The Master Runs Up the Stairs
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When in Bahá'í history
London (today: London, UK)
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’)
Source: The Chosen Highway (Lady Blomfield), Part III, from her recollections of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visits to London; also quoted in Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 66, “I am very young.”
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