Charity- The Pure Love of Christ

Oh hi blog. Sorry I've been neglecting you, don't take it personal-
I've still been reading and studying, I just haven't been posting anything.
Don't worry though, I'll do better. I promise.

"Nothing you do makes much of a difference if you do not have charity. You can speak with tongues, have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries, and possess all knowledge; even if you have the faith to move mountains, without charity it won't profit you at all."- Joseph B. Worthlin

I have been thinking a lot about Charity lately. I read in Alma 34 about how and
what we should pray about, but if we turn away the needy, and the naked, and
visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart of your substance, if you
have, to those who stand in need- if you don't do any of those things your
prayer is in vain and availeth you nothing, and you are as hypocrites who deny
the faith. If you do not remember to be charitable, you are as dross, which
refiners do cast out. (Alma 34:28-29)

Joseph Smith taught: "Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God. A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race."

The savior is a perfect example of charity. He loved those who despised him, who tormented him, and hated him. He taught of love every where he went. All of the scripture passages about Charity have the same message- without it, you are nothing. {Moroni 7:46- ..if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail.}

• Charity shall cover the multitude of sins [ 1 Peter 4:8 ]
• With Charity, you can inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy father [ Ether 12:34 ]
• Charity is the bond of perfectness and peace [ D&C 88:125 ]
• If ye have faith, hope, and charity- then ye will always abound in good works [ Alma 7:24 ]
• Except ye have charity, ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God [ Moroni 10:21 ]
• Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth [ 1 Corinthians 8:1 ]
• Charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever [ Moroni 7:47 ]

Moroni 7:45- And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Seems pretty easy, right?! And obviously, the rewards we'll be reaping are priceless.