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THE LOVE OF GOD
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The
knowledge of the Manifestations of God creates the love of
God
in our hearts. the love of God is the source of everlasting
happiness. Love is the cause of our creation, as
Baha'u'llah
says:
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" O son of Man !
Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence,
I knew My love of the; therefore I created thee, have engraved
on thee
Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty. "
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God
loved us and created us. Because God has loved and will always continue
to love us, He will never leave us alone in our helplessness. He manifests
Himself to us from time to time. Abdu'l-baha
says:
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" Consider to what extent the love of God makes
itself manifest. Among
the signs of His love which appear in the world are the dawning-points
of
His manifestations. What in infinite degree of love is reflected by the
divine
Manifestation towards mankind! For the sake of guiding the
people they
have willingly forfeited their lives to resuscitate human hearts.
They have
accepted the cross. To enable human souls to attain the supreme degree
of advancement, they have suffered during their
limited years extreme
ordeals and difficulties....Observe how rarely human souls
sacrifice their
pleasure or comfort for others; how improbable that
a man would offer
his eye or suffer himself to be dismembered for the
benefit of another.
Yet all the divine
Manifestations suffered , offered
their lives and blood ,
sacrificed their existence , comfort and all they possessed for the sake
of
mankind. Therefore consider how much they love. were
it not for their
illumination, human souls would not be radiant.
How effective is their
love. ... This is a sign of the love of God ; a ray of the sun of Reality.
"
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