MaidservantX

Welcome.

You seem like someone I could learn from. Glad to have you here on the site.

I'm supposed to pick ONE?? Ha ha ha. It's been a while so I don't know. But I like whenever he and his wife finally got together. And anything with Carrot in it -- I have a huge crush.

What a great story! Welcome.

Hello!

I am so glad to hear it! Welcome kaye.

I hope to hear more of your journey at some point if you feel like sharing. Welcome to the site.l:)

Welcome! :)

Great! I hope to see you around!

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You don't say whether you are responding directly to me, but if so, I must say I consider that you have misrepresented what I said as far as your analysis does not cover the ideas I shared. I expect you were replying generally to several posts, and that's fine. As you know, the bond of a father and his child is absolutely crucial. It cannot be missing, or the child is going to have severe social, psychological, spiritual and even physical damage. I spoke in terms of "rule" not "bonding" and I did so deliberately. By the way, men are capable of producing milk and nursing their infants. A few men have done so out of choice and to be close to their child. A few men who wouldn't normally consider such a thing have done so to save the life of their child when the mother wasn't available (i.e. so the baby doesn't starve). While not for everyone, I, myself, think it's a beautiful possibility. I also find women all over in the scriptures. People always have said to me that the scriptures are men, men, men but I have never found it to be so. Judeo-Christian scripture is permeated with femaleness. One of my favorites is Genesis 21:19. In Hagar's experience part of what we learn is that the revelations of God are for everyone (not just one gender). In fact, God is particularly interested in connecting with the woman in order to provide her with what she needs to be able to provide for those she loves and has stewardship over. Perhaps I should start a thread about women in the scriptures. I absolutely love that subject. You sound as if you are in a lot of pain and that you have experienced a great deal of hurt. I'm sorry that you don't feel valued. That is a heavy, excruciating experience, I speak from experience. I hope that if you are not receiving earthly manifestations of the value you have as a daughter of God, that you will seek for it and receive the nectar of it in the arms of your Savior and Heavenly Father. I can testify that those two men think YOU are AMAZING, NormalMormon. :)

The home is my world and my kingdom. I create it the way I want it, and the Spirit of the Lord abounds and the devil isn't allowed in. That is what I do as a woman. Creating the souls of sons and daughters (body and spirit) is what I do as a woman. Obviously both mothers and fathers, as one, create their homes and create their children. But women are placed forward in this miracle and are closer to the miracle before their husbands are allowed there. As I see it. If I am creating human beings as a mother, that makes me like God, perhaps far more easily than is possible for my husband. In my life (in the past), my husband was in the home and I worked to provide for our material necessities. My husband learned to love this opportunity (that most men don't have the privilege of) after I pointed out to him that he was doing exactly what Heavenly Father does which is to take care of His children 24/7. Does Heavenly Father have employment? I think not. He is the epitome of the nurturer. And women have reserved to themselves this purity of experience and said that: even in the telestial world, we will not do less than this. If there is a lesser law to do (the Church as it is now; employment in the secular world) then we will have our defenders, our archangels, our brothers, our lovers, our men serve us in this way, so that we can rule as a mother and effect the conditions of the celestial kingdom in our posterity and in our homes and land. We will not accept being distracted or divided from this godliness. That's how I see it.

Hi, Erica.

Hi, Melissa! :)

It sounds like you've had a tough time. There are those who would identify with you and maybe they will offer encouragement. I have to say, for myself, however, that I looked forward to entering the temple and I wanted it to be a surprise. I found it to be awesome in a good way. I found it based on the scriptures; in fact, I have been known to think in times past, "I could have gotten all this from the scriptures. This isn't so great." But, of course, as I have continued to go back to the temple I have found so much to be a blessing to me in my life. I hope the same for you or anyone.

These are great thoughts. These are the kinds of questions we all have. I think one question you might want to find the answer for -- and I say this from experience -- is if your Father in heaven does all things for your benefit or for some other reason? (I like 1 Nephi 11:17.) And as you say, preparing for the temple is very important. I think you will make a great mother and young women's leader as you realize what you can do to teach your children and young women in this area. There are times and places to discuss what is learned in the temple. My mother and I discuss many things together. However, an internet forum board is just not sacred enough to talk about most temple things. Have you tried searching for articles on lds.org? I love that resource. Happy seeking! We're glad you're here. :)

THIS type of attitude and belief and willingness to communicate and love and speak truthrfully is what I imagine for this LDS.net board (and life in general!). I am glad to see so many strong and compassionate people here who are willing to carry out their beliefs.

This is also a point that I heard brought up before and that I think should be realized more. A man must receive the priesthood by ordination. It is a necessary ordinance for him to be saved. A woman is free from this requirement in order to be saved. To me that's a nice thing. A woman is able to have authority in the Church without priesthood ordinations. Further, men have requirements of duties that relate to the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthood such as serving missions and watching over the flock. This is required at their hands before their God. They are required to see that ordinances are available for all God's children. The Church is a tool for this telestial world for the purpose of gathering Israel. We should all serve in the Church, of course. But women do not have the same imperative Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthood requirements in order to be obedient that men do. Women do not have a duty to go on a mission, although they may. Woman will not be lacking if they do not baptize. God's daughters don't have the gathering of Israel on their shoulders. Etc. The Sons do. As daughters, we may participate in many things, but we don't have the blood of the generation on our hands if we don't, like men of the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthood do unless they discharge their priesthood duties. Why? Well, this leaves women free to rear their children in freedom, peace and without worry of so many things outside of the home. I have come to value that gift. I do many things outside the home, of course. I am a creative and professional woman. But I am free from certain duties in the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthood and the Church, which freedom I am grateful for. I actually have a priesthood delegation as the ward choir director. I direct the choir the way I think the Savior would if He were there. I represent the Savior in that capacity and I have the authority and power to do it, and I was set apart by my priesthood leaders. Also -- if women had the Melchizedek and Aaronic priesthoods we would take over everything, and we can't have that, now can we? Continue to study the scriptures and attend the temple and the relationship of priesthood to women will come clear to you. This is my opinion, I won't put it forth as Church teaching.

You may enjoy some of our previous discussions on LDS.net on the subject of women and the priesthood. Obviously, the views expressed are those of the poster not necessarily the Church or this website. http://www.lds.net/forums/lds-gospel-discussion/10917-women-priesthood.html http://www.lds.net/forums/lds-gospel-discussion/7021-will-men-church-upset-if-women-held-priesthood.html http://www.lds.net/forums/lds-gospel-discussion/7009-what-god-thinks-about-women-priesthood.html http://www.lds.net/forums/lds-gospel-discussion/6970-did-women-ever-hold-priesthood.html

Ha ha! Sounds like we'll get along great! Welcome to the site. I love the idea of you singing; I sing too. BTW, sanity is overrated. Welcome to lds.net.

Hi! We have questions here! We have answers! I hope you get to help with both. :)

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Welcome. That was a great testimony, and I hope you will take the time to put it in our Personal Beliefs section also.

It is wonderful to meet you. I hope I get to meet you too.

I don't know about scientific, but I think his foundation should be exploring the Church's website Joseph Smith - Home. That's my opinion, and then he can go from there. Good luck. I'm excited for him actually.