Love An Attribute of God

6 Mulk 162 B.E. - February 11-12, 2006

Looking For The Signs of God

Baha’u’llah tells us that every created thing in the entire universe holds within it one of the attributes of God, while humanity is endowed with all the attributes of God. I wonder how often we look for the signs of the Divine Essence that is in creation. Sometimes it is clear what that attribute is because we can see the splendor or the glory or the beauty in an element of creation. At other times though it is difficult, for one reason or another, to see what which divine attribute is present, but just because we can not see a divine attribute does not mean the attribute is not there.

One of the attributes of God is love; indeed God is love. The universe is the results of God’s love. Humanity was created because of God’s love. The purpose of the individual is to know and love God. The way we love God is through our worship of the Divine Essence and our service to humanity.

The approach of Valentine’s Day has caused me to think a lot about love. On Valentine’s Day we do not often think of God, we think of love but not in its relationship to God. On and around Valentine’s Day we usually think of love in its relationship to another human being. However, the foundation of all love and affection on the Earth and in the universe is the love of God; the love of God for humanity and the love of humanity for the Divine Essence. All other love is a pale shadow of Divine Love.