Righteous Women

 "To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age. To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times. She has been placed here to help, to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home—which is society’s basic and most noble institution. Other institutions in society may falter and even fail, but the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only sanctuary some mortals know in the midst of storm and strife." (Spencer W. Kimball*)

JHT- In the book "Daughters in My Kingdom" the above quote was followed by this next one. Together they are a wonderful reminder of who we are (and can become) and a reflection of what we need in order to fulfill the stewardship we have been given.


"May the Lord bless you, my beloved sisters. You are the guardians of the hearth. You are the bearers of the children. You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God.


May you be strengthened for the challenges of the day. May you be endowed with wisdom beyond your own in dealing with the problems you constantly face. May your prayers and your pleadings be answered with blessings upon your heads and upon the heads of your loved ones. We leave with you our love and our blessing, that your lives may be filled with peace and gladness. It can be so. Many of you can testify that it has been so. The Lord bless you now and through the years to come." (Gordon B. Hinckley+)


*Spencer W. Kimball, Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters, September 1978

+Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World, October 1995
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