sooo I have this great friend named Philip. He's the most fun-loving person I know, a talented artist, and an amazing dancer. But he also has this incredible testimony and can totally lay down the law spiritually.
I visited his ward to hear his talk yesterday and I am so glad I was there! He spoke about charity. Before giving this talk, we spent the weekend discussing the topic and this is what we concluded to.
Charity is not convenient. How easy is it to love someone who loves you right back?? Pretty darn easy! When you love someone who uses you, who always wants something from you, or who criticizes you, that's when you enter the realms of charity.
The Savior performed the ultimate act of charity by performing the atonement. It was not convenient, it was not something He necessarily wanted to do, but He loved us and He did it because it had to be done.
When we acquire the attribute of charity, we start to learn and grow. We get to tap into the atonement and become more like our Savior. It stretches us and pushes us to do more. We don't learn as much when things are easy.
Sometimes we have to give the charity that we feel we need ourselves. As the friendly snowman Olaf said (don't worry for those who haven't seen Frozen, the time will soon come ha!) "Love is putting someone else's needs before your own. Some people are worth melting for"
As the weather gets colder and as you are sacrificing your time to serve the Lord, think about the people that you can go out of your way to show the pure love of Christ to, and think of Olaf who gave everything for his friends.
You ladies are amazing and I'm so proud of the work you're doing. Have a fabulous week!
love love love
Mary
I visited his ward to hear his talk yesterday and I am so glad I was there! He spoke about charity. Before giving this talk, we spent the weekend discussing the topic and this is what we concluded to.
Charity is not convenient. How easy is it to love someone who loves you right back?? Pretty darn easy! When you love someone who uses you, who always wants something from you, or who criticizes you, that's when you enter the realms of charity.
The Savior performed the ultimate act of charity by performing the atonement. It was not convenient, it was not something He necessarily wanted to do, but He loved us and He did it because it had to be done.
When we acquire the attribute of charity, we start to learn and grow. We get to tap into the atonement and become more like our Savior. It stretches us and pushes us to do more. We don't learn as much when things are easy.
Sometimes we have to give the charity that we feel we need ourselves. As the friendly snowman Olaf said (don't worry for those who haven't seen Frozen, the time will soon come ha!) "Love is putting someone else's needs before your own. Some people are worth melting for"
As the weather gets colder and as you are sacrificing your time to serve the Lord, think about the people that you can go out of your way to show the pure love of Christ to, and think of Olaf who gave everything for his friends.
You ladies are amazing and I'm so proud of the work you're doing. Have a fabulous week!
love love love
Mary
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