Following the Savior’s Example of Empathy and Love
Striving to love as the Savior did can be difficult at times. So how can we love others in the way they need to be loved?
Can we just choose to love, as if there were a switch to turn on?
Is it really possible to love a neighbor or stranger as much as a family member or ourselves?
What about those whom we disagree with or don’t get along with, or those with whom we are prone to argue?
In the scriptures, Christlike love is frequently spoken of as something that a person is “filled” with; in other words, it is something poured into the soul by God (see Mosiah 2:4; 4:12; Alma 38:12; Moroni 7:48). This means that Christlike love cannot be cultivated without God’s help—it’s a spiritual gift that comes and grows as we “pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart” (Moroni 7:48).
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