…establishing
the Kingdom of God in this turbulent world is no easy task. It requires
unshakeable faith, complete reliance on God, high endeavour, an indomitable
spirit, constant striving, and infinite patience and long-suffering. You are
aware of God’s method and look upon your efforts as seeds sown by the divine
Husbandman in His field. Cultivating and gathering the crop require hard work,
time, patience, and sacrifice, but through the bounties of God, an abundant
harvest is assured. You remain confident that just as the seed, which through
the outpourings of the rain and the exertions of the gardener gradually grows
into a mighty and fruitful tree, so too your selfless efforts and the labours
of other Bahá’ís around the globe …will, at the appointed time, through the
blessings of the Abhá Beauty, yield wondrous fruits; hearts will be
enlightened, this darksome earth illumined, and the oneness of humanity
ultimately realized.
(The Universal House of Justice, message to the Baha’is in
Iran, May 10th, 2013)
