Today's picture is a photo I took last weekend in Chicago, in the House of Worship. I liked the pillars, and the soft lighting. In every nook there was something to read about the Baha'i faith for those unfamiliar with it, as well as for visitors more versed in its writings. To the right, as you walked down this particular section, was the bookstore, and at the end of the corridor, the cornerstone room where 'Abdu'l-Baha had begun to build the temple in 1912. The gardens are also very lovely but I thought some of you who may not have been there might like a glance inside. The image of pillars is such a strong one, in any faith, but in The Advent of Divine Justice, speaking of the future House of Justice (which has now been in place since the election of the first one in 1963), the Guardian of the faith reminds us:

"That which traineth the world is Justice, for it is upheld by two pillars, reward and punishment. These two pillars are the sources of life to the world.... Small wonder, therefore, that the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation should have chosen to associate the name and title of that House, which is to be the crowning glory of His administrative institutions, not with forgiveness but with justice, to have made justice the only basis and the permanent foundation of His Most Great Peace, and to have proclaimed it in His Hidden Words as 'the best beloved of all things' in His sight."

Sources of life to the world.