VT Moment: September 2011

For this month's VT Moment that was addressed in Relief Society (9/11/11), I brought to attention the easily misunderstood definition of charity.  According to our Bible Dictionary, charity is defined:  "The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ.  It is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence, although it may be a prompting motive."  The latter statement especially struck me because I was one of many that would quickly define charity as alms or deeds.  Yet, as the Bible Dictionary stated, those actions are actually prompting motive to the true meaning of charity ... the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love.. the pure love of Christ.  So how does this tie in with visiting teaching?  Well, as visiting teachers we have been entrusted to help look after the sisters assigned to us.  In order to be most effective in this calling, having the true attribute of charity would be essential.  In this matter we are best to serve the sisters under our stewardship.

Also at this time, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling VT Journal" was announced and put into motion.  Kris H. was kind enough to volunteer to write the first entry.  See upcoming post for details on this fun project.

We also had a wonderful treat that Sunday.  It was ward conference and we were privileged to have the Stake Relief Society Presidency give the R.S. lesson.  And wouldn't you know it, it was about visiting teaching!!  I was thrilled beyond description!  The lesson was absolutely exquisite!  I wish every sister was at attendance.  Unfortunately, I don't recall in detail what was said (I have a memory of a thousand elephants) or eloquent enough to sum it up but here are the four points that they discussed that may give you an idea of the powerful words that followed them:

1. Come to know and love your sister.
2. Minister through regular contact.
3. Learn of needs and offer appropriate assistance.
4. Whatever you feel to say _??_, be sincere.  (??, haha, I can't read my own notes!)

To close this post, I want to share a video that I had wanted to show that day but failed to do so.  Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with the direct link to the video but go to this link, This is Visiting Teaching , .. the video I want to share is the first video on the list, titled "Visiting teaching is ...".  Enjoy!