Charity is the Pure Love of Christ

I have been struggling with relationships at work for the last 6 months. The more I tried to change others, the worse I felt. After a confrontation with my supervisor, I decided that I was the one that had to change. After much thought and prayer, I felt inspired to study the scriptures related to CHARITY. Here are a few that really applied to me:

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. (1 Corinthians 13:4)

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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— (Moroni 7:46)

Behold, I will show unto the Gentiles their weakness, and I will show unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me—the fountain of all righteousness. (Ether 12:28)

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. (1 Corintians 13:3)

But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him. (Moroni 7:47)

YES! This was my weakness! I needed to look at my supervisors as Christ looks at them. I needed to be much more patient and humble. Without showing a Christlike love, nothing else would matter. If I could have charity, all would be well.

The interesting thing is, as soon as I identified that this was MY problem, all my angst diminished. I no longer felt a heavy burden going to work. By changing myself, instead of trying to change others, I felt a peace.

Another great thing that occurred is that I had a couple of really spiritual experiences while taking care of patients this last month. I don't think I would have had them in my previous state of mind. I was able to focus on loving people the way Christ would have me do.

Its easy to show charity to those that are kind in return. Now I know that I can have charity regardless of the situation. Its amazing what can happen when you apply the scriptures to your life!