Jesus Saves!

I always understood Jesus’ saving activity in terms of rescuing the dying soul, liberating the captives, dying for the sinners who are doomed to hell. In fact, this is - I believe - his ultimate reason for coming into the world. However, as I came across some humorous stories like this, I got another perspective from which I can look at Jesus’ salvific work in a new and different way. The story goes like this:

Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest, with God as the judge.

They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight. Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightning strikes, taking out the electricity. Moments later, the power is restored, and God announces that the contest is over.

He asks Satan to show what he has come up with. Satan is visibly upset, and cries, "I have nothing. I lost it all when the power went out."

"Very well, then," says God, "let us see if Jesus fared any better."

Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid display, the voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers. Satan is astonished.

He stutters, "B-b-but how? I lost everything, yet Jesus' program is intact. How did he do it?"

God smiled all-knowingly, "Jesus saves."

Moral: In times of emergency, troubles, difficulties and sorrows never forget to remember that you have already been saved in HIS MEMORY. You are saved in him!

Also look at the following pictures:

Satan can no longer score a goal against you, ‘coz Jesus saves!

Ka Bo!

He khawvel ram zauvah hian mi tam tak an lo bo vin an lo vakvai tawh a. Mahse ka bo ang reng renga bo hi an awm pawhin ka la hre lo. Ka bo thu ka sawi dawn a, pui i tih viau loh chuan ho i ti ngawt ang!

Thlasik hnukhawi lam a ni a, khua pawh a la vawt viau a. A tuk zingah bike-a Lawngtlai pan tur ka nih avangin ken tur ang angte chu ka bag-ah chuan ka hnawh a. Suangtuahnain ka thil hawn tur, theihnghilh chi miah loh check list ka siam zung zung a. Ken tura ka tih zawng zawng chu a kim thawkhat ta. Ka inpeih.

Ka bike
Hetiang bike hi a hmain TV-a an fakna ka lo hmu tawh a. Mei alh kara a rawn khawh chhuak vel leh nula hovin ngaisang em ema an lo melh no vel ka hmuhte khan awhna bawihah min hruai lut a. A zuartupa Pu Maengan ‘bike of the year’ a nih thu min hrilh leh thianpa Peka’n ‘tuaingawt pa a ang’ a tih te chuan ka phurna a ti sang zual sauh va. Tichuan he bike, Suzuki Fiero sen ngei mai hi ka lei ta a ni.

He bike hian Aizawl leh Lawngtlai inkar hi vawi hnih/thum lai chu min phur tawn tawh a. Hnahthial tlangval ho nena ‘highway race’ kan neih tum paw’n min dah chungnung hle. Ani nen hian Saizawh kawng khawk rawk leh Chawngtelui kawng bung vut mai, diak leh nal em em te pawh vawiduai lo kan lo zawh dun tawh a. Bangladesh ramri hnaiha awm Tuichawngtlangah phei chuan an khuaa bike khalh lut hmasa ber record siamin chawimawina ropui min lo khum tir tawh nghe nghe a ni. Chutiang chu a ni, ka bike chu.

Ramhuai speed
Chhungte, thiante leh ka mi phurh tawhte reng rengin ‘khalh chak lutuk’ an tih luai luai khawpa tlan muang thiam miah lo chi hi ka ni ve a. Chawnhu pa Pu Nema’n paho nilum ai naa a report leh danin Kawnpui leh Kolasib inkar kan han tlan tak tak mai chu meizial zuk kha a kawi ngawl ngawl mai a, lei kan rap zeuh zeuh a ni awm e! Kan thianpa pakhat phei chuan hei ngei hi i thihna tur a ni, a ti! Ramhuai speed an tih fo hi a tehna atangin engtia chak nge tih ka hre chiah lo va. Naupan laia ramhuai speed nia kan ngaih ang vel kha chuan tun tumah pawh hian ka tlanin ka hria!

Zai a lang
Mak ve ang reng deuh chu, hetia karkawnga mahnia ka tlan apiang hian zai chakna thlarau ka chang ta tlat thin hi a ni. Thingsul pelh kawng zau leh nuam tak maia ka tlan lai te chuan hla chi hrang hrang, ‘Rotuiburi,’ ‘Ka kulhpui i ni,’ ‘Ba Ba Black Sheep,’ ‘Thlemnaah lut suh la,’ ‘Nothing else matter,’ ‘Nge maw’ tih te leh hla intu lo tak tak an rawn lang zut zut a. NGTV hla ka hriat ang ang te pawh ka thlawh phei nual. Midang an awm lem lo bawk a, a rawn lang hmasa sa chu ka sa phei pawp pawp zel a.

