Commemoration of Martyrdom of the Báb

As I look back ...

As I look back ... My parents used to encourage me to recite Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd), prior to going to bed every night. I diligently performed this duty until I left for high school in Swaziland at age 13. I never asked why, nor did I need to know why. Those days children simply did what they were told, or they risked being labeled “naughty,” with the usual unpleasant consequences. Through the twists and turns of life, I found myself in the US. It is only after some years spent here in the US that I realized that the Lord, indeed, has been my Shepherd all along – no matter what I did, no matter where I was, no matter what befell me. And now, I can truly pronounce an unreserved “Thank You” to both my father and mother, The Rev. Makepeace Mxolisi Nomvete (born in 1919), and his beloved wife, Mrs. Ruth Mamotabogi Nomvete (born in 1920.) The former passed on to the next world in October, 1992, and the latter in November, 2010. They enabled me to recite Words of God from a very early age. I thank them profusely. What a gift – to learn and recite Holy verses, even when I knew nothing of the meaning nor of the import of those lofty words. I thank them profusely.
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