~ in case you didn't know by now ~
i'm a mormon
& i love it :)
one of my absolute favorite things recently has been modern revelation
or the idea that Christ lives & leads His Church through His authorized servants
{same as in Bible times}
this has offered me a lot of peace & clarity
especially as I've watched the Christian world struggle with enormous & important issues
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints {aka mormon church} has not been exempt from a lot of these issues
but an advantage I feel is that this is not a church led by humans
but by God acting through humans
and yes, imperfect people make mistakes
& mortals are an imperfect filter through which the perfection of the gospel must be poured
& there is a lot of cultural imperfections & things i would change in the Church
because that's just what happens when a bunch of humans get together
swept about by the whims of men & society
brings peace to my soul
my job is to go directly to the source - to pray & ask God to confirm to me the words of His servants
& then to act in faith.
this is why my feminism differs when it comes to my faith
i believe that this is Christ's church
& He gets to make the rules
I believe in asking questions in a faith-filled way
I believe in revelation.
~ all that being said ~
about a year ago [10.16.13] i was serving in wisconsin as a mormon missionary
& thinking a lot about women & the priesthood
& this is what i wrote in the middle of the night one night
"aspiring for/demanding the priesthood is really degrading to womanhood --
you're basically saying that womanhood,
with all of it's attendant rights & privileges,
is somehow inferior to/not as great as manhood,
with all of its attendant rights & privileges.
God knows what He is doing.
He knows me
& He knows you,
& He knows what each of us need to progress towards perfection.
i do not believe that God gave men the priesthood because they're naturally horrible stinkers who wouldn't serve otherwise, anymore than i believe God gave women motherhood {which, you don't have to be a birthmother to possess the qualities of & be a mother... it's inherent, foreordained like the priesthood} because women are naturally horrible & wouldn't serve otherwise.
Women are great leaders, & men are great nurturers, & each of us is different.
God knows us individually.
He knows our needs, & He knows our talents.
He has designed men & women to need one another, in beautiful similitude of all mankind's desperate need for a Savior <3
There is no greater advocate of women than Jesus Christ, whose church this is.
Trust Him who knows & loves us best.
Trust that He loves you & knows what He's doing :)"
since then, my thoughts have evolved & grown & been added to, but the basis remains the same.
God knows me, He loves me, & He leads His church in the way that I need.
:)
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