Thus, When We Plead For The Gift

In The Things That Really Matter--our Covenants, The Commandments, And Following The Prophet--we Need To Be Completely United. In The Non-essentials, We Have Our Agency To Handle Things As We See Fit. But, In All Things, Regardless Of Whether We Make The Same Choices Or Not, We Are To Treat Each Other With Dignity And Respect, Both Of Which Are Evidences Of Charity In Our Hearts And Lives.

Do You Think There Is Any Chance The Lord Would Have Inspired His Prophets To Prophesy About Us, Only To Then Take A Chance On The Outcome Of The Latter Days By Sending Men And Women He Couldn't Count On? There Is No Chance - Zero Chance - He Would Have Done That.

We No Longer Have The Luxury Of Spending Our Energy On Anything That Does Not Lead Us And Our Families To Christ.

Without The Presence Of The Spirit, It Is Impossible To Comprehend Our Personal Mission Or To Have The Reassurance That Our Course Is Right.

Thus, When We Plead For The Gift Of Charity, We Aren't Asking For Lovely Feelings Toward Someone Who Bugs Us Or Someone Who Has Injured Or Wounded Us. We Are Actually Pleading For Our Very Natures To Be Changed, For Our Character And Disposition To Become More And More Like The Savior's, So That We Literally Feel As He Would Feel And Thus Do What He Would Do.