This post is based on a talk called "Strengthened in Charity by Elaine L. Jack from October General Conference 1996." Sister Jack has mentioned a lot that has stood out to me throughout the talk and I will share with you some highlights.
"As I have served in this calling, I have prayed that the Lord would help me understand the hearts of women in His Church. The heart is the key to our influence, for it counts and measures each kindness, each effort, each time we lift, praise, teach, or cheer one another. I have come to know that the hearts of Relief Society women are full of love. I have seen examples in every branch, ward, and stake I have visited, and I have heard of the goodness of the women of this Church in letters that bear testimony that “Charity Never Faileth.” Charity is work of the heart.
The Saviour said that “the great commandment in the law” is “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew. 22:36–37). When we love the Lord with all our mind, soul, and heart, we love others. And charity abounds."
"In the scriptures, we find many examples of women whose daily efforts reflected charity. With their hearts filled with the pure love of Christ, they responded to needs quickly and effectively." She mentions the example of Rebekah.
Rebekah, who eventually became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau, was just such a woman. In the normal pattern of her daily tasks, she was kind to Abraham’s servant who was visiting her village on the dramatic mission to secure a wife for Isaac.
The Lord knew Rebekah’s heart; he knew how she would respond when she observed a need. He answered the servant’s prayer that the young woman who was to become Isaac’s wife would offer him water.
In Genesis we read, “Behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher upon her shoulder” and went down to the well (Genesis. 24:15). You know that story. The servant asked for a drink. Whole family trees hung in the balance of her answer. She said, “Drink, my lord,” and then added, “I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
“And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels” (Genesis. 24:18–20). Her brother Laban invited him to lodge, and not until the servant was introduced did she discover he was the servant of her uncle. Her charitable response to this stranger was automatic. She did not stop to think, I am giving service, nor did she consider the station of the one in need. She hastened to serve water to camels.
Respectfully, she offered an act of service, a simple one, and from that act was born a family of great influence for whole dispensations. Rebekah loved with worthiness and willingness as a daughter of God. Remember the question, Who can gauge the reach of our goodness?
From her we learn that charity, though often quantified as the action, is actually the state of the heart that prompts us to love one another. She offered water. It was in the offering that charity was manifest."
In your own time, you can read this talk and the link of this talk is below. I hope you liked of what I have shared with you from this talk. www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/strengthened-in-charity
What does strengthen in charity means to you?
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The Saviour said that “the great commandment in the law” is “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew. 22:36–37). When we love the Lord with all our mind, soul, and heart, we love others. And charity abounds."
"In the scriptures, we find many examples of women whose daily efforts reflected charity. With their hearts filled with the pure love of Christ, they responded to needs quickly and effectively." She mentions the example of Rebekah.
Rebekah, who eventually became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau, was just such a woman. In the normal pattern of her daily tasks, she was kind to Abraham’s servant who was visiting her village on the dramatic mission to secure a wife for Isaac.
The Lord knew Rebekah’s heart; he knew how she would respond when she observed a need. He answered the servant’s prayer that the young woman who was to become Isaac’s wife would offer him water.
In Genesis we read, “Behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher upon her shoulder” and went down to the well (Genesis. 24:15). You know that story. The servant asked for a drink. Whole family trees hung in the balance of her answer. She said, “Drink, my lord,” and then added, “I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
“And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels” (Genesis. 24:18–20). Her brother Laban invited him to lodge, and not until the servant was introduced did she discover he was the servant of her uncle. Her charitable response to this stranger was automatic. She did not stop to think, I am giving service, nor did she consider the station of the one in need. She hastened to serve water to camels.
Respectfully, she offered an act of service, a simple one, and from that act was born a family of great influence for whole dispensations. Rebekah loved with worthiness and willingness as a daughter of God. Remember the question, Who can gauge the reach of our goodness?
From her we learn that charity, though often quantified as the action, is actually the state of the heart that prompts us to love one another. She offered water. It was in the offering that charity was manifest."
In your own time, you can read this talk and the link of this talk is below. I hope you liked of what I have shared with you from this talk. www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/strengthened-in-charity
What does strengthen in charity means to you?
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