O ye servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is clear that in this day, confirmations from the unseen world are encompassing all those who deliver the divine Message. Should the work of teaching lapse, these confirmations would be entirely cut off, since it is impossible for the loved ones of God to receive assistance unless they teach.
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p.264-265
Ive saved the *most*powerful*weapon* in your arsenal against discouragement and burn-out for last. This is the ONE that will make you say, "Yahoo! Im a Bahá'í"! faster than anything else!!! You can be "Betty Bahá'í" or "Bruce Bahá'í" by : following all the laws, praying every day, committing all the Writings to memory, paying your Huqquq, giving sacrificially to the Fund, being sweet and kind, never giving offense, but (let me repeat the words of the Master): Should the work of teaching lapse, these confirmations would be entirely cut off, since it is impossible for the loved ones of God to receive assistance unless they teach Retired National Spiritual Assembly member Jack McCants talked about this when he came to the Royal Falcon Bahá'í School several springs ago, and I've been thinking about it ever since:
Basically, if you dont teach, God cain't hep you.
Now, if you cannot personally teach the Faith (now let's be honest here-really *cannot*; not just "don't know how" or "don't feel comfortable with the idea"), you *can* deputize others to teach for you. There is a fund maintained by our N.S.A. for this very purpose; funds such as these were the ones that supported heroic Bahá'í teachers such as Hand of the Cause of God Louis Gregory and others.
O.K., O.K. I did say that was the last, but I'm not completely finished yet.
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