Converted to Christ

Another great Relief Society Lesson given by Sister Dew.  She told the story of a fireside given by a member of the seventy where he asked the people how you could tell when a person was converted to Christ.
The people in the audience threw out answers while the man wrote them on a whiteboard until the whole board was covered.
Then he erased them all and said while they were all good answers, in his experience you could tell a true follower of Christ by "How They Treat Other People."
We read several scriptures about loving people.  3 Nephi 12:22, 25, 44.  3 Nephi13:14-15 and Mosiah 7:32-33 .
I was very humbled by this lesson.  Just that morning I had been upset with Kylie for taking too long in the shower.  The way I treated her didn't show that I was a follower of Christ.
In general those that I love I tend to give the benefit of the doubt, easily forgive, and treat well...why not my family.
Sister Dew near the end of her lesson talked about how these lessons were all well and good but usually their effect wear off as we go about our daily lives. So we really need to find out how to change.
In Elder Uchtdorf's 2012 April Conference talk "The Merciful Obtain Mercy" he gives us the HOW.  He says "when our hearts are filled with the love of God, something good and pure happens to us."  "The more we allow the love of God to govern our minds and emotions-the more we allow our love for our Heavenly Father to swell within our hearts-the easier it is to love others with the pure love of Christ. As we open our hearts to the glwoing dawn of the love of God, the darkness and cold of animosity and envy will eventually fade."