Happiness

I have two friends who are supporters of the website Ordainwomen.org. This has caused me to give a lot more thought and concern to the topic of Women and the Priesthood lately. I have tried to avoid getting too involved, but I think it is an important subject to address. On Motherhood and the Priesthood: I want you to know that as a woman I feel completely validated as an equal and noble partner in my marriage, in the world and in Heavenly Father's plan. As a wife, I hold equal standing with my husband. We counsel together, we pray together, we make decisions together. As a Mother, and together with Josh, I have been able to bring children into this world. It is an amazing, awe inspiring, completely fulfilling role that I have long inspired to and have been raised to do. As a Father, and together with me, Josh holds the Priesthood and is able to bless our infants, baptize them, give Father's blessings and administer in the ordinances of the Gospel. He has also been r...

Today was Fast and Testimony meeting at Church. For the first Sunday of the month, every month, we fast for two meals and have a testimony meeting where anyone can stand up and bear their testimony- or talk about what they know about God and Jesus and their experiences. A sweet Mother told of how she and her husband tries each and every day to teach their two young sons about the Gospel. She said recently they had been teaching their 3 yr. old about patience and she explained it to him this way- "Patience is when you WAIT and BE HAPPY". That is so true. The testimony meeting, Sunday School and Relief Society all talked about learning to be patient. We learned that we should be like a little child- submissive to our Father's will- patient, humble and long suffering. As I read in Enos this morning I read how Heavenly Father said He would answer Enos's prayer and help convert the Lamanites "In his due time." He also said that He would answer Enos's prayer ...