In verse 8 it reads: And no one can assist in the work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care.
There is such a difference between good deeds and being good.
I laugh as I look back at my parenting days. Mother's day would inevitably bring questions about what gift I would like. My reply was always the same (and it is still the same). I would just like my children to get along with each other for that one day. I got flowers instead. It is so much easier to do a good deed than to be good.
Perhaps that is why we Mormons are so active and busy. Doesn't the Lord invite us to be "anxiously engaged"?
This scripture is a fitting reminder that we must first examine our hearts and see if we have the capacity for service because it makes a difference.
When we look back over the course of our own lives, we will see that there are few church lessons we actually remember. What we do remember is how we were treated. We remember leaders and teachers who loved us and knew us and walked beside us. Their hearts were in the right place.
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