Charity Is Not Easily Provoked

Many people recognize missionaries from the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as those two men dressed in white shirts and ties. As missionaries we don't pick the person we will be with, and so sometimes we get along great, while other times it can be difficult. During one of these difficult times, I found myself getting annoyed with the smallest things, for those fimiliar with the musical "Wicked" there is a line in the song "What Is This Feeling?" that says "Every little trait however small, makes my very flesh begin to crawl...", and it got to the point that I was feeling this way, which is never good. One night I found myself praying for charity so that I could get rid of these hard feelings; the next morning God answered. I was trying to memorize a scripture a day, and could not think of a scripture to memorize, so I opened up my scriptures randomly and found some verses marked in red which began "And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not..." As I read Moroni 7:45-47 I learned what charity was.

Charity Is Not Puffed Up

Before my mission, I loved Super Smash Brothers. My friends and I would play it all the time. Once Melee came out, I became a fan of Jigglypuff, and this continued over to Brawl. Brawl added final smashes to the game, powerful moves unique to the character. Jigglypuff being a small puff ball, got the final smash puff up which causes it to swell to colossal sizes pushing away all in the way of its growth spurt. Naturally, I would, on small stages, grab a smash ball, go to the center of the stage and unleash the final smash and watch as I engulfed the stage and my opponents go flying. What does this have to do with the gospel?