Published by Starfish
There has been much to say around the internet about Kate Kelly and her organization Ordain Women. It has even brought the church much controversy and they've had to make several formal statements to the press, including an interview with the church's spokesperson, because of this movement. I don't think this blog touches the eyes of many, and I don't consider it to be just for the Mormon people. Even though I haven't been keeping up on it as I should, I started it in hopes to reach a lot of people, especially those who are not as informed as to important matters that face us. Well, as a member of the LDS Church I wanted to give my simple opinion on this recent matter. Maybe it will interest others who look on the story in the news and wonder what the average member of the church thinks. I can't speak for "the average member", but I can speak as a member who is of great activity in the church and of serious conviction and faith.
This should not take too long as what I have to say is very simple.
From the beginning of time God gave the mantle of priesthood responsibility to man. He gave the mantle of motherhood to woman. Adam and Eve. If you are a "faithful member in good standing with the church", as Kate Kelly says that SHE is, then you know this, you understand it, and you accept it. Quite honestly, you would not question it. To suggest that the Lord change his doctrine to please the insecurities of a handful of woman in the church basically suggests that you really don't understand this and you do not have faith in the true doctrine of Jesus Christ. Why, after thousands of years, would the Lord change his doctrine in a very significant way, as to almost alter the complete meaning of what we believe? Order is God's way, not chaos. Just imagine what would happen in the church if women were given the power of the priesthood? How insignificant would men become? Hasn't feminism itself destroyed manhood, fatherhood, and masculinity enough?
If you are a faithful, temple attending, member of the LDS Church, you can see what exactly is available to women in the church. We are not insignificant. The LDS Church is not a man's church, it is a church that is VERY much influenced by women. If only Ordain Women truly understood, in not just a spiritual sense, but a true and real physical sense how the women of the church influence the men, even in the highest of offices, even in the first presidency.
I feel confused as to why people like Kate Kelly do not understand why they are being held accountable with disciplinary action for their doings. She gathered women together and convinced them that the doctrine of the church was offensive and that the church needed to be more politically correct. As a faithful member of this church with a firm testimony, it makes me really sad.
I know that the way the Lord has organized his church is the exact right way it should be, and that the Lord is all-knowing and more brilliant than even the most brilliant person on earth. He knows the future and the past, and the present. When I ponder the intricate and fine workings of the machine we call the LDS Church, it blows my mind how inspired it is. No man could have come up with all of this.
One last insignificant note: I will not want to hold the priesthood. I can receive any of it's blessings available, so why would I want it? If it were ever made available to me as an option, I would say, "No thanks". I think that holding the priesthood is a great mantle of responsibility. You have to be worthy and spiritually in tune at all times should anyone need to utilize it at any given moment. I'm a mother, and that calling is demanding and hard enough. If a man started up a group called "Maternalize Men", no one would even pay attention to them because it would be so ridiculous. People would say, "Uh, sorry, we can't give you a Uterus and a birth canal. I'm not God." Well, the leaders of the LDS Church are not God either. They talk to God, but only He can make those changes, and personally I think it would be just as hard to Ordain Women as it would be to Maternalize Men. Just because being able to grow a baby and give birth is a very physical thing, doesn't mean that the Priesthood isn't something just as attached to men.
Part of this earth life, this test, is to be faithful, to have faith in our leaders and their guidance, counsel, and direction. It is not wrong to question, and we can have those questions for the rest of our lives, but we need to remain true and faithful. That is part of the test. It is not blindness, it is belief. Belief that God is in control and he guides your life for good. Sometimes we just need to accept that someday we will understand, have faith and courage and hope, and HAPPINESS, in our knowledge of the restored gospel and eternity.
