{"id":13627,"date":"2017-06-22T21:51:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T04:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=13627"},"modified":"2017-06-22T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T05:19:38","slug":"know-who-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/know-who-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Who You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The young women and their leaders in my congregation are at girls’ camp this week. Their camp theme is “Know who you are,” which I didn’t realize was a Moana<\/em> thing until after I made this display for them. As I compiled these quotes, I saw that the scriptures have a whole lot more to say about who Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are than who we<\/em> are.\u00a0This is another religious paradox: we don\u2019t learn who we are by focusing on ourselves. Instead, a knowledge of\u00a0God is essential to know who we are and who we can become.<\/p>\n

Some of what I found in my study isn’t popular. I felt myself having to draw some courage to write one of the quotes. This message from Sister Bonnie Oscarson, General Young Women president, helped me:<\/p>\n

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I worry that we live in such an atmosphere of avoiding offense that we sometimes altogether avoid teaching correct principles. We fail to teach our young women that preparing to be a mother is of utmost importance because we don\u2019t want to offend those who aren\u2019t married or those who can\u2019t have children, or to be seen as stifling future choices. On the other hand, we may also fail to emphasize the importance of education because we don\u2019t want to send the message that it is more important than marriage. We avoid declaring that our Heavenly Father defines marriage as being between a man and woman because we don\u2019t want to offend those who experience same-sex attraction. And we may find it uncomfortable to discuss gender issues or healthy sexuality.<\/p>\n

Certainly, sisters, we need to use sensitivity, but let us also use our common sense and our understanding of the plan of salvation to be bold and straightforward when it comes to teaching our children and youth the essential gospel principles they must understand to navigate the world in which they live. If we don\u2019t teach our children and youth true doctrine\u2014and teach it clearly\u2014the world will teach them Satan\u2019s lies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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