, jon ghar pe mar rahi thi, toh aas paas ki bheed ke kaaran Rakshak ko itni der ho gayi ki ek naukar jaldi se aake ih chintit pita se bolis, “Aapke beti mar geis; Swami ke pareshaan mat kar.”
“Parantu Ishu ne suna, use jawaab diya, yeh kehkar, Daro mat: khali vishwaas rakkho, toh woh changi ho jaaegi.”16
Aur woh thi. Aur aap bhi karenge. “Daro mat: khali vishwaas rakkho.”
Kaae ki yahan aae har koi Parmeshwar aur ih Girjaghar ke liye anmol hai, hum ih khaas preritak ghoshna se saath apni baat samaapt karta hoon. Pavitr Aatma ke uphaar paae se pehle, aapke aatma me Masih ke Raushni boi gayi thi,17 ki “raushni jo bhi cheez me hai, … sabhi cheezon ko jiwan deta hai,”18 aur achche ka prabhaao hai un sab logon ke dilon me ho kabhi jiye the ya aage jiyenge. Woh raushni aapki raksha karne aur aapko sikhaane ke liye diya gaya tha. Iska ek kendriye sandesh yeh hai ki jiwan sabhi uphaaron me sabse keemti hai, ek uphaar jise woh kewal Prabhu Ishu Masih ke Praeshchit ke dwara hi praapt hota hai. Duniya ke Raushni aur Jiwan ke rup me,19 Parmeshwar ka Eklauta Janma Putr aaya hamein jiwan dene mrityu pe vijay paa kar.
Hamein jiwan ke us uphaar ke liye puri tarah se aagyaakari hona chahiye aur un logon ki sahayta ke liye daudna chahiye jo is pawitr uphaar ko chodhne ke jokhim me hai. Leaders, salaahkaar, dost, parivaar—udaasi, niraasha, ya atma-nuksaan dene waali kisi bhi chinh ko dekhein. Aap sahayta karein. Suniye. Koi bhi rakam se sahayta karne ki koshish karein jo theek lage.
Hamare koi yuwa jo mushkil ka saamna kar raha hai wahan par, chaahe jo bhi chinta ho aapki ya musibatein, atmahatya se jaan lena toh iska hal nahi hai. Isse shayad uh peeda nahi kam hoi jiske aap se deta hai. Ek aisan duniya me jahan itna zaroorat hai raushni paane ki, kripya us shaswat raushni ko kam nahi karein jo Parmeshwar ne aapki aatma me is duniya ke hone se pehle rakkha tha. Kisi se baat karo. Madad maango. Uh jiwan ke nasht nahi karna jise bachaane ke liye Masih ne Apna jaan diya. Tum is maransheel jiwan ke sangharshon ko sahan kar paaenge kyunki hum aapko unhe sehne me madad karenge. Tum nahin jaante tum kitne balwaan ho. Sahayta uplabdh hai, dusron se aur vishesh rup se Parmeshwar se. Tumhe pyaar karte hai aur anmol samajhte hai aur zaroorat hai tumhari. Hum long ke aap ke zaroorat hai! “Daro mat: khali vishwaas rakkho.”
Koi hai jisne paristhitiyon ka saamna aap se kahin zyaada hataash hoke kiya hai aur mai ek baar roya kabhi bhi karunga: “Aage badho [mere pyaare yuwa doston]. Saahasi bano, … aur aage bhadho, jeet haasil karo!” Apne dilon ko khush hone do, aur behad prasann raho.”20 Hamare paas khush hone ke liye bahut kuch hai. Hum ek dusre ka saath rakhte hai, aur hamare paas Woh hai. Hamen apne paas rakhne ka mauka na den, main vinti karta hoon,Prabhu Ishu Masih ke pavitr aur dharmik naam me, hamare Swami, amen.