"Bring thyself to account each day ..."

 O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.

 -Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 31 

" ... ever remember the earth plane is a workshop, not an art gallery for the exhibits of powers."

Charles John Egerton - 1912

"Man in this age has learned the weight of the sun, the path of a star, the movement of an eclipse -- the advance step now is to learn the expansion of the inflexible law of matter into the subtler kingdom of spirit, which contains a finer gravitation which holds the balance of power from age to age unbroken. Blessed is that soul who knows that against all appearances, the nature of things works for truth and right forever . . . . The emancipated soul sees with the eyes of perfect faith because it knows what vast provisions are made to enable it to gain the victory over every difficulty and trial. Yet man must ever remember the earth plane is a workshop, not an art gallery for the exhibits of powers. This is not the plane of perfection, but earth is the crucible for refining and moulding character." –‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Star of the West Vol. 16 Issue 5, p. 518, August 1925 (also quoted in Vol. 24 Issue 11 p. 350, Feb. 1934)

"My claim on thee is great, it cannot be forgotten."

"O SON OF SPIRIT! 
My claim on thee is great, it cannot be forgotten. My grace to thee is plenteous, it cannot be veiled. My love has made in thee its home, it cannot be concealed. My light is manifest to thee, it cannot be obscured."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"These Magi said: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him!” "

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"In like manner, when the hour of the Revelation of Jesus drew nigh, a few of the Magi, aware that the star of Jesus  had appeared in heaven, sought and followed it, till they came unto the city which was the seat of the Kingdom of Herod. The sway of his sovereignty in those days embraced the whole of that land.

These Magi said: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him!”48 When they had searched, they found out that in Bethlehem, in the land of Judea, the Child had been born. This was the sign that was manifested in the visible heaven. As to the sign in the invisible heaven—the heaven of divine knowledge and understanding—it was Yaḥyá, son of Zachariah, who gave unto the people the tidings of the Manifestation of Jesus. Even as He hath revealed: “God announceth Yaḥyá to thee, who shall bear witness unto the Word from God, and a great one and chaste.”49 By the term “Word” is meant Jesus Whose coming Yaḥyá foretold. Moreover, in the heavenly Scriptures it is written: “John the Baptist was preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”50By John is meant Yaḥyá."

~Bahá'u'lláh

Note: 48 - Matthew 2:2
Note: 49 - Qur’án 3:39
Note: 50 - Matthew 3:1–2.

" ... I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image ..."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF MAN! 
Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"I have made death a messenger of joy to thee."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF THE SUPREME! 
I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"



~Bahá'u'lláh

"Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee ..."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF SPIRIT! 
Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee, then be content with what We have ordained for thy sake, for this is that which profiteth thee, if therewith thou dost content thyself."

~Bahá'u'lláh