Last night we were invited to teach a class on temple marriage to several couples from one of the branches here. We taught them the difference between "love" and "charity". Usually when we think of things we love: ice cream, a day at the beach, a new dress, even our spouse, we think of how much pleasure these things bring us. That's why we "love" them. We looked at charity, and discovered the true love of Christ is pretty much the opposite. Charity is all about the joy we can bring to the other person, instead of the pleasure they will bring to us. When both partners in a couple have charity, they can bring one another a whole lot of joy.
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