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I don’t teach young women’s class. I’m the least qualified person ever. But if I could one day, I would do something like this. Now, Part 1 of a short series.

Today, I’m going to teach you about the priesthood. You all know about it; you’ve had lessons on it. I would expect that most of you could even tell me the dates and events related to the restored priesthood better than the young men in this ward. So, if I were to open the class to questions right now, I wonder what the most pressing desire among all of you would be?

Why is this his lesson subject? What does this have to do with me, again…? I don’t know exactly what you are taught, but based on what I gather from the Young Women Theme, it appears you all have a divine purpose and destiny. You’ve been instructed, and rightly so, that you have a mutual loving relationship with your Father in Heaven, that you will always be a witness of Him by living certain values: faith, integrity, virtue, divine nature, etc; and preparing to build a home built in Zion through covenants and blessings revealed in the Holy Temple. I have never known a purer, more distinct calling of anyone than to you: young women of the Church of Jesus Christ.

You’ve probably been taught to revere your future husband as an honorable priesthood holder and to be a support to him (’cause trust me, he’s going to need your help). This is all well and good. The men, if you’re curious, are likewise instructed to always remain worthy and truthful at any cost. You young women are taught things of a sacred and divine nature, fitting for your inherent traits as daughters of God.

In this brief lesson I want to convey to you something of a likewise sacred nature, something that hopefully satisfies some deeper questions in your minds. I personally wish it was taught to me sooner than it was (I had to wait until a mission prep class with Brother Bott at BYU for some reason) — and I wish our young men were taught this thing, too. I hope that by the end of this short discourse, you’ll have a greater understanding of your direct and literal role pertaining to the priesthood, not only as supporters to your husbands, but also inheritors of His Kingdom, as will be discussed.

(If you recognize some of the doctrine here, it’s probably because you’re familiar with Randy Bott’s religion class(es) at Brigham Young University. While he cited scripture to most of what he said, I couldn’t jot it all down fast enough. But he was always very clear what was fact and what was his opinion or his speculation. I will try to maintain those distinctions here.)