Your
concern about the future in these troubled times is understandable. There is
every reason to expect that the world will experience travail and testing as
never before, but we do not know what form these upheavals will take, when exactly
they will come, how severe they will be, nor how long they will last. In a
letter dated 30, September 1950 written on behalf of the beloved Guardian to an
individual believer, it is stated:
“He does
not feel that fear -- for ourselves or for others -- solves any problems, or
enables us to better meet it if it ever does arise. We do not know what the
future holds exactly, or how soon we may all pass through another ordeal worse
than the last one.
The
important aspect for the Bahá'ís is that their attitude and actions in response
to the pending catastrophe be correct. We all know that the Cause of
Bahá'u'lláh is the world's only salvation, and that our duty is to actively
teach receptive souls, and to do our utmost to help in the consolidation of the
institutions of the Faith. Only in this way can we contribute our share of
servitude at His Threshold, and we should then leave the rest to Him. ...”
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 13 May 1980 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
