The great thing about being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that we get taught, not only through scripture, but through our Latter-day prophets. Many of their teachings have been a saving grace for myself and thus I would like to share some of those teaching with you.
One of those teachings that I would like to share, is in connection with the responsibilities women have within this day and age.
The first thing most people have a concern with is how woman are seen in a marriage. Some people see women as inferior to men, they see women as being subordinate. This is the one thing they need to realise, is that the place of a woman is to walk beside the man, not in front of him nor behind him. There is full equality between man and woman, and the gospel of Jesus Christ was devised for men and women alike. [Extracted from writings by Elder John A. Widtsoe]
However, the roles and assignments between men and women differ. These are eternal differences - with women being given many tremendous responsibilities of motherhood and sisterhood and men being given the tremendous responsibilities of fatherhood and the priesthood - but the man is not without the woman nor the woman without the man in the Lord. (1 Cor. 11:11)[Extracted from Teachings of the Presidents of the Church - Spencer W. Kimball]
To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age. The woman was placed on this earth to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home from evil - which is society's basic and most noble institution. In a society which is falling apart through wickedness and corruption, the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only place family can go to feel safe and be protected from harm.
Mothers have a sacred role. They are partners with God, as well as with their own husbands, first in giving birth to the Lord's children and then in rearing those children so they will serve the Lord and keep His commandments. Motherhood is a holy calling, a sacred dedication for carrying out the Lord's work, a consecration and devotion to the rearing and fostering, the nurturing of body, mind, and spirit of God's children. [Extracted from Teachings of the Presidents of the Church - Spencer W. Kimball]
Elder Spencer W. Kimball said that too many women spend their time in socializing, in politicking, in public services when they should be home to teach and train and receive and love their children into security...
No greater honor could be given to a woman than to assist in [God's] divine plan. I wish to say without equivocation that a woman will find no greater satisfaction and joy and peace and make no greater contribution to mankind than in being a wise and worthy woman and raising good children.
Some of you have lost your husbands through death, others through divorce. Some of you have not yet had the great privilege of marriage. But, on the scale of eternity, the missing of these blessings "shall be but a small moment"(Doctrine and Covenants 121:7)
Remember, too, as we focus on the glories and importance of family life here, that all of us belong to the eternal family of our Father in Heaven.
Be assured, too, that all faithful sisters, who, through no fault of their own, do not have the privilege during this life on earth to get married for eternity or have children, will have that blessing in eternity. On occasions when you ache for that acceptance and affection which belong to family life on earth, please know that our Father in Heaven is aware of your anguish, and that one day he will bless you beyond your capacity to express.[Extracted from Teachings of the Presidents of the Church - Spencer W. Kimball]
Elder Spencer W. Kimball said:"Every girl, and I say every girl, should prepare herself for marriage and for domestic responsibilities. You are not reading that in magazines today, but it's true nevertheless. She should be encouraged to be proud to prepare for true womanly service. She should become skilled in things that are useful and enriching to her family life. She should develop her talents, strengthen her knowledge and testimony of the gospel, and be eager to serve others. We want our women to be well educated, for children may not recover from the ignorance of their mothers. You will be better mothers and wives, if you sharpen the skills you have been given and use the talents with which God has blessed you.
I stress again the deep need each woman has to study the scriptures. As you become more and more familiar with the truths of the scriptures, you will be more and more effective in keeping the second great commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. Become scholars of the scriptures - not to put others down, but to lift them up!
The world need real women with good hearts and a willingness to serve, there are too many of those women who seek after their own lusts and selfishness. We need to prove to the world that true women are still out there, rearing their children in righteousness and serving others with selflessness.
Thank You for taking the time to read this post.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Why I Started This Blog
Hi, I am Naomi Botha and I would like to explain why I started this blog.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My religion is the basis around which I live my life. As a matter of fact, my religion is who I am or a guidance of what I want to become.
I know many people would say that we are Mormons, and for some reason they do not believe we are Christians, which does not make sense to us, because, our Gospel is completely centered upon Christ. However, since we know what we believe, we do not need to cause contention due to what others believe about us, but this is not what this blog is about.
This blog is about us as women and our totally complex lives and responsibilities, it is about the beauty of womanhood and what makes it so magical. This blog is what I treasure most in my life, and that is being a woman and having the blessing of procreating and being an equal partner to my husband and being able to become one with him (In purpose).
