O handmaid of God, who
tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I
have read thy letter, which telleth of thine abundant love, thine intense
devotion, and of thy being occupied with the remembrance of thy Lord.
Depend thou upon God. Forsake
thine own will and cling to His, set aside thine own desires and lay hold of
His, that thou mayest become an example, holy, spiritual, and of the Kingdom,
unto His handmaids.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha)
