Quote of the Week (June 23)

Please read and share your thoughts: I love reading others' thoughts. This is a quote from Sis. Bonnie D. Parkin, former General Relief Society President. It can be found in the Nov. 2003 Ensign, her talk entitled: Choosing Charity: The Good Part.

"Elder Marvin J. Ashton beautifully observed: 'Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other.'

In exercising charity, we come to know a sister’s heart. When we know a sister’s heart, we are different. We won’t judge her. We will simply love her. I invite you to not only love each other more but love each other better. As we do this we will come to know with a surety that 'charity never faileth.'"