Comments on: Worth http://segullah.org/daily-special/worth/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angie http://segullah.org/daily-special/worth/#comment-9721 Angie Tue, 22 May 2007 19:48:08 +0000 http://segullah.org/blog/association/worth/#comment-9721 I love your thoughts on public versus private, Emily. That is so true. I don't think my worth in God's eyes comes from my righteousness, though. Not by a long shot. Were it not for His grace and mercy I would still be wandering lost. And even though many aspects of my life may seem more outwardly righteous now, I NEED the Atonement every day. Every one of us does, and that is a great equalizer. I may be back later with thoughts on the gender issues. I love your thoughts on public versus private, Emily. That is so true.

I don’t think my worth in God’s eyes comes from my righteousness, though. Not by a long shot. Were it not for His grace and mercy I would still be wandering lost. And even though many aspects of my life may seem more outwardly righteous now, I NEED the Atonement every day. Every one of us does, and that is a great equalizer.

I may be back later with thoughts on the gender issues.

]]> By: Emily M. http://segullah.org/daily-special/worth/#comment-9707 Emily M. Tue, 22 May 2007 15:38:11 +0000 http://segullah.org/blog/association/worth/#comment-9707 Quite an interesting talk. I like the idea that our worth is defined by the degree to which we bring righteousness to whatever our roles are. I wish that she had mentioned, though, that Deborah and Esther, for all their public virtues and righteousness, were no less beloved of the Lord than the millions of silent but still righteous mothers in Israel. Just musing a little here, though: perhaps the reason women question their worth so much is that we have a public world. Everyone in Western society has the potential to live a public life. It's assumed that things that don't deserve to be public--known by many, commented on--are not as valuable. This is not what the Savior taught though--we are to do our alms in secret. Is there any type of alms more secret than getting up with a baby in the middle of the night? No one knows about it but you and the baby and God, if your husbands sleeps through it. Secret alms are the stuff of mothering. Gah. I am not organizing my thoughts well. I will come back to this. But a very interesting read. Quite an interesting talk. I like the idea that our worth is defined by the degree to which we bring righteousness to whatever our roles are. I wish that she had mentioned, though, that Deborah and Esther, for all their public virtues and righteousness, were no less beloved of the Lord than the millions of silent but still righteous mothers in Israel.

Just musing a little here, though: perhaps the reason women question their worth so much is that we have a public world. Everyone in Western society has the potential to live a public life. It’s assumed that things that don’t deserve to be public–known by many, commented on–are not as valuable.

This is not what the Savior taught though–we are to do our alms in secret. Is there any type of alms more secret than getting up with a baby in the middle of the night? No one knows about it but you and the baby and God, if your husbands sleeps through it. Secret alms are the stuff of mothering.

Gah. I am not organizing my thoughts well. I will come back to this. But a very interesting read.

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