Kitna Adhik Hoga Tumhara Anand
Ab main aapko apnee jaankaaree, apnee samay-sammaanit prashansaapatron ke saath, aur ek mishan par jaane ke liye aamantrit karta hoon.
Mere pyare bhaiyo aur bahanon, aaj mere vichaar Israel kee sabha par hain, jisse President Russell M. Nelson kaheta hai, “aaj prthvee par hone vaalee sabse mahatvapoorn cheez. Parimaan mein kisi aur ki tulna nahin hai, mahatv mein kisi aur ki tulna nahin hai, mahima mein kisi aur ki tulna nahin hai.”1
Sabha hee param pahachaan hai ki “yaad rakhna ki Parmeshwar ke liye ek bhi aatma bahut maayena rakhta hai.”2 Yah itna hi saral hai. Ham in antim dinon mein Parmeshwar ke bachchon ko ikattha kar rahe hain jo unke paas ho sakte hain “unke saron par aasheervaad barsata hai”3 aur vaada “anant kaal(eternity) ka dhan.”4 Iska taatpary yah hai ki Israel ko ikattha karne ke liye hamen mishanariyon kee aavashyakata hai—is se bhee adhik log seva kar rahe hain.5 Aaj, main Girjaghar ke kaee anubhavee bade logon se baat kar raha hoon jo mishanaree ke roop mein seva kar sakte hain. Prabhu ko tumhari zaroorat hain. Hammen tumhari zaroorat New York aur Chicago, Australia aur Africa, Thailand aur Mexico aur sabhi jagah beech mein hain.
Aaie main aapko saal 2015 mein le chalta hoon. Main Barah Logon ke Quorum Ke mein naya bulaaya gaya sadasy tha. Devdut ke roop mein ham jo adbhut jimmedaariyaan nibhaate hain unmen se ek mishanariyon ko unke shram(feilds) ke kshetron mein niyukt karna hai. Main ne is prakriya mein Sattar ke roop mein bhaag liya tha,6 par ab, ek Devdut ke roop mein, mujhe is kaam ka poora bhaar mehsoos hua. Main ne praarthnaa poorvak badee sankhya mein yuva bujurgon aur bahanon ko, ek-ek karke, duniya bhar ke mishanon mein niyukt karne ke saath shuruaat kee. Phir, main ne buzurg jodon kee or dekha. List mein 10 the. Bahut zyada nahi. Aashcharyachakit hokar, main ne Missionary Department ke apne sahayogee se poochha, “is saptaah hamen anurodh bharne ke liye kitne logon kee aavashyakata hai?”
Uh jawaab dees, “300.”
Vah gambheer kshan mere saath raha: 300 anurodh bharne ke liye 10 jode(couple).
President Russell M. Nelson jodon ko protsaahit karte hai ki ve “apne ghutnon par baithen aur Svargeey Pita se poochhen ki kya unke liye ek saath mishan kee seva karne ka sahee samay hai.”7 Saaree yogyataon mein se, unhone kaha, “seva karane kee ichcha sabse mahatvapoorn ho saktee hai.”8
Jaisa ki shastr kahate hai, “yadi aapko Parmeshwar kee seva karne kee ichchha hogi to aapko kaary ke liye bulaaya jayega.”9 Isme susamaachaar kee vyavastha shaamil hai. Ham John mein padthe hain, “Bone vaala aur kaatne vaala donon ek saath aanand mana sakte hain.”10
Main ne apne parivaar mein phasal ke niyam ko poora hote dekha hai.
Kuch saal pahele, Main apne parivaar se milne gaya tha jab bishap ne mujhse sekrament seva samaapt karne ke liye kaha.11 Jab main stand se neeche aa raha tha, ek mahila apne saat bachchon ke saath mere paas aaee aur apna parichay Bahan Rebecca Guzman ke roop mein diya.
Usne poocha , “Elder Rasband, kya tum Rulon aur Verda Rasband ko jante ho?”
Main muskuraaya aur jawaab diya, “Vah hamaren maata pita hain.”
Aap dekh sakte hain yah kaha ja raha hai. Rebecca ke anumati se, jo yahaan Sammelan Kendr mein parivaar ke saath hain, main unke parivaar kee kahaanee saajha karta hoon.12
Mere maata pita, Elder Rulon aur Sister Verda Rasband, Fort Lauderdale Florida Mission mein ek varishth jode ke roop mein seva kar rahe the.13 Ve dharm parivartan kar rahe the aur daiveey maargadarshan se Rebecca ke ghar ka daravaaja khatakhataaya. Vah abhee ek kishori(teenager) thee aur Osmonds ka sangeet sun na pasand kartee thee, khaaskar mere dost Donny ka—jo aaj yaha bhi hai.14 Usne unke media saakshaatkaaron ko suna tha aur pata chala tha ki ve Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim Dino ke Santo ke sadasy the. Use laga ki unmen kuchh alag hai, aur yah sochkar ki yah unka dharm ho sakta hai, Rebecca ne skool kee laibreree mein Girjaghar kee maanyataon par shodh(research) karne mein do saal bitae. Isaliye, jab ek dayaalu dikhne vaale jode ne uske parivaar ka darvaaja khatakhataaya aur khud ko Antim Dino ke Santo ke mishanaree ke roop mein pesh kiya, to use vaapas le liya gaya.
