Daily Insights from my Life #23

Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other
by Bonnie L. Oscarson (Young Women General President)

"To be sisters implies that there is an unbreakable bond between us. Sisters take care of each other, watch out for each other, comfort each other, and are there for each other through thick and thin. The Lord has said, "I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine."

What I took away from this talk:
This talk, as I read it, seemed to me to focus on how the sisters in the Relief Society and even those outside of the Relief Society need each other. This can even apply to the brethren of the church. We need to be there to strengthen each other and strengthen the families that we home teach. We all have different strengths. We need to strive to lift each other up using our different strengths so that everyone can become stronger and more united as children of our Heavenly Father.

To conclude, I will share another quote from the talk.

"All of these things are evidence that, as our beloved hymn states, "The errand of angels is given to women." If there are barriers, it is because we ourselves have created them. We must stop concentrating on our differences and look for what we have in common; then we can begin to realize our greatest potential and achieve the greatest good in this world. Sister Marjorie P. Hinckley once said, "Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young. And, hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old. It is a sociological fact that women need women. We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other."-Sister Hinckley was right; oh, how we need each other!