Tuma hriat lohva duhtawka han ‘solo’ vel chu nuam ve ang reng deuh chu a ni. A chang leh ka’n sa tlawk lui vel a, achang leh ‘opera’ style te’n ka ti thul, ka aw ka control kikawi nasa khawp mai! Hnahthial thlen dawnah erawh chuan kawng kawi ka han chhuak thut chu nulaho thing phur hi kawng sirah an lo thu thap a, ‘Nge maw’ tih hla ka sak lai tak kha a ni a, ‘va mak iem…’ tih lai vel kha. An nuih a za ngang mai. Ka hmel an chhinchhiah hman hlauin ka tlan pel puat a.

Zan thiang reh
Zobawk ka thlen chuan a tlai hle tawh a, mahse darkar khat vel chu ka chawl leh tho va. Lawngtlai lam pana kala a lunglenthlak lai ber nia ka hriat chu Hrangchalkawn atanga han liam phei vung vung lai tak hi a ni. Kawng a lo huh chap a, chhim lamah ruah a sur a lo ni. Tawipuia ka chawlhna thin Tebawihi hotelah chuan chhaw chhawih khawpin chaw ka ei a. Thingfal lam ka pan leh ta a ni. Khua a thim chhah hle tawh a, a lang thei chin han thlir pawhin de zeuh pawh hmuh tur a awm lo.

Ngaw dur khup karah chuan ka bike chu a tlan rum vung vung a, ri dang reng reng hriat tur a awm hek lo. Zai bawk a lo lang leh a, mahse ka hla hriat ang ang ka lo sak deuh vek tawh avangin ka hul ta riau mai. ‘Aw zan thianghlim’ ka’n ti uk a, krismas a liam tawh bawk si, ‘Emau kawng dai reh’ tih te pawh a lo lang… ka tui thei tak tak tlat lo. Ka tih ngaihna hre lo chuan ka’n ‘Hey tonight’ ta chiam mai a, ka sa thui thei chuang lo. “Gonna be a sa a na a be there all night long…” te kha ka ti ta velin ka hria! Zun zungin rei vaklo ka chawl leh zawk a. Zun pah chuan ring tawkin “A va reh ve maw le!” ka’n ti vak ringawt a. A reh loh phah lem hlei lo va!

Mi bo ka lo ni!
Thingfal ka tlan pelh hnu lawkah chuan thawk leh khatah leimin nasa tak mai hi ka hmu ta phut mai a. Ka ding chawt a, ka tawlhthlu tep nghe nghe a ni. Kal tlang rual a ni lo. Khuaah chuan ka let leh a, Upa Khennawla te inah zan ka riak ta ringawt mai a ni.

Lawngtlai lam atanga motor chhuak tur zawng zawng an chhuak fel tawh a, Aizawl lam atanga haw tur lah an haw kim tawh bawk si. Lei min thu hria reng reng an awm lo. Lawngtlaia ka quarters-ah chuan ka nau Puia chiah a awm a. Zan dar 12 hnu lamah pawh ka thlen tak si loh avangin a mang a ang ta hle a. Zobawk lam a va phone-in tlai dar 4:30 vela Zobawk ka chhuahsan thu an lo hrilh. Lunglei lama kan hotute leh ka thlenna thin zawng zawng an phone kim tawh. Ka chanchin hria reng reng an awm si lo. Ka dinhmun hrilh turin Thingfalah phone a awm si lo. Tichuan Zobawk leh Lawngtlai inkarah chuan ka bo ta a ni.

Aizawl, Kolasib leh Kawnpui lama ka chhungte zawng zawng an mangang. A then an tap, a thenin min zawn dan tur an rel… Lawngtlai lamah pawh thenrual thate an inhmu khawm a. Tuamna tur puan nena inring sain min zawng turin an thawk chhuak ta bawk. Lei minna hmun an thlen chuan kal zel ngaihna a awm ta lo. Lei minin min dang a nih ringin, ngaih tha lo tak chung siin an haw leh ta hi a lo ni a. Chutia keimah avanga manganna nasa tak a thlen mek lai chuan ka chau tawngkhawng tawh bawk nen, tui em emin ka lo hnar biah biah thung a!

