Saturday, June 25, 2016

Charity, Truly a Divine Gift

Still in preparation for my Relief Society lesson I am excited to teach this Sunday, and also based off of a project I am working on for my class, I delved into the topic of charity.  Charity is interesting because it is something we constantly have to work on.  The natural man does not possess attributes like charity, because when we come to this phase of our life in this world we must learn to prove ourselves to God by exhibiting these characteristics so we prove to God that we remember and love Him and His children.  Still from Bishop Waddell's talk "A Pattern for Peace" he mentions that, "Peace of mind peace of conscience and peace of heart are not determined by our ability to avoid trials, sorrow, or heartache".  I contrasted that with Moroni 10:32 where it talks about serving God with all of our might, mind and strength, which is also like having peace of mind, conscience and heart. We all will inevitably have heartaches and trials in this life, but how we react to them and what we choose to do with our attitude with them will help determine how well we are developing these Christ-like attributes.  Everything leads and points towards Christ and the more we can learn to recognize that in this life, the happier we will become.


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