From the Depth of My Heart

When I was in my early twenties I stood upon a bridge in Saskatoon and something spoke to my heart. It was there that I began to look for a creation that would allow me to become myself.

That was 1967! It would be another two years before I found the Baha'i Faith. It was the wine of astonishment.

Living on an island with a 350 population and nature dominating, old growth forest and the tidal flow through the Gulf Islands. It was the ideal spot to discover a new Manifestation, a new
Messenger of God.

It moved me when others were unmoved. I dived into that ocean. I became a Baha'i and then did something about it. First I left that physical paradise and placed my fate in God's hands. If this was true, then God would take care of me.

For twenty-five years I moved from one location to another and tried my best to tell others about this great Faith. I tried! I was not responsible for what they did.

My faith centred around the Bab and Baha'u'llah. My love was not divided as they are a complete unity. Because I had to work and support a family I had little time to study the older religions.

But now I have. Because I made the words of God's new Faith my home, when I began to study Islam I saw without the Christian prejudices, I had been indoctrinated with. This was a Messenger of God, Muhammad was giving us the instruction straight from God.

It took some time but one day it hit me so hard. My heart was opened and the tears began to flow. I was a Muslim!

There is no difference between Muhammad and Baha'u'llah because they serve each there own time in the giving of the Word of God.

I also began reading very carefully the four Gospels and the Revelation of John. I kept asking myself, 'Did Jesus actually say those things.' Could the people not understand that no ordinary man could come into the world and speak that way. The authority! The display of Sovereignty! He was a king, a prophet a Messenger from God! I understood. God is One! and Jesus is his Messenger!

He did what he had to do in order to serve God. Jesus served that short four years. Muhammad in a very different place, served much longer and gave us more. But they each pointed to the future and the coming of the 'end times'.

The coming of the Bab marked the 'end times'. 1260 A.H. it is mentioned in the Bible dozens of times and in the Koran. Baha'u'llah is the second trumpet mentioned twice in the Koran. 1844 A.D. 1863 A.D. the two trumpets.

My heart was moved with Christ as with Muhammad, tears did flow. I felt I was becoming a complete person. One that did not rely just upon my earthly eyes and ears.

There is only One message and that is the Oneness of God. The Messengers came to tell us that.
We are to make efforts to change the world into heaven. God has given us His Covenant as a blueprint. We have spiritual abilities and they must be used. Our love and efforts, with God's aid, will be sufficient.