Universal House

This poem is the second of two on this theme. i have struggled somewhat with this one. i have been wanting to write about the members of the Universal House of Justice and their sacrificial lives in service. However, it comes back to the Institution instead. There are reasons for everything as my mother always says. i have met with the Universal House of Justice as a pilgrim on three occasions and it has been a thrilling experience. They are the "Head of the Faith" and are established directly from the Pen of Bahá'u'lláh. It is a truly divine Institution. Needless to say, i have a deep love for this Institution. They are living examples of a line in a prayer that i hold dear and i aspire to live up to:

"Make me as dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones, and grant that i may offer up my soul for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of Thy chosen ones in Thy path, O Lord of Glory in the Highest."

Universal House

Oh Bahá’u’lláh!
With deep pondering
The covenant we do see
The way it has come from You to me
Today it stands strong
Tried and tested
It has never gone wrong

With awe we reflect
On the wisdom
That did erect
That most great House
Arising from Your Pen
The system put in place
To benefit the human race

Today in unending chain
Your mission does reign
Our hearts long to be with You
Yet in a way it is true
For You have never left
We are not bereft
For Your words live among us
Through the covenant and
It’s Universal House of Justice

shiidon, October 2007