We Can Be Participants in God's Powers

Our Heavenly Father loves us so much. Just like any parent He wants us to have what He has and more. Our Father in Heaven has generously allowed us to be participants in his powers. How you may ask? There are two ways.

#1 The power to act in God's name: The Priesthood.

#2 The power to create life: Procreation.

The priesthood is a wondrous power bestowed upon worthy male members of the Church of Jesus Christ. It is a power that allows worthy men to lay their hands upon the heads of those in need and bless them with health, courage, comfort, patience, and love in the name of Jesus Christ.

Procreation is an amazing and life-altering power given to women. It is a power that allows women to be co-creators in bringing life on this earth to Heavenly Father's spirit children.

What is important to understand is...

#1 How fantastic our Heavenly Father is for allowing us to be apart of such magnificent miracles that come through his powers of the priesthood and procreation.

#2 How imperative it is that men and women recognize that they cannot spiritually progress in these powers without each other. In other words, men cannot exercise their priesthood without the help of women to counsel with them in all things spiritual and women cannot exercise procreation without the help of men. So while each power has a primary role player (i.e. the men are key in the priesthood and the women are key in procreation), neither power can be utilized without the assistance and support of the secondary role player.

#3 The blessings of the priesthood come not only to those that are served (i.e. receiving the blessing, ordinations, etc...) but to those that serve. The more the priesthood is used for the good and benefit of man, the more blessings those that worthily utilize the priesthood receive. According to the faith of those that receive the blessings, they can be healed, comforted, guided in ways that we could not have imagined without the power and blessings of the priesthood. How magnificent a power is this!

#4 The blessings of procreation is that through the power of God we are able to give life! With the aide of men, women are able to feel a marvelous and remarkable miracle growing within them. When a baby is born, they are the evidence of the power of life and as women, we are able to be apart of that. On top of that, we have the chance to be earthly parents to Heavenly Father's children. He is giving us a chance to feel what it is like for Him to be our parent. How amazing!! If you are a parent, think now of all the joys, trials, tribulations, elation that you have experienced with or because of your own children. Now realize that this relationship between parent and child is not new. It has always existed between us and our Father in Heaven. As our Father, He feels what we feel...happy when we are happy, sad when we are sad. He also knows the feelings of excitement at our progression and disappointment when we take a step back. Thanks to our Father in Heaven, we have the opportunity to feel the same about our own children. What an amazing gift He has given us!

If we desire to be apart of God's plan, we can be major participants in God's powers of the priesthood and procreation. Wonderful miracles that come through both of these powers occur all the time and we can be apart of it all if we so choose to do. I hope you do.