It would be "easier" to just sit back, relax, and watch the world pass us by... But, we can't just take a back-seat to all that's going on around us!
Let me speak directly to all of the women-folk that are going to read this blog (and then, after you all have read it, force your husbands to read it and then make sure they really understand it!). Eliza R. Snow once once addressed the women of the Relief Society and said that:
Instead of depending entirely on our husbands for salvation and position, we have to work them out ourselves. The responsibility and labor that devolve upon women are becoming more important... God has put the means into your hands to become queens and priestesses in this kingdom, if you only live for it!
Now, unless you may be inclined to misunderstand what she said about "position", let me refer you back to the quote and point-out that it's referring to eternal or church position and not earthly position and that Karl G. Maeser, the first principle of BYU and the co-founder of the education guidelines for the school, also once said:
Eagerness to earn bread and butter has overshadowed many a golden opportunity.
So let's not 1- go after worldly positions ourselves nor 2- encourage our husbands, although I am positive that it would be subtly, to "earn [more] bread and butter"!
Remember, remember that prize is waiting for us both if we, indeed, remain faithful:
... they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fullness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever (Doctrine and Covenants 132:19).
Looking at it this way... Can we even call it a "price"? Because it seems that it's all just given to us (after all that we can do...)!
JPS
I am so greatful Dave gets this and that he desires for me to be at home raising our children. Once we had a Bishop talk to us about how the work force is deprived of the spirit and so it is important for the Mother to create a place where the spirit can reside in the home. Does Palin being picked as VP have anything to do with your topic today?
ReplyDeleteI have to leave one more comment. It is a quote I love and was given when I was pregnant with our first Olivia.
ReplyDeleteIt comes from the First Presidency of the church in the 70's
Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest and holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors it's holy calling and service next to the angels. To you mothers in Israel we say, God Bless and Protect you, and give you the strength and courage, the faith and knowledge, the holy love and cosecration to duty, that shall enable you to fulfill to the fullest measure the sacred calling which is yours.
I have this on my fridge and read it all the time...Well I do have it memorized now but I think about all the words.