Hi, I'm Jalaire

I love Theatre, Sports, and being Outdoors. I'm a movie quoting queen, and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

Theatre. Life. Movies. Outdoors. Sports. Bring it on. I like to take on challenges. I have learned from a young age to work hard. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right the first time. I graduated in Theatre Management and I absolutely love it. I love to share stories, unfold epic journies, and bring to life the magic of a good adventure. My family is very important to me. They make me act crazy goofy, laugh til i cry and love every minute of time together!

Why I am a Mormon

I have grown up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have from the beginning known that it was true. Growing up I would hear all of these grand stories of how other people found the gospel and joined the church, but I never had that. I never doubted that it was true, but I couldn't think of the exact moment that I had the definite affirmation of the truth. One day while I was sitting in church, I felt a blanket of peace and love come over me. I knew then as well as I know now that this Gospel is true. My Heavenly Father loves and knows me personally, and I don't have to have a cool story to convince me that I am truly converted. I have known little by little, and continue to learn and grow. I continue to follow these teachings because I feel of my Savior's love and guidance in my life. I feel at peace and great joy as I follow Jesus Christ.

How I live my faith

I study the Scriptures... I apply them to my life.... and I share the gospel with anyone and everyone that I possibly can.

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?

Jalaire answered...

The Priesthood was given to worthy men to act in the name of God. It is the responsability given directly to them from our Heavenly Father. Women not holding the priesthood in no way makes them inferior to men. Women and men have been given different roles. We have the oppertunity to raise children in rightousness. Both men and women in the church have the oppertunity to teach each other, lift one another, and help to increase the faith of every person.
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.

What is the Relief Society?

Kaitlyn answered...

The Relief Society is the organization in the Church where women come together to strengthen, serve, and teach each other. It's Motto is "Charity Never Faileth" which women of the Church live by to bring relief to the weary and down trodden. Women meet as a Relief Society each week to learn about the Gospel and grow closer to Jesus Christ. Women are asked to serve in many capacities within the Relief Society and give of their time and talents. There are also activities where women share skills and do service for those in their community as well as victims of disasters around the world.