Aug 3- Aug 10‏

My dear family and friends!

This Sunday my companion and I were asked to give talks in sacrament meeting and the topic was ours to choose. Saturday night when we got home my companion and I were doing our nightly routine as we were thinking about what we could talk about. Then as I was changing out of my wet clothes from the rainy weather that day, the Spirit told me exactly what to talk about and what points I needed to cover. It was the coolest thing. Then my companion asked me what I was going to be talking about and I said ‘Love’ and then she smiled and showed me her paper that said ‘charity and love’ and that is proof right there that the Spirit communicates to my companion and I, it’s proof that if it is right then He will tell us both the same thing, and it is proof that my branch needed to hear, to feel, and show more love.

I’m so thankful for the pure love of Christ which is charity.
Here are my favorite scriptures about love….

Mathew 22:36-40, Love god with all your heart, might, and mind. Love your neighbor as thy self.

2 Nephi 31:20, have perfect hope+ love for God and all men +delighting in the words of Christ+ and enduring to the end = ETERNAL LIFE
I know that we can express our love as we listen to others, cry with them, give service, pray for their well being, help them know the gospel, and be their friend.

John 15:9-15 Be a disciple of Christ. Be obedient and keep the commandments. Dwell in His love and joy. We are not servants of the Lord because servants don’t know what our Lord does, but rather we are friends because we know all the things that our Lord does.

I love 1John 3:7-10, all them that love is BORN of God. If we love God we will keep His commandments and be baptized by water and by fire. God sent His Son Jesus to suffer for all of our SINS. It is hard to understand the great love that they have for us. In love there is NO FEAR. How can we not have love for our brother that we see and then turn and say that we love God who we have not seen? It isn’t possible. We need to love everyone to love God and become like Them.

I think the answer to that one is in D&C 112:11 Read it. He knows your heart and has heard your prayers about your brothers….love all men and all those that love my name.
D&C 12:8 be humble, full of love, faith, hope, charity…love is CONFIDENCE.

I would invite all who read this to think about how you can express your love in the way that God wants you to this week. Is there someone that you have talked bad about this week? Is there someone that you need to forgive? Is there someone that you need to ask for forgiveness? When are you going to relieve this weight of negative feelings from your minds and from your book of life? How do you feel about your thoughts and actions that are written on your book of life that is talked about in the Doctrine and Covenants?

Luke 6:32-36

Moroni 7:48, the prophet Mormon taught we must pray with all the energy of our heart that we will be filled with the charity of Christ at that Last Day because terrible will be our state if we don’t have His Love.

We must not let those negative feelings of anger, jealousy, judgment overpower us because it is feelings taught by Satan. Pray for the strength to understand others points of view, be patient and help them when they have difficulties and challenges.

Love is action. TE AMO MUCHO!!

Hermana Wade