A HEART ACHE

Tonight my heart aches. Not for myself. But for those who are suffering.
It seems meant to be that last night as we were doing our family scripture reading that we were reading from Moroni 7 in the Book of Mormon. In this chapter it talks of charity, and what charity is...
vs 45-48 read:

And 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 erjoiceth no in iniquity but rejoiceth in the trught, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Wherefore, my beloved bretheren, if ye have not charity, yea re nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail~
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.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ, that ye may become the sons of God, that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is, that we may have this hope, that we may be purified even as hi is pure. Amen

I feel like reading these verses last night prepared me for today. And the fact that I have an amazing husband who teaches by faith and example.
People make choices in their lives and there are consequences to those choices...however, I am not God, nor are any of us here on this earth. It is our responsibility to love.

That doesn't mean we have to like or accept certain things. Especially when it is something that goes against our core beliefs. Something that no one can understand or accept. However, I would hope that if I made an error in judgement or something serious that my true friends...those who profess to be "followers of Christ" would it least pray for me and help me to return again to the fold of Christ.

As it says in the scriptures  in John 8:2-11
 
Judge not. I love how Jesus taught: "He that is without a sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Then He said to her: "Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."

A senior missionary from Robert's mission posted this to his facebook status the other day...Giovanni and I have talked about this a lot.

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.”

Our hearts are aching tonight because we know that a family is suffering. We can only hope that their hearts will be touched and they will know that we care for them. They will be in our thoughts and prayers. We hope they will have the desire to search out the Savior. And to know that He loves them.