…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)
