wordb

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  1. I'm a recent convert (only 2 months now). The main reason for investigating the church was because of the girl I am dating. I don't feel, nor have I ever felt, like I was doing it for her but would be forever grateful that she introduced me to the church. Not much time has passed, but I have been having some serious issues about my ability to be the priesthood holder she needs me to be. I have no doubts that I want to be a great husband to her and a step-father to her children (she has two children from a deadbeat ex-husband, a member, who nearly destroyed their lives emotionally and financially). The problem I'm running into now is I can't guarantee to her, nor myself, that I can be a strong member of the church. There are two main issues I am dealing with that leave serious doubts for me: tithing & garments. Tithing is something I'll just have to learn to accept, but garments are something I'm not sure I'll be able to. Hopefully this isn't too much information for anybody, but wearing traditional (or any to be exact) underwear is something that gives me incredible anxiety. I can't even begin to express it though I wish I could. All I can say is that it really could prevent me from wearing them no matter how much I would like to. I want to keep moving forward, but I'm afraid if I do and eventually fail I could let them all down. I'm not really sure what advice I can be given or need, but figured it was worth a shot to post on here and see if anybody had anything to say. I'm trying to get in to the bishop but our schedules haven't been able to work, plus I'm in the middle of a move. I'll meet my new bishop next month and hopefully get to talk about this.