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Thoughts and experiences about the wonderful relationships between women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints…we do call each other Sister.
“For me, the sisterhood within
the church has been so inspiring. I didn't know people could still treat each
other like family without the family ties or without even knowing each other a
long time.
"The fact that such love exists between women without having to know
each other all that well is incredibly powerful. Just knowing that we're all
coming from that same place of being human, and of being a woman with a
righteous heart is enough to bond us for life, even for eternity. I think it's
the most powerful love of all; to sisters it doesn't matter who you are, we're
all the same deep down and as sisters that's the mentality that were all
similarly embracing.
"In sisterhood, women don't care about differences, it's
just about love and forgiveness and compassion and empathy acknowledging that
we're all not perfect and we're all going through this difficult human
experience, yet with each other it becomes so much easier and the help and love
we compassionately extend to each other can transform our experience here on
earth and make it into so much more than it could ever be without each other.
"We make each other and we change each other's lives in the most dramatic and
wonderful ways.”
“I think an example of sisterhood
is going to visit teach someone because you are assign to her and then
discovering her as a friend for life!”
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“Well, I don't have any sisters so over my
lifetime in the church, 40+ years, I have come to appreciate the love and
sisterhood I have felt from my church sisters.
As a young convert, there were many women older and younger than I who
helped me as I worked through gaining a testimony. Others provided a listening and compassionate
ear as we were raising children. And
now, I am enjoying the sisterhood of a fabulous group of Young Single Adult
women who accept and love me even though there is a significant age
difference. I am not sure what I would
have done in my life without the sisterhood of the women of the church.”