A tuk zingkara min zawngtute an lo thlen chuan tui takin ka lo la mu a. Min kaitho va, chanchin an han sawi chu thawhphan pawh a awm lo, harh chiang tak ka ni! In kan han thleng a, chanchin ngaihvenin thenrual thate an lo awm khawm a. Chuta kawngkapuia ka lut tur ka zah zia mai chu sawi hian a siak lo. Mipui sang chuang hmaah pawh ka lo ding ve tawh a. Chu ai pawh chuan he mi tum hian ka zam zawk deuh chuan ka hria!

You Are Unique

Think what a remarkable, unduplicatable, and miraculous thing it is to be you! Of all the people who have come and gone on the earth, since the beginning of time, not ONE of them is like YOU!
No one who has ever lived or is to come has had your combination of abilities, talents, , friends, acquaintances, burdens, sorrows and opportunities.

No, one's hair grows exactly the way yours does. No one's finger prints are like yours. No one has the same combination of secret inside jokes and family expressions that you know.

The few people who laugh at all the same things you do, don't sneeze the way you do. No one prays about exactly the same concerns as you do. No one is loved by the same combination of people that love you - NO ONE!

No one before, no one to come.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren't meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going in anyone's mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind.

Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.

No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

Share your uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!

See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it inform you and nudge you and inspire you!

YOU ARE UNIQUE!

Taxi Driver Ka Khawih!

Kum sangkhat zakua sawmkua pasarih kha a ni ta awm e. Calcutta Mizoram House (Ballygunge) atangin ka thianpa nen kan haw dun a. Zan a rei deuh tawh a, lirthei vei vak a tlem pharh tawh a, taxi ho pawh meter hmang lovin biak rem chawp an ngai tawh a. Eng emaw chen kan han in dawr hnu chuan kan kalna tur a hnai bawk a, Rs. 20/-in kan inbe rem a. Tichuan, kan kal ta a ni.

Kan hostel gate bulah chuan kan han din tir a, Rs. 20/- chu pek kan han tum a, mahse Rs. 30/- a phut ta tlat mai a ni. Keini’n kan inbiak remna aia sang pek kan tum si lo va, buaina a chhuak chu a ni titih ta reng mai a. Kan thawm hria hian taxi veivak thenkhat chu an rawn ding nual tawh a. Inhnial rei vak ngaihna a awm lo, kan tawng thiam pawhin a daih tawh hek lo, ka thinrim insum zo lo chuan motor chhunga awm driver chu ka va tham ta mai a nih chu! Chutah boruak a sosang ta, driver a rawn chhuak, kan indin chilh, taxi ho an rawn pung zel, buaina lian tham rim a nam ta tlat!

Kan hostel gate lah chu a inkalh bur mai si, tlanchhiatna kawng a kaw tawh lo a ni ber mai.Chutah ka thianpa chuan, “I pe mai ang kan chan a chhe zawk dawn tlat mai,” a rawn ti a, pawisa chu a pe ta a, pungkhawmho pawh an kal kiang ve leh ta a ni. Tuma hriat loh vin kan arte thih tep chu a ni e.

Vai rama awm hian awmdan tur chin hriat a har chang a awm fo thin. Kan zia leh rilru put hmang a inang lo va, kan khawsak dan phung pawh a inang hek lo. Anni chu, an nupuite pawnfen phen atang pawh hian an inhau chawhma thak peih e, an tia lawm! Mizo tlangval chuan inhnial hrep lam hi kan thiam ve lem lo va, kan thinrim tawpah “action speaks louder than words” tih kha apply kan duh ta mai thin a ni. Mi tha lo tawn fuh chang hian mahni dikna humhim tuma chet han thawh mai duhna a lo awm thuai thin a. Fair lo taka kan chunga an chet te hian thuin a daih loh chang a lo awm a, kuttuma inhnialna chhunzawm mai duhna hi Mizo tlangval rilruah a awm duh viau. Amaherawhchu hetah tak hian kan fimkhurna tur leh ngun taka ngaihtuah ngai a awm a ni.

