Aha Moment for me!

General RS Conference 1979 and President Kimball was in the hospital and his wife read his talk....The Role of Righteous Women  here

I remember being fascinated with him stating the deep need for women to study the scriptures and to be sister scriptorians.  I'd never heard that phrase before but I knew I wanted to study and become a sister scriptorian.  I understood what he was saying and desired to comply. I knew I loved to study the gospel and had that desire to do and be what he said.

Even though the eternal roles of men and women differ, as we indicated to you a year ago, this leaves much to be done by way of parallel personal development—for both men and women. In this connection, I stress again the deep need each woman has to study the scriptures. We want our homes to be blessed with sister scriptorians—whether you are single or married, young or old, widowed or living in a family.

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The paragraph below from that same talk, for all of these 39 years has caused me to think and wonder....how will this happen?...how will women be in places of power in the Church? ....and be the cause of drawing in many of the good women of the world?  What and where will their platform for exposure, for visibility, become a reality?...how will this happen???

Finally, my dear sisters, may I suggest to you something that has not been said before or at least in quite this way. Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.

I remember being thrilled and amazed when the above words were read...

And now?  Now I see it happening!  Happening right before my eyes!!  It's real.

Just to mention a few things.  The wives of the Apostles and even the First Presidency wives are traveling with their husbands AND they are speaking!!  They are the type of women that President Kimball mentioned.

When Elder Gong was called to Apostleship...his wife was sitting right there with him!  Wives are serving alongside their husbands and doing it as only a woman can!!

Sister Bingham was called as General RSP and immediately was assigned to go to the United Nations, representing the Church and giving a speech!  and staying and participating.  Last week she was scheduled to be, with her counselors, at the BYU Women's Conference- instead?...she was on assignment from the Prophet to be at the White House and gave one of the prayers and stayed and represented the Church!

In recent memory...I've heard Sister Nelson and Sister Oaks and Sister Renlund and Sister Bednar and Sister Gong and Sister Holland and tonight the most magnificent talk by Sister Kearon (she accompanied her  husband on his assignment to speak at the WW Devotional)  Her incredible talk was the one that made my jaw drop, the light dawned on me and I was like...It's happening!!  This is what President Kimball was talking about!!

Each of these women just steps up to microphone and delivers her inspired message!!  they truly do reflect righteousness and articulateness. 

I'm so excited to see this unfold and I can't remember who else I've seen and heard!  

The Role of Righteous Women  here  (talk read by President Kimball's wife)

Watch Elder Kearon and hear his wife!  here  I tried to print the picture of this gorgeous duo but had no luck!!