Now, in an ideal world, all women will find a wonderful husband and have lots of good children, but life is not that simple, life is complex. A lot of women who want to get married, don't find husbands. A lot of happily married wives want children, but are not able to have any. Many women have to pursue a career in order to look after their families due to unforeseen circumstances. However, the biggest reason for me starting this blog, is because it saddens me to see how women in today's life, try to take over the roles of men and seem to believe they do not need men and want to live their lives completely independent of men.
It saddens me to see women becoming lesbian and men becoming gay. It saddens me even more that society is making it to be something normal. I know by saying it, that I am stepping on a lot of toes, but honestly, I know where I come from, I know I am a child of God and I know, that it is not His plan for any one of us. I do not have anything against guys and lesbians, most of them are wonderful people, but I have something against the sin against nature that they are committing. They can still repent of those sins and follow God's plan, and that is the great thing about what Christ teaches us and why He died for our sins.
It saddens me to see men and women not believing in marriage. I know that it is a hard thing to do, since you probably have seen a lot of friends and family get divorced. You could most probably come from a broken family. I have seen plenty of unhappy and broken marriages in my life. This made me pray even harder to find the right husband, not to marry just anyone, but someone that will compliment me and that I could spend eternity with. And that is exactly what I found in my life, so I just want to say to those women who have lost faith in marriage, that, for anything in life that is worth while, there is a price to pay. Nothing of great value comes free. You will have to work for it and be patient for it.
This is my way of speaking to all those women who are living a life without cause, who are competing with men, because they feel if they don't, they will be seen as inferior to them or less successful. This is my way of letting the women out there know that we are better than that. We have a greatness that is uncomprehendable, but we need to live the kind of life that will show that greatness to the world.
We are daughters of a loving Heavenly Father, who loves us dearly and want us to be successful and happy in this life. We need to realise that Satan is just as real as God is, and that he is out to destroy us. All these things I mentioned earlier are Satan's ways to break up families, to interfere with God's plan. We have to decide, which side we are on.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My religion is the basis around which I live my life. As a matter of fact, my religion is who I am or a guidance of what I want to become.
I know many people would say that we are Mormons, and for some reason they do not believe we are Christians, which does not make sense to us, because, our Gospel is completely centered upon Christ. However, since we know what we believe, we do not need to cause contention due to what others believe about us, but this is not what this blog is about.
This blog is about us as women and our totally complex lives and responsibilities, it is about the beauty of womanhood and what makes it so magical. This blog is what I treasure most in my life, and that is being a woman and having the blessing of procreating and being an equal partner to my husband and being able to become one with him (In purpose).
Now, in an ideal world, all women will find a wonderful husband and have lots of good children, but life is not that simple, life is complex. A lot of women who want to get married, don't find husbands. A lot of happily married wives want children, but are not able to have any. Many women have to pursue a career in order to look after their families due to unforeseen circumstances. However, the biggest reason for me starting this blog, is because it saddens me to see how women in today's life, try to take over the roles of men and seem to believe they do not need men and want to live their lives completely independent of men.
It saddens me to see women becoming lesbian and men becoming gay. It saddens me even more that society is making it to be something normal. I know by saying it, that I am stepping on a lot of toes, but honestly, I know where I come from, I know I am a child of God and I know, that it is not His plan for any one of us. I do not have anything against guys and lesbians, most of them are wonderful people, but I have something against the sin against nature that they are committing. They can still repent of those sins and follow God's plan, and that is the great thing about what Christ teaches us and why He died for our sins.
It saddens me to see men and women not believing in marriage. I know that it is a hard thing to do, since you probably have seen a lot of friends and family get divorced. You could most probably come from a broken family. I have seen plenty of unhappy and broken marriages in my life. This made me pray even harder to find the right husband, not to marry just anyone, but someone that will compliment me and that I could spend eternity with. And that is exactly what I found in my life, so I just want to say to those women who have lost faith in marriage, that, for anything in life that is worth while, there is a price to pay. Nothing of great value comes free. You will have to work for it and be patient for it.
This is my way of speaking to all those women who are living a life without cause, who are competing with men, because they feel if they don't, they will be seen as inferior to them or less successful. This is my way of letting the women out there know that we are better than that. We have a greatness that is uncomprehendable, but we need to live the kind of life that will show that greatness to the world.
We are daughters of a loving Heavenly Father, who loves us dearly and want us to be successful and happy in this life. We need to realise that Satan is just as real as God is, and that he is out to destroy us. All these things I mentioned earlier are Satan's ways to break up families, to interfere with God's plan. We have to decide, which side we are on.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
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