Today in Relief Society, Sister Adams facilitated our discussion about President Nelson's talk from the General Women's Session of the October, 2018 General Conference: Sisters' Participation in the Gathering of Israel.
In his talk, President Nelson said:
"...whenever I have been asked why I chose to become a medical doctor, my answer has always been the same: 'Because I could not choose to be a mother.'
Please note that anytime I use the word mother, I am not talking only about women who have given birth or adopted children in this life. I am speaking about all of our Heavenly Parents’ adult daughters. Every woman is a mother by virtue of her eternal divine destiny."
He said that the sisters of the church were key to the two of the major recent changes to the church - the standard for ministering, and the structure of the Melchizedek Priesthood quorums.
The leaders of the church are looking to the examples of women.
We each have a unique and important role to fill. We are amazing daughters of our Heavenly Father, and will gain important knowledge about our divine strengths as we follow the prophet's guidance when he said, "My dear sisters, you have special spiritual gifts and propensities. Tonight I urge you, with all the hope of my heart, to pray to understand your spiritual gifts - to cultivate, use, and expand them, even more than you ever have. You will change the world as you do so."
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