“One characteristic of Jesus’s divine charity was His
obedience to every word that proceeded from God’s mouth, always aligning His
will and behavior with that of His Heavenly Father. When He arrived on the
Western Hemisphere following His Resurrection, Christ said to the Nephites: ‘Behold,
I am Jesus Christ. I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath
given me, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father from the
beginning.’ Of the myriad ways He could have introduced Himself, Jesus did so
by declaring His obedience to the will of the Father—never mind that not long
before in His hour of greatest need, this Only Begotten Son of God had felt
totally abandoned by His Father. Christ’s charity—evident in complete loyalty
to divine will—persisted and continues to persist, not just through the easy
and comfortable days but especially through the darkest and most difficult
ones.” – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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