D&C 4:5 (Charity, cont'd)

"And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work."

*Charity*

(Webster)

• 1: benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity;
• When we have c., we have a general sense of goodwill toward everybody we know, and even those that we don't know- all mankind!
• 2: generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering;
• C. entails being generous and helpful to others, especially to those that are poor or in need in other ways (depressed, friendless, etc).
• 3: lenient judgment of others
• This is one of my favorite definitions by Webster. When we are charitable, when we truly love others, we do not seek to pass critical judgement upon them. We seek only to help them and show kindness to them. There are times when judgement is necessary on our parts. However, we should never ever forget that judgement should always be done in love. We should also never forget the Savior's warning that the judgement with which we judge others will be the same standard of judgement by which we will be judged in the end.