A thought from the scriptures
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. - James 1:27
"In short, James tells us that true religion is a devotion to God, demonstrated by love and compassion for fellowmen, coupled with unworldliness," Elder Howard W. Hunter, then of the Council of the Twelve, said at October 1978 general conference."Such a statement seems too simple to be sufficient, but in its simplicity it speaks an important truth. Restated, it may be said that true religion consists not only in refraining from evil (that is, remaining unspotted), but in deliberately and purposefully doing acts of kindness and service to others.
"King Benjamin recognized this principle as he spoke to his people from the tower. He reminded them that he had spent his days in their service and said: `I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in the service of God.
" `And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.' (Mosiah 2:16-17.)"
