The prophet Joseph Smith declared that "it is natural for females to have feelings of charity--you are now placed in a situation where you can act according to those sympathies which God has planted in your bosoms. If you live up to these principles...the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates."
Our father gifted His daughters in particular with a nature to nurture, encourage and bear with one another, knowing that these gifts--this inclination toward charity--would be vital to all mankind.(Sheri Dew, "If Life Were Easy--It Wouldn't Be Hard)
Charity is the antidote for every baggage-breeding behavior. It is what lifts us above telestial living.Charity is the pure love of Christ, and not only will it endure forever but its power to change and heal and transform us is limitless and eternal.(Sheri Dew, "If Life Were Easy-It Wouldn't Be Hard)
I want to share with you my testimony that Visiting Teaching is Charity--Charity is Visiting Teaching. What a beautiful lesson to learn, what a wonderful blessing to acquire and what a spiritual responsibility to act upon the calling that was given to women, to us--VISITING TEACHERS.
