One day after a meeting when, as
usual, many people had crowded round Him, 'Abdu'l-Bahá arrived home very tired.
We were sad at heart that He should be so fatigued, and bewailed the many steps
to be ascended to the flat. Suddenly, to our amazement, the Master ran up the
stairs to the top very quickly without stopping.
He looked down at us as we walked up after Him, saying with a bright smile,
from which all traces of fatigue had vanished:
"You are all very old! I am very young!"
Seeing me full of wonder, 'Abdu'l-Bahá said: "Through the power of
Bahá'u'lláh all things can be done. I have just used that power."
That was the only time we had ever seen Him use that power for Himself, and I
feel that He did so then to cheer and comfort us, as we were really sad
concerning His fatigue.
Might it not also have been to show us an example of the great Reserve of
Divine Force always available for those of us who are working in various ways
in the "Path of the Love of God and of Mankind." A celestial strength
which reinforces us when our human strength fails.
(Lady Blomfield, ‘The Chosen Highway’)
(Lady Blomfield, ‘The Chosen Highway’)
