The
charity of good women is such that their “love makes no parade”; they
are not glad “when others go wrong”; they are too busy serving to sit
statusfully about, waiting to be offended. Like Mary, they ponder
trustingly those puzzlements that disable others. God trusts women so
much that He lets them bear and care for His spirit children.
In
our modern kingdom, it is no accident that women were, through the
Relief Society, assigned compassionate service. So often the service of
women seems instinctive, while that of some men seems more labored. It
is precisely because the daughters of Zion are so uncommon that the
adversary will not leave them alone.
We
salute you, sisters, for the joy that is yours as you rejoice in a
baby’s first smile and as you listen with eager ear to a child’s first
day at school which bespeaks a special selflessness. Women, more quickly
than others, will understand the possible dangers when the word self is militantly placed before other words like fulfillment.
You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today’s world is passing
you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.
So
often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than
those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity of Jesus on
the cross. Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity!
When
the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the
echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great
armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and
in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to
be more controlling than what happened in congresses? When the surf of
the centuries has made the great pyramids so much sand, the everlasting family will still be standing, because it is a celestial institution, formed outside telestial time. The women of God know this.
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