Heti zawng hian i’n ngaihtuah chhin teh ang. Bengali tlangval pakhat hian taxi driver ka tih ang chiah hian Mizo taxi driver han ti ta se... A sawhkhawk tur chu kan hre vek. India rama cheng tam zawkte hi hnam upa leh nghet tak takte an ni hlawm a. Tuanlehmang ata tawh culture nghet leh hausa tak neiin hetah hian an lo khawsa tawh a ni. Westernization-in a khawih danglam viau tawh nachungin an culture leh khawsak phungah chuan an la ‘western’ lo hle a ni.

Mi heti zozai zinga keini Mizo uihum zat lek lo awm ve te hi an ngaihah kan ropui tehchiam lo vang tihte hi hria i la. Mi rama kan awm hian ‘mikhual’ zawk kan nih angin a tul hunah chuan inthlahrun thiam te pawh i zir zawk ang u hmiang. A mikhual zawk na na na chuan kan mikhualna te awmdan leh khawsak phungte zira chumi mila insiamrem te hi kan mawhphurhna a ni zawk ngei ang. Chuvangin kan tawngkam, kan chetzia, kan awmdan tinrengah a ram mite tana ‘friendly’ taka awm tum i la, mikhual hnawk sak ni lo vin, mikhual tangkai leh ngainatawm nih i tum zawk ang u, ka han ti ve ani.

My Home Town

Though I was born at Darlawn I was brought up here in this town - Kawnpui. My family moved from Darlawn to Kawnpui two or three months after I was born. I received my early education in this town. My father once told me that when he got a job in the government in 1973 he was posted to this town by Mr. Ch. Saprawnga (RIP), the then newly elected MLA from Kawnpui constituency, who assured him that this place would become an important place in the future. It's up to you to decide whether Mr. Ch. Saprawnga was right or wrong. Whatever the case may be, I am proud to be the product of this very town.

Kawnpui is situated on the National Highway 54 between Kolasib and Aizawl. It is 54 kilometres north of Aizawl. As of 2001 India census, Kawnpui had a population of 6328. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. It has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 82%. In Kawnpui, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

If you come to or come across Kawnpui, visit Chawngthu Store which is just opposite to Kawnpui Bazar. There you will be welcome by my sister who is always there.

You Raise Me Up

Hun tha lo leh hrehawm te hi tawng ve turah ka lo in dah ngai lo va, ka chunga lo thleng turah ka dah phal ngai hek lo. Mahse, nun hi a pangngaiin a lo kal reng lo. Khati khan a lo thleng thut a, ka lo khati ta a nih kha! Chutichuan…

Ka thian duhtak…
Liverpool football club i hria ti raw? An anthem ropui lutuk pawh kha i hre mial em? Hre lo mah la a pawi lo. Mahse hman kuma Liverpool an chak loh tuma an ‘fan’ naupang pakhat thlalak hmingthang chanchin erawh kha chu i hriat loh ka duh lo. Kha naupang duhawm zet mai khan hneha awm tawh football players ngui nghiai mai te mithmuhah mittui tla kiang chungin, “You will never walk alone” tih banner a rawn pho chhuak a nih kha! Ni e, khatia ngaihtuahna mumal pawh nei thei lo leh mangang leh lungngaia ka rum tlawk tlawk lai khan… Ka thinlung tawt bun ruahna tur mamawh em em leh khawhar taka ka thut ngawih reng lai khan… Hnehin ka awm a, khawvel hian min hnuchhawn ta a ni, tia ka beidawn em em lai khan… ka thian duhtak, i lo kal a, ka bula thuin i kut chu ka darah i rawn nghat a, “You will never walk alone…” i rawn ti a nih kha! Engmah sawi lo mah la i hmela hmangaihna lo lang leh i chetziaa lainatna i lantir te kha a der a ni lo tih ka hria.

Engtinnge ka lo awm tak tih pawh ka sawifiah thiam mai lo. Keimahah hian khawvel thar i rawn din a, tih danglamin ka awm ta a ni tih zawng ka hre chiang khawp mai. Nang i awm chhung chuan malin ka awm lo va, khawvel hi keimahin ka hmachhawn lo a ni tih hriatna hian chakna thar min pe leh thin a sin!

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up…To more than I can be.

