With
all the craziness surrounding the Ordain Women organization recently, I
will confess that I am growing very tired of reading about them and
their sudden 'trembling' to the consequences that they were warned
about. For those who haven't read it, the founder of Ordain Women is now
facing Church discipline for her continued persistence that women be
given the priesthood even after being told to stop
and her group is going to hold a 'vigil' for her on the day this
happens.
This is a prime example of how little choices can ultimately
lead to grave consequences, hence which is why we must use our right and
responsibility to choose very carefully. Why are they continuing to do
what they are doing knowing what they stand to lose because they didn't
listen when the Lord said no? Do they not understand the divine value
that women have to God and to that which they are needed to do within
His divine Church? Yes, we are all human first and the imperfections of
mortality's shell often get in the way of who we should be to ourselves,
to other people, and to God.
Hence, why the Atonement exists; to
provide divine help and healing if WE WANT HELP. I don't normally rant
like this on Facebook, but we all need to see our divine value and role
in God's amazing kingdom and understand that just because everyone has a
different role in God's kingdom, it doesn't make anyone more or less
important than anyone else in His eyes. I don't desire to express hate
towards the group, but I sadly do not think that the group truly
understands the value we have to God and to the roles we are NEEDED to
take care of in order to help the Lord bring His work forward.
If they
do understand their divine roles and are trying to question God's love
and trust in what He has given them, that is really sad and I can't help
but be sad for those who don't cherish what God gives them. God cares
about every single one of His children and blesses us all with gifts and
abilities that we may help one another and then gives us opportunities
to do so through various works we do all over the world. Additionally,
God does not stop people from using their agency the way they want to,
but he does not stop consequences from coming forth either.
Mark
12:30&31, which is in the New Testament Section of the Bible, also
speaks against racism in a subtle, yet obvious fashion:
"30 And
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the
first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment
greater than these."
The first one is obvious in that we should love
and trust God and the second verse states that as children of God, we
all need to recognize the value in ourselves and what the Lord asks us
to do. We all have importance to God and different responsibilities, but
we are all equal in His loving eyes.
