Blessed Is He Or She Who Avoids

We Often Equate Charity With Visiting The Sick, Taking In Casseroles To Those In Need, Or Sharing Our Excess With Those Who Are Less Fortunate. But Really, True Charity Is Much, Much More. Real Charity Is Not Something You Give Away; It Is Something That You Acquire And Make A Part Of Yourself. And When The Virtue Of Charity Becomes Implanted In Your Heart, You Are Never The Same Again.

Undoubtedly Our Heavenly Father Tires Of Expressions Of Love In Words Only. He Has Made It Clear Through His Prophets And His Word That His Ways Are Ways Of Commitment, And Not Conversation. He Prefers Performance Over Lip Service. We Show Our True Love For Him In Proportion To Our Keeping His Words.

There Is A Gift Available To All Of Us-the Gift Of Looking To God For Direction. Here Is An Avenue Of Strength, Comfort, And Guidance. . . . "look To God And Live." This Is The Wonderful Promise Given So Often In The Scriptures. . . . Our Capacity To See And Comprehend Is Increased Only In Proportion To Our Willingness To Look. God Becomes More Approachable As We Look To Him.

Wise Is The Man Who Says What Needs To Be Said, But Not All That Could Be Said.

Perhaps The Greatest Charity Comes When We Are Kind To Each Other, When We Don’t Judge Or Categorize Someone Else, When We Simply Give Each Other The Benefit Of The Doubt Or Remain Quiet. Charity Is Accepting Someone’s Differences, Weaknesses, And Shortcomings; Having Patience With Someone Who Has Let Us Down; Or Resisting The Impulse To Become Offended When Someone Doesn’t Handle Something The Way We Might Have Hoped. Charity Is Refusing To Take Advantage Of Another’s Weakness And Being Willing To Forgive Someone Who Has Hurt Us. Charity Is Expecting The Best Of Each Other