Ka Nu duhtak…
A va’n pawi tak em! Mi i pai lai atang tawhin min thih phah lo chauh va, ka dam lo va, “Bawihte, i tuar ai hi han tuar thei i la aw!” i ti ngawih ngawih a. Keimah avanga i thawhrimna te chuan i kum phu lo va tarin a siam che a, mi ka an ve phak loh hlauvin retheihna i hmachhawn a; kei chuan thil ti tura min tirh man te kha ka thing thin che a, nang erawh chuan i nunna ‘risk’ tak meuh va min enkawlna man zozaite kha min thing ve ngai si lo! Heng zawng zawng te hi kei lah chuan ka lo hrethiam ngai tak si lo va!

Hmangaihna aw nem taka thu tha min hrilh thin te, he hring nun kawng chhuk chho zawh thei tura chhel taka min dawm kanna zawng zawng te kha tun dinhmun ka thlen theihna chhan hi a lo ni, tih te hi hetia i awm tawh loh hnu hian kei, i fapa hian ka hrethiam ve tan dawn chauh si a nih hi! He hla thu hian engkim a sawi fiah vek. Saptawng a nih avangin a chhiar thei dinhmunah pawh ding mah la i hrethiam kher lo vang. I hriatthiam a ngai lo, hriatthiamna mamawh tu chu kei, hrin man awm lo i fapa hi ka lo ni!

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy sea;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders,
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

Lalpa duhtak…
I hnena ka tawngtaina i chhang lo nia ka hriat avanga ka demna che leh i chunga ka vui vaina zozaite kha ka lo hriat chian tawk loh vang che a lo ni. Ka duhzawng ka dil che a, a lo thlen loh avangin min chhang ta lo emaw ka lo ti thin. Mahse ka duhzawng ni lo vin, ka tana tha tura i duh dan takin min chhang a ni tih ka lo hrethiam ngai lo a ni. I tello chuan khawvel hi tuihalna, tamna leh lungngaia rumna mai a ni a. Nangmaha chawlhna a hmuh hma chuan he thinlung hi a hahchawl ngai hek lo.

Engkimah tlingzo ve tawh lo nia ka inhriat lai leh, hma lam hunah beiseina reng reng nei tawh lo nia inhria a beidawnna tuipuia ka pil mek lai khan i lam ka lo hawi a, ka banah min chelhin, “Ka thlah dawn lo che,” min lo ti a nih kha! Nangmah avangin ka tan nun hian awmzia a nei thar leh a, beidawnna leh manganna kawr ruamah hian vanram nun tem ta hial niin ka inhre thin. Mite mithmuha tlaktlaina nei tawh lo hian nangmahah hlutna thar ka chhar a, he nun derdep tak hian, "Ka chak a ni," a ti thin a nih hi! Hengte hi ka tan chuan a mak lutuk a, a thuk em a, he mihring tawng hian a hril zo lo a ni.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up…

You Raise Me Up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2sZuJbxi8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_UNKZVk_50

To Begin With...

It began at night on the12th October, 2007. The three of us - me, Peka and Mafela - were sitting in my room browsing through some sites in the internet as we often did. Though it was not an official committee meeting, it really was an important sitting, a milestone, I should say. Mafela suddenly broke the silence saying to me, "Pa Fak, blog chu siam ve tawh la." I have thought about creating a blog long time back, but never attempted to do so. But this time, Mafela's words sounded to me to be a challenge to do something good which I have never tried. And so began the creation of my first blog which was named "youniq."

Three persons are involved in the making of this blog. I feel compelled to give them a place here. They directly or indirectly helped brought "youniq" to exist as it is now.

Mafela: My nephew, a damn smart boy, who never stops longing for more in the infotech world. I remember that, when he was just a little boy, he used to tell people that his "sap hming" was "A Pa Faka." He is the one who told me so many dos and donts about computer. He is also the one who suggested using the name 'unique' for my blog, which I modified it as it is.

Peka: Another nephew of mine. An innocent youngman, who keeps asking me questions as if I am a "Mr-know-it-all!" One thing unique about this guy is that he used to 'spak' unexpected, but interesting words at the 'right' time and at the 'right' place.

The two guys are now living with me making my life worth-living!

Kimi: A really nice gal, whose identity I better hide for the time being for fear of being reacted! She has once said to me, "Hman deuh i la chuan blog siam hi ka chak ngawt mai..." From that time only I just began thinking about creating a blog. I mean, Kimi, you inspire me! Just continue to humour me, ok?

Anyway, I will try my best to make this blog interesting, thought-provoking, challenging and of course, ecumenical. So... what a fun it would be...!