“Mere maa ne unse chutkaara paane ko kaha,” Rebecca ne baad mein likha, “lekin mere dil ne kaha ‘Naa.’ Mainne unke cheharon ki or dekha aur bahut garmajoshee aur pyaar mehsoos kiya. Vah smrti aaj bhee meree aankhon mein aansoo aur hrday mein gaharee bhaavna la detee hai.”15
Rebecca ne unhe bheetar aane ka nimantran diya, aur mere missionary maata pita ne eh sandesh baata, uskee do chhotee bahanen, aur uskee aapattiyon ke baavajood, uskee maan.
Rebecca ne mujhe varnan kiya, “Aapke maata-pita donon hamaare kisee bhee prashn ko samajhaane mein adbhut the. Main abhee bhee unke cheharon ko dekh sakta hoon jaise ki unke chaaron or roshnee ho. Jab aapkee maan chalee gaeen to hamne hamesha unhen gale lagaaya aur unhonne hamesha meree maan ko sahaj aur sammaanit mehsoos karaane mein madad karne ka prayaas kiya. Aapke pita jab hamen Ishu Masih ke baare mein sikhaate the to unkee aankhon mein hamesha chamak rahatee thee. Unhone mere pita ko charchaon mein shaamil karne kee koshish kee aur antatah unhen jeet liya. Mere pita ek sthaaneey country club mein chef the aur unhone aapke maata-pita ke liye raatribhoj pakaana shuroo kar diya tha, jismen aapke pita kee pasandeeda, kee laim paee lime pie banaana bhee shaamil tha.”16
Jab Elder aur Bahan Rasband ne Rebecca aur uske parivaar ko Mormon Dharamshastra padhne ke liye kaha, to Rebecca ne paanch dinon mein aisa kiya. Vah turant bapatisma lena chaahatee the, lekin parivaar ke anye sadasy taiyaar nahin the. Chaar mahino ke baad, Rebecca ne jor dekar kaha ki vah bapatisma legee aur sachche Girjaghar mein shaamil hogee. Unhone yaad karte hue kaha, “Meree aatma ka har kan jaanata tha ki yah sach hai.”17 April 5, 1979, mein, missionaries ne 19 saal ke Rebecca ko baptisma diya, uske maan, aur doh bahanon. Mere Pita bapatisma ke gawah the.
Jab main Girjaghr mein Rebecca aur uske parivaar se mila, to hamne apne saath uske parivaar kee ek tasveer lee. Main ise apnee bujurg maa ke paas le gaya, aur unhone ise apne hrday se laga liya. Phir usne muhjse kaha, “Ronnie, yah mere jeevan ke sabse khushee ke dinon mein se ek hai.”
Meri maa kee pratikriya hamaare varishthon ke liye savaal paida kartee hai, “Aap is samay apne zindagi mein kya kar rahe hai?” Aise kaee tareeke hain jinse varishth mishanaree vah kar sakte hain jo koee aur nahin kar sakta. Aap bhalaee ke liye ek ullekhaneey(remarkable) shakti hain, Girjaghar mein anubhavee hain, aur Parmeshwar ke bachchon ko protsaahit karne aur bachaane ke liye taiyaar hain.
Aap mein se kuchh log soch rahe honge, “Lekin pote-potiyon ko chhodne ke baare mein kya? Ham paarivaarik uplabdhiyon, janmadinon, doston aur yahaan tak ki paalatoo jaanvaron ko bhee yaad karenge.” Agar main ne apnee maan se poochha hota ki vah aur pitaajee ek mishan par kyon gae the, to mujhe pata hai ki unhone kaha hoga, “mere pote-potiyaan hain. Main chahata hoon ki unhen pata chale ki aapke pita aur main ne mishan kshetr mein seva kee thee, ham apnee bhaavee peedhee ke liye udaaharan sthaapit karna chaahate the, aur ham dhany the, bahut dhany the.”
Jaisa ki main ne duniya bhar ke mishanon ka daura kiya hai, main ne hamaare varishth mishanariyon kee ullekhaneey seva dekhee hai. Yah spasht hai ki ve aisa karke khush hain “Prabhu kee ichchha” aur ke baare mein ho raha hai “Prabhu ka kaary.”18
Kuchh logon ke liye, aur ham aasha karte hain ki aap men se hajaaron logon ke liye, duniya ke kisee anye kone mein full-time mishanaree seva sahee jagah hogee.29 Doosron ke liye, ghar par Girjaghar-seva mishan kee seva karna behatar ho sakta hai. Svaasthy samasyaon aur any paristhitiyon ke kaaran, aise log hain jo seva karne mein asamarth hain. Ham un sthitiyon ko samajhte hain, aur mujhe aasha hai ki aap un logon ka samarthan karne ke tareeke dhoondh lenge jo seva kar rahe hain. Bhavishyavakta kee salaah ka paalan karen aur yah jaan ne ke liye praarthna karen ki Prabhu aapse kya karavaana chaahte hain.
