Saturday, June 6, 2015

Love One Another

We've all seen those romantic comedies where guy and girl fall in love, something happens to break them up, they find their way back to each other and live happily ever after.  But let's be real for a second...how often does that really happen?

I think we all, to a certain extent, have this misconception about love.  We have seen many movies like this, no matter where it takes place, who's involved....the story is just the same.  But does that mean love doesn't exist?  Well, as an expert (not really), love doesn't only come from your significant other.  There are many types of love.  There's familial love, friendship love, and of course romantic love-the love we see in all those movies.  But there's another type of love that is just as important, if not more, than the others, and that is Christlike love.

Too often, I think, we forget about the love Christ has for each of us.  When times are hard, we feel that there may be nobody to turn to when, in fact, there is.  The love Christ has is so immense that He was willing to sacrifice His life for us.  He was willing to put our eternal happiness before His mortal pain. This Christlike love could also be referred to as charity.  In the Book of Mormon, Mormon taught, "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" (Moroni 7:45).

I think it's important that we remember to "love one another" as Christ taught.  No matter how difficult it may be at times, we should find a way to put ourselves in the shoes of another and see life the way do, so that we may better understand them.

Until next time:)

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