Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

It seems almost impossible to put into words how terrible this disaster Hurricane Katrina has been. There are so many people suffering and in need of aid and assistance. The following are a few quotes and prayers I found that seem to fit. I know that most of you have had the survivors in your thoughts and prayers, as I do.

”The winds of tests are powerless to hold back them that enjoy near access to Thee from setting their faces towards the horizon of Thy glory, and the tempests of trials must fail to draw away and hinder such as are wholly devoted to Thy will from approaching Thy court.”
(Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah)

”Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens when the tempests of trials pass over them, and Thy manifold tests assail them. Enable them, then, O my God, so to seek refuge within the stronghold of Thy love and of Thy Revelation, that neither Thine adversaries nor the wicked doers among Thy servants, who have broken Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, and turned away most disdainfully from the Day-Spring of Thine Essence and the Revealer of Thy glory, may prevail against them.”
(Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 231)

”O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! Grant us Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and sustain us, that we may attain our goal. Thou art the Powerful, the Able, the Knower, the Seer; and, verily, Thou art the Generous, and, verily, Thou art the All-Merciful, and, verily, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, He to Whom repentance is due, He Who forgiveth even the most grievous of sins.”
('Abdu'l-Bahá, Compilations, Baha'i Prayers, p. 21)

”O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction. Thou art He Who banisheth every sorrow and setteth free every slave, the Redeemer of every soul. O Lord! Grant deliverance through Thy mercy, and reckon me among such servants of Thine as have gained salvation.”
(The Báb, Compilations, Baha'i Prayers, p. 28)


If you can, donate money or time to one of the legitimate agencies out there and help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.