Whether we are pioneers or not, Mormon women stand out. Not because we climb the corporate ladders, though we certainly have or share of those kind of Mormon women. Not because we win grand prizes either. Mormon women stand out because of our heritage. From birth or via baptism into the "fold", we become one when it comes to service, perseverance, stamina, and charity, which is the pure love of Christ. I've been around many moons, as they say, and have seen many different types of people and women. I've never met a group of women, that no matter where in the world you go, they are willing to roll up their sleeves and just get to work on WHATEVER it is that needs doing. Volunteering and working and serving others - with absolutely zero thought for self or for reward or payment of any kind - is part of our DNA. I don't mean only the DNA that is inherited, but also the DNA that becomes part of a woman when she joins the church and becomes part of the "body of Christ".
Therefore, when I read this article, by a non-Mormon, about Mormon women and how awesome we are, it caught my eye, and made my heart - not proud, but thankful! Thankful to belong to such a fabulous organization of and for and by women in the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints!
Yes... Mormon women, especially our pioneer women, were and still are INCREDIBLE. I have been the beneficiary at their hands many times, and I hope that some of them may yet be beneficiaries at my hands along the way too.
Isn't that what life is really about? Serving each other. Isn't that what truly brings lasting joy to us, when nothing else can? Serving each other. Isn't that what Heaven is made of? Serving each other. Yes. That is what Heaven is made of - people who serve each other.
The article starts out:
The consummate author of the Western experience, Wallace Stegner, penned "The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail." He was quite enamored by the “suffering, endurance, discipline, faith, brotherly and sisterly charity” he discerned from the diaries, letters and reminiscences of the early Mormon pioneers. In his introduction for the book, which was published by the University of Nebraska in 1981, he also notes their “human cussedness, vengefulness, masochism, backbiting, violence, ignorance, selfishness, and gullibility.”
Yet he cannot find enough superlatives at the conclusion of his prologue where he writes, “That I do not accept the faith that possessed them does not mean I doubt their frequent devotion and heroism in its service. Especially their women. Their women were incredible.”
... to finish reading it, click HERE.
Therefore, when I read this article, by a non-Mormon, about Mormon women and how awesome we are, it caught my eye, and made my heart - not proud, but thankful! Thankful to belong to such a fabulous organization of and for and by women in the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints!
Yes... Mormon women, especially our pioneer women, were and still are INCREDIBLE. I have been the beneficiary at their hands many times, and I hope that some of them may yet be beneficiaries at my hands along the way too.
Isn't that what life is really about? Serving each other. Isn't that what truly brings lasting joy to us, when nothing else can? Serving each other. Isn't that what Heaven is made of? Serving each other. Yes. That is what Heaven is made of - people who serve each other.
The article starts out:
The consummate author of the Western experience, Wallace Stegner, penned "The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail." He was quite enamored by the “suffering, endurance, discipline, faith, brotherly and sisterly charity” he discerned from the diaries, letters and reminiscences of the early Mormon pioneers. In his introduction for the book, which was published by the University of Nebraska in 1981, he also notes their “human cussedness, vengefulness, masochism, backbiting, violence, ignorance, selfishness, and gullibility.”
Yet he cannot find enough superlatives at the conclusion of his prologue where he writes, “That I do not accept the faith that possessed them does not mean I doubt their frequent devotion and heroism in its service. Especially their women. Their women were incredible.”
... to finish reading it, click HERE.
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