Charity
Charity
The Greatest of These Is Charity. The Love That Gives. The Joy That Comes From Giving. The Giving That Is Love.
The Charity Bracelet is a luminous, warm, deeply meaningful piece that honors the most complete and most ancient expression of love: charity — the selfless, unconditional, completely giving love that the ancient Greeks called agape and that Paul described as the greatest of all virtues: the love that is patient and kind, that does not envy or boast, that bears all things and hopes all things and endures all things, and that never, ever fails. Love, joy, and giving — the three qualities that together describe the most complete expression of charity: the love that is the source, the giving that is the expression, and the joy that is the natural, overflowing result of a love that is too full and too generous to hold. Pure white, deep red, and soft pink beads come together in a palette as luminous, warm, and completely alive as the most generous and most joyful love in the world. Available in a 7.5 in wrist size.
Design & Materials
- White beads — for the purity and completeness of a love that holds nothing back; the luminous, clear white of a charity that is not mixed with self-interest or calculation or the particular, conditional quality of a love that gives only when it is convenient — but pure, complete, and entirely, freely given, because the love that is truly charitable has never needed a reason to give beyond the love itself
- Red beads — for the depth and passion of a love that gives with everything it has; the deep, sustaining red of a charity that is not mild or moderate but complete — the particular, full-hearted love that Paul was describing when he wrote that charity suffers long and is kind, that it bears all things and endures all things, because the love that is truly charitable is the love that has decided, completely and without reservation, that the other person is worth everything it has to give
- Pink beads — for the tenderness and joy of a giving that is as warm and as completely genuine as the color itself; the soft, warm pink of a charity that gives not with the grim determination of duty but with the particular, warm, completely genuine joy of someone who loves giving because they love the person they are giving to, and who finds in the giving the most natural and most complete expression of the love that is always, already overflowing
- Wrist size: 7.5 in
- Elastic cord — strong, durable, non-fraying, and pre-stretched for a comfortable, latex-free fit
- Handcrafted with care by Amelia Heir Art Designs
The Meaning Behind It
Love, joy, and giving — these three are the complete expression of charity, because genuine charity is never just one of them. The love without the giving is a feeling that stays inside. The giving without the love is a transaction. And the joy without the giving is a happiness that is complete in itself but not yet the particular, extraordinary happiness of someone who has discovered that the most joyful thing in the world is not receiving but giving — not the happiness of having but the happiness of sharing, not the satisfaction of keeping but the particular, overflowing gladness of someone who has given something precious to someone they love and found, in the giving, that they are not poorer for it but richer. Charity is the love that gives and finds joy in the giving. It is the most complete and most ancient form of love in the world, and it has been described, in every language and every tradition and every century, as the greatest of all virtues — because the person who loves with charity loves not for what they receive but for what they can give, and in that giving, they become the most completely, joyfully, and magnificently alive version of themselves. Charity is a bracelet for those people — the loving, joyfully giving ones — and for everyone who has ever been on the receiving end of their charity and understood, in receiving it, exactly what love looks like when it is completely, joyfully, and entirely given.
A perfect gift for Valentine's Day, winter, or any occasion that calls for celebrating someone whose love, joy, and giving — pure, warm, and completely their own — make the world around them more loved, more joyful, and more completely, generously alive.
