For All The Girls And Women Out There....

March 14, 2010

I just finished having a conversation with a really good friend of mine. She had told me that she was afraid of the future, afraid that she would marry a guy and later regret it. She was afraid of the world and the things out there in it. So I told her what’s what…. And I am going to tell you the same thing.

Let me start off with the Young Women Values: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue. Assuming you go to Church, you are taught these principles every week. You are taught to live by these things and taught that good things will follow those who live these.

So as for being afraid of marrying a guy and later regretting it, let me tell you something now. If you truly obey and live the YWVs to the fullest then I PROMISE you this: That you will meet a worthy priesthood holder, you will both fall madly in love, be sealed together for all eternity and the only thing you will regret is that you didn’t have them in your life sooner. You will raise a family and you will fall more in love with each other every day. As long as you keep Christ at the center of your marriage and live true to these values and standards, you will never regret your marriage. Sure this sounds like a fairy tale with a happily ever after ending, but that’s what it is. Sure it wont be easy and there will be times when you will want to give up, but it will be worth it. Of this you can be sure.

Being scared of the world and the things in it and not being ready for them. Well. Let me tell you this. You prepare yourself every day and every week. Every time you read your scriptures, every time you say your prayers, you are better preparing yourself for the world. Every time you go to church or go to seminary, you better prepare yourself for the trials and temptations the world is going to throw at you. And when you keep Christ at your center, and you live those values, there is nothing that you can’t overcome. And on those hard days when you are about to give into those temptations and pressures of the world, just think of this: Think of that glorious day when you finally stand before God, when you stand before your Father. You look up into His big bright eyes and you say, “Daddy, I did it. I’m home.” And He’ll smile a perfect smile, gather you into His arms, hug you tight with the most amazing hug ever, and He’ll say, “Well done, my darling princess, welcome home.”

So when life gets you down and you feel discouraged or you feel like you aren’t prepared for life, think of this and know that you are prepared. Think of that perfect smile and perfect hug waiting for you from your Parents in Heaven and there is nothing you can’t get through. You are prepared to face the world, with Christ at your side. Be strong, sisters. And always remember that you are of royal blood. You truly are princesses of a King, and don’t you ever let anyone tell you otherwise.