Becoming a Woman of God

How do I become a woman of God? By living the values that each of us is taught as a Young woman: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue.

I have faith to know that there is a God who knows me personally and loves me. Faith in His plan for me. And faith that by following his plan everything will work out.

I know my divine nature by listening to God and leaning on what He thinks of me as a woman and not what the world believes. I know I have worth, for the scriptures state “how great is the worth of souls in the sight of God” Oh how great is worth worth in God's eyes, and so it should be in your own eyes.

D&C 131: 6 It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance.

Knowledge is key. Knowledge to understand the world around us. Knowledge to understand ourselves.

As we progress through life with knowledge of our divine nature with faith we make choices and then become accountable for those. By acting with faith and following the Lord's commandments we are blessed.

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

The world would have you believe that integrity and virtue are things of the past. But the world is wrong. I believe that the time is now in which the world needs integrity and virtue more than ever. Life will be blessed by living a life with integrity and virtue.

There's one value I missed. Good works. I saved this for last because it is so important. What is faith if you don't act on it. What is knowledge if it stays within the textbook? You can't take the textbook to heaven. And what is virtue if it's only a thought and not the actions of how you live your life? They mean nothing without action. Good works is the action behind faith, divine nature, individual worth, knowledge, choice & Accountability, integrity and virtue.

Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven (3 Nephi 12:16).

Through your good works, friends, family and strangers will see what values you stand for. They will see that you are a witness of God at all times, and in all things, and in all places. They will see that you are truly a woman of God.

Becoming a woman of God doesn't happen over night, it's a life long journey. A journey where you will be taken into many different roles: Teacher, Student, friend, Coworker, wife and mother. But no matter what role you are in, you can always be a woman of God. So make a promise today to live your life every day that you can stand tall and proclaim to the world that YOU are a WOMAN of GOD. You know it. You live it. And you Love it!