The Imitation of Christ

Charity cannot come to my  mind without Jesus in it. Every letter of that word and definition links to him. Why did I put The Imitation Of Christ as the title? Because Charity in definition is the pure love of Jesus Christ. At my Church they teach that when you serve others, you are also serving God. Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest or most important. He answered , “Thou shalt love the Lord your God with all you heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.The commandment followed was " You shalt love your neighbour as yourself.There you have the golden rule treat others as you would like to be treated. And how is it, you would like to be treated? How is it you  would like to be thought as,appreciated, talked about, heard about, or given about?All of His acts of charity were done not from a sense of duty, but from a deep feeling of love for all He encountered. He didn’t limit His service to His friends, although He served His friends as well. He did not limit it to those who were wealthy or middle class. He did not even limit it to those who were worthy, in the world 's eyes, of charity.The world could not influence how He treated others.Jesus Christ is the ultimate example of charity along with his saints, followers, phrophets and of his mother, Mary.A charitable person is forgiving, understanding, service-oriented, humble, always willing to help, and always looks at people in a tolerant or favorable way.  Jesus demonstrated all of these characteristics with the people He served and met. Jesus demonstrated charity constantly and encouraged His followers to do the same.  However, His greatest acts of charity was His suffering and the sacrifice of His life on the cross, through which we all have the opportunity to repent, love and have everlasting life and live with Our Heavenly Father again.
Jesus Christ told his followers to love one another,In 1 Corinthians 13;1-13,he speaks this which is one of my favorite verses of the holy bible,
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
 He taught us to be charitable and selfless.  He would befriend the outcast, dine with sinners, and devote his time to building up others.  Through His example, we can find the qualities we should desire to emulate.Christ could have been arrogant or prideful, for He was all-powerful.  Instead, He found reason to be charitable. If he foun reason to be charitable,he who had no reason to bend his knee and serve no ther since he was tha almighty, who are we then to be boastful ,prideful,greedy, injust or prejudice towards our brothers? Jesus Christ taught us to love all people, even those who are hard to love.  There were many during His lifetime who hated Him and wanted to destroy Him and his mission.  Yet He still showed charity to those who despised Him.  True charity is to love unconditionally.  He was committed to uplifting others, even those who had been forgotten or abandoned....  Through His example, we can learn how to find happiness and how to enrich the lives of others.  Christ shows us that if we put others first, we can find true joy. This is why I put charity in imitatin Jesus Christ...the one who died for us to give us eternal life...