Yesu ya san yadda ake ba da labari. Ya fahimci cewa babu wani a cikin mutanen da ke sauraron almararsa—ko da dukan lauyan da ya yi tambaya, “Wane ne maƙwabcina?”—da zai ɗauki Basamariye da ya dace da wannan kwatancin.
Wannan shi ne batun gaba daya. Yana nuna wa masu sauraronsa yadda za su yi tunani a waje da akwatin.
To wanene makwabcina idan ana maganar sauyin yanayi? Don amsa wannan tambayar, ina gayyatar ku zuwa ga fahimtar unguwar da ta wuce adireshin titinmu, abokan cocinmu, abokan aikinmu. Ina gayyatar ku don ganin duniya a cikin al'umma maimakon hanyar mutum-mutumi.
Shafi na United Methodist marubuci Jeanne Finley ya nuna ni ga kalmomin Robert Penn Warren. A cikin novel Duk Mutanen Sarki, Warren ya ce, "Duniya kamar babban gidan yanar gizo gizo-gizo ne kuma idan ka taba shi, duk da haka a hankali, a kowane lokaci, girgizar girgizar ta kai ga mafi nisa."
Idan kun fara ganin duniya ta wannan hanya, to ba zato ba tsammani kuna da maƙwabta da yawa fiye da yadda kuke tsammani kuna da.
Idan ka ga duniya haka, to, wutar da ake ci yanzu tana ci a dajin Amazon ba kawai matsalar Brazil ba ce. Idan ka ga duniya haka, yanayin zafi na duniya ya tashi saboda konewar albarkatun mai da kuma illar da wannan ke yi wa duniyarmu—ba na wani ba ne ko kuma na gaba.
Idan aka zo batun rikicin sauyin yanayi, duniya ita ce unguwarmu kuma duk mutanen da ke cikinta makwabta ne. Kuma zan yi gardama—ba mutane kaɗai ba, amma dukan dabbobi, kwari, kifi da sauran halittun da ke cikinsa. Haka ne, a cikin wannan ra'ayi, ko da nau'i daban-daban maƙwabtanmu ne.
Saint Francis ya san wannan shekaru 800 da suka gabata. Sa’ad da yake addu’a a cikin ruɓaɓɓen ɗakin sujada, ya ga wahayi na Yesu wanda ya gaya masa: “Ka gyara gidana.” Da farko, Saint Francis ya ɗauka cewa Yesu yana nufin rugujewar ginin coci; daga baya sai ya fahimci cewa umurnin ya fi fadi. Ya gano cewa yana da muhimmanci a kula da dukan halitta. A yau, shi ne majibincin dabbobi—da kuma na masanan halittu.
Kowace shekara, ƙungiyoyin Kirista da yawa suna nuna “Season of Creation.” Muna cikinsa yanzu; yana gudana daga 1 ga Satumba zuwa 4 ga Oktoba wanda shine ranar idin Saint Francis.
shelar Lokacin Halitta ta wannan shekara ta ce, “Yayin da rikicin muhalli ke daɗa zurfafa, ana kiran mu Kiristoci cikin gaggawa don mu shaida bangaskiyarmu ta wurin ɗaukan mataki mai gaba gaɗi don kiyaye kyautar da muke rabawa. . . . A lokacin Halitta muna tambayar kanmu: Shin ayyukanmu suna ɗaukaka Ubangiji a matsayin mahalicci? Shin akwai hanyoyin da za mu zurfafa bangaskiyarmu ta wajen kāre ‘ƙananan waɗannan’ waɗanda suka fi fuskantar illa ga sakamakon gurɓacewar muhalli?”
Wata rana da rana mai launin toka a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata, wata fitacciyar ’yar kimiyyar yanayi ta Kirista Katharine Hayhoe ta yi magana da ikilisiyarmu kuma ta yi irin wannan batu. Ta gaya mana yadda mummunan yanayi da sauyin yanayi ke haifarwa da farko ya cutar da maƙwabtanmu matalauta da farko, wanda ya haifar da karuwar ƙaura da abinci da rashin tsaro.
Makullin rage rikicin yanayi yana cikin ma'anar mu na al'umma. Idan muka ɗauki kunkuntar ra'ayi, to, manyan matsaloli suna nan gaba. Amma idan muka yi tunani sosai—kamar yadda Yesu ya aririci lauyan da ya yi tambaya ya yi—to da sauran lokacin da za mu yi canji mai kyau a yankin.
Dick Jones memba ne na Jami'ar Baptist da Cocin 'yan'uwa a Kwalejin Jiha, Pa.