The sound of Wind

10 Jalal 164 B.E. – Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The sound of the wind echoes through the house. I have the patio door open so the cats can go out and sit there if they want. The wind, blowing the oleanders against the screen enclosing the patio, sounds like an animal scratching. When I first heard it I thought that maybe one of the neighbor’s cats was wanting to get on to the patio and play with my cats. The sound sort of scared me because I didn’t know what was making it.

That’s the way the unknown is, it’s frightening until we make it known. When the mystery is solved and the unknown made know, it becomes awe-inspiring. That’s the way it is with God. God is an unknowable essence. We can’t know God directly, but we can become acquainted with God through His Manifestations, His Prophets, His Mirrors. Once we learn about one of His Reflections then God becomes awe-inspiring. The more one learns about the invisible Creator the more awe invoking God becomes.

Each of God’s Prophets, Mirror, Manifestations, or Messengers appeared when humanity was in the most need of a message from God. Each revealed a religion, each revealed a sacred book, and each inspired the followers of the Latest Manifestation to strive to know and love God and assist in carrying on an ever-advancing civilization. Baha’u’llah is the Mirror of God for today.