Warning: This Entry Is Actually Serious

I read something a few days ago that's been bothering me, and I suppose that because I have an opinion about everything, I have to share it with you (whoever you are.)

I was recently browsing through blogs, and I found one belonging to an LDS girl. One of her entry's struck me simply because it covered women, careers, education and the mormon church. I found I connected with her on most of the things she recorded in that entry except for one major issue. And I feel I need to explain my logic for this.

Upon writing about education and women, she began writing about the mormon church, and how it is emphasized to women (and men) to obtain an education, especially in the world we live in today. She wrote about how upon spending loads of money on education, women don't even get the chance to have a career because they're too busy "wiping butts" for their whole lives. (Being a stay-at-home mom) She questioned her morale, wondering if her heart was in the wrong place because she wanted "more" than "just" a family.

But my question is, what could possibly be more important than having a family of my own and raising children in the gospel, as well as being sealed to them forever? In my opinion, my greatest accomplishment in this life will be to marry a worthy man who will take me to the temple, and to start my own family and teach them all the Lord wants me to teach them. I can't imagine not knowing that the people I love most weren't with me forever. My greatest accomplishment will be to be a successful wife and parent, and I know I cannot do that alone. My family will see me from this life into the next; not any career I may or may not have. Although the greatest grief one can and will feel is caused by family, the greatest joy and happiness one could ever know is also due to that same family. I understand the want and need to develop talents, but what better way to do that than with the people you love most, who love you back unconditionally? One doesn't need a career to develop talents. Yes, sometimes financial situations facilitate the need for extra income, but I do believe children need their mothers home with them. This is our divine role. It irks me to no end that women feel the need to be as "important" and successful as men in the career field, when our calling has been spelled out for us. Families. This is what our bodies are molded for.

I understand the want to have a career. I understand the want to show the world your talents and skills. But it's the eternal perspective that really matters. Not a career, or money. This gospel IS perfect. Its teachings ARE true. And I'm so glad that I have the tools I need to face this world, and to not be confused by the theories and philosophies of man. Because in the end, what is an accomplishment to man is sometimes nothing in the eyes of the Lord.