Hi, I'm Sarah

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am 32, have been married for 8 years, and am a stay-at-home mother of 3 - a one-year-old boy, a three-year-old girl, and 5 year old adult male! I love to cook, read, sing, sew, be my kids photographer, and learn new things. I love being a Mormon and have been my whole life.

Why I am a Mormon

As a teenager, I attended church one Sunday and the lesson was about the Book of Mormon. Then teacher read to us the promise found near the end of the book that says that after you read the Book of Mormon, ask God to know if it is true and by the power of the Holy Spirit, you will know the answer. At that moment, I knew that I needed to find out for myself if the Book of Mormon was true and if I believed that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's church. I accepted the challenge, and read the whole book. When I was through, I knelt down by my bed and prayed. As I prayed I had the most wonderful, peaceful, happy feeling. In my mind and in my heart, the Holy Spirit told me, "It's true, you have always know it's true." From that day on, being a Mormon has helped me live my life in a way that I know God is happy with. Going to church each Sunday helps me learn more about Jesus and encourages me to try each day to follow his example and be a better person and mother. And, I continually feel the Holy Ghost confirming to my hard that this is where I need to be.

How I live my faith

I have been a missionary sharing the gospel in Missouri, a teacher for teenage girls, and a teacher for 8 year olds. I also do Visiting Teaching - visiting other women in the church monthly, getting to know them, talking to them about the gospel, and helping in any way I can. My husband and I try to read scriptures and pray every morning individually, and then read scriptures and pray as a family with our children. It really helps us stay Christ-centered and live what we believe.

What do Mormons believe about the Holy Ghost? Who is the Holy Ghost?

Sarah answered...

The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, is the third member of the Godhead (God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost). We are given the Gift of the Holy Ghost when we are baptized. The new Testament describes it as a baptism of fire. He helps us to know what is true by giving us good feelings and promptings. When we pray for answers, we recieve them through the Holy Ghost. It was the promting of the Holy Ghost that confirmed to me that the Mormon Church is true and that God loves me and wants me to be happy.

Why don’t women hold the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How do Mormon women lead in the Church?

Leeny answered...

This is a question I had to really consider before joining the Church. My mother is a non-denominational chaplain, and both my sisters are pastors. Female leadership in church settings is very important to my family.

It is to me as well. I think many people become offended when they learn that only men hold the priesthood because they misunderstand it. The priesthood is a tool given to men in order that they might serve others more. It does not in any way give them power or dominion over women. Those people who suppose the priesthood is a way to control others are deeply mistaken.

My husband is a priesthood holder, this means I am too. I have claim on my husband's priesthood power. Even more than he does. If I am sick, discouraged, or in need of help I can call upon my husband to give me a blessing through the priesthood that he holds. I then recieve many blessings because of my husband's worthiness to work in behalf of Christ. My husband is never able to give himself a blessing though. If he is sick or discouraged he must call on other priesthood holders to administer to him. My husband holds the priesthood so that he can bless me and our child - never himself.

The priesthood is the power of Christ on the earth. It allows those who hold it to serve their families in the same way Christ served the Church. Did Christ do any deed for himself during his earthly ministry? No. Christ spent all his energy serving the people. This is what the priesthood does for my husband. It infuses him with Christ's compassion and ability to love, and then my husband is able to use that celestial love in our family.

Why don't women also recieve this special gift then? The simple answer is women don't need it. As women we are innately endowed with compassion, selflessness, and love. Think about the way a mother loves her child. I believe there is nothing more pure and similar to Christ's love for us, than a mother's love for her children. Women naturally have the ability to love as Christ does.

In an ideal situation, which is what God always intended for us, there are two partners in marriage. There is the husband and father, a priesthood leader who can be called upon to administer blessings and serve in Christ's name. And there is also the wife and mother, who is blessed with the ability to love as Christ loves and sacrifice for her family. These are two seperate and divinely appointed roles. Each complementing the other. Both make a complete home.

Women do not hold the priesthood because they do not need it. Women have other God-given powers that raise them up to the task they are called to. A man is appointed to serve his wife and children - it is the power of the priesthood that enables him to do this.

I am grateful to have a husband who is worhty to use the priesthood in my behalf. It has blessed me many times and I know that it is a special gift from God - not only to my husband, but to me as well.