Duniya bhar ke mishaan kshetr aapkee madad ke liye guhaar laga rahe hain. President Russell M. Nelson hamaare buzurg mishanariyon ke baare mein kaha hai, “Ve aatma se yuva hain, gyaani, aur kaam karne ko ichchhuk hain.”20
Maidaan se baahar, aapke paas dher saare avsar hain: aap mishan kaaryaalayon ya mandiron mein seva kar sakte hain, yuva mishanariyon ko majaboot karen, chhotee shaakhaon ko majboot karen, paarivaarik itihaas kendron ya aitihaasik sthalon par kaam karen, institute padae, maanaveey seva pradaan karen, yuva vayaskon ke saath kaam karen, rozgaar kendron ya Girjaghar kheton mein madad karen. Seva karne ke tareekon, aapke liye sabse upayukt kya hai, aapkee kahaan jaroorat hai aur aap jaane ke liye kaise taiyaar ho sakte hain, iska vivaran website par diya gaya hai “Senior Missionary.”21 Kaap apne bishop ya branch president se bhee baat kar sakte hain.
Main ne kaee jodon ko seva karne ke liye bulaaya hai aur dekha hai ki Masih ka Prakaash unke chehare par bhar gaya hai.22 Apnee vaapasee par unhone Prabhu ke kareeb aane aur ek-doosre ke kareeb aane ka varnan kiya hai, yah mehsoos karte hue ki Prabhu kee Aatma un par baras rahee hai, aur jaante hain ki ve ek antar la rahe hain.23 Aisa kaun nahin chaahega?
Ek mishan kisee jode ke jeevan ka sabse bada adhyaay ho sakta hai. Ek achchha sheershak ho sakata hai “Mere Prabhu ko Meree Aavashyakata Hogee.”24 Yap aparichit sthaan par ho sakte hain; haalaanki, aatma kee shakti aapko ghar jaisa mehsoos karaegee.
Mere maata-pita aur hazaaron vaapas aaye mishanaree dampattiyon ne mishanaree kaarye mein milee khushee ka pramaan diya hai. Prabhu ne baad ke dinon ke dharmagranth mein kaha hai, “Aur yadi aisa ho ki tum apne saare din in logon ke liye pashchaataap karane mein parishram karo, aur ise mere paas ek aatma bana kar lao, to mere Pita ke raajy mein usake saath tumhaara aanand kitana mahaan hoga!”25
Isaiah ne hamen mishan “kshetr” mein seva karne ka kya arth hai, iska ek kaavyaatmak varnan diya. Dharamshaastra hamen bataata hai “kshetr hee sansaar hai.”26 Is mahaan praacheen bhavishyavakta ne likha, “Kyonki tum aanand ke saath nikaloge, aur shaanti ke saath aage badhae jaoge: pahaad aur pahaadiyaan tere aage aage badhakar jayajayakaar karengee, aur maidaan ke sab vrjh taaliyaan bajaenge.”27 Pahaadon, pahaadiyon, kheton aur pedon kee tulana mishan adhyakshon, bishapon, jila netaon, sadasyon aur un logon se kee ja saktee hai jo saty kee talaash karte hain lekin “ve nahin jaante ki ise kahaan paaya jae.”28 Aaj, mai chama, jo ki ek zaroori aur anmol uphaar hai hamare liye pe gaor karunga, jo Uddhaarkarta aur Muktidaata, Ishu Masih se mila hai.
Prabhu Ishu Masih ki Devdut ki taur pe, main aapse Israel kee sabha mein ek mishanaree ke roop mein seva karne aur shaayad phir se seva karne ke liye kahata hoon. Hamme tumhari zaroorat hai—hamme tumhari zaroorat hai. Ham aap varishthajanon ke aabhaaree hain, aapne jo jeevan jeeya hai aur apne gharon, vaardon aur hisson mein jo udaaharan prastut kie hain, uske liye ham aapke aabhaaree hain. Ab main aapko apnee jaankaaree, apnee samay-sammaanit prashansaapatron ke saath, aur ek mishan par jaane ke liye aamantrit karta hoon. Main praarthna karta hoon ki aglee baar jab main varishth jodon ko niyukt karne baithoonga to aap men se saikadon log utsukata se aapke kol ka intajaar karenge.
Main yah bhee vaada karta hoon ki jab aap seva karenge to aap apne jeevan mein Prabhu ke prem ko mahasoos karenge, aap Use jaanenge, vah Aapko jaanega, aur “aapaka aanand kitana mahaan hoga.”29 Ishu Masih ke prati aapkee samarpit seva aapke parivaar, aapke pote-potiyon aur parpote-potiyon ko prerit aur aasheervaad degee. Shaanti, aur prem [badhega]”30 aane vaale varshon ke liye unke jeevan mein. Mein vaada karta hoon. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.