Charity

She's Either, Or, or Both...

Sometimes the best way to see someone for who they are is to see them for who they aren't.  

 

I guess I do that more than I know.  

 

As I think about it, many of these posts are initiated in my mind by one of two events: either I see someone who is so unattractive in their character or behavior that it makes me thankful that I have such a wonderful wife, or she does something so wonderful that I find myself wow-ed by how fabulous she is!  Today, it's a little of both, I think...

Amy is very good about her concern for others.  She has a huge heart and so easily sees what it is like for the new person in an established group, or for the one that doesn't so easily fit in.  She goes out of her way to try to welcome them, to befriend them, to make them feel at home.  And she's genuinely sincere.  I've seen those who try to do this out of obligation, and it never measures up.  Something always looks faked.  But not Amy.  She's so genuine that it's hard to miss.  In fact, I'm sure that there are some who are so battle hardened by years worth of street experience that they might not believe her.  She's just too good to be true.  

 

But she really is that true!  And she's really that good!

Amy is NOT one of those who gets easily offended because someone tries to help her, or befriend her, or is nice to her.  There are many who take everything as some kind of slight or insult.  But not Amy.  She sees the good in others.  In fact, her greatest pain may well be the disappointment she feels when she finds that someone she thought was genuine and sincere prove by their actions to be petty, shallow, or small.  I have seen her greatly grieved by this and it's always sad to watch her discover their "imperfection."

But Amy is sincere.  She is genuine.  She is tender.  She is loving.  She tries daily, even hourly, to personify Charity, The Pure Love of Christ.  If you ask her, she'll claim that she's far from that, but I see her everyday, and she's closer than she thinks.

I Always Love My Wife.