Although many of the questions related to marriage, I want to talk about some of the ones that didn't. One question related to sisters who chose not to serve missions and were feeling pressure or secondary for not serving. Elder Holland declared that the age change was never meant to create "second-class citizens" in the church. This same issue came up when there were a few questions discussing same-gender attraction. I liked how Elder Holland said that we don't want second-class citizens. That is never how God views us, so we shouldn't view others that way.
It got me thinking about the person I want to become and how I view others. As a returned missionary myself, I sometimes have a hard time understanding why young women don't want to go on missions. It was the best experience of my life and although I know it is not for everyone, I sometimes wonder how that can be. I realized that if I want to be a person of integrity, I need to treat all people equally.
No comments:
Post a Comment