Two essays by our Church

This week two essays was put out by the Church this week.  First in Mother in Heaven.  We have a mother and father here on earth, so why not have a Mother in Heaven?  We do not pray to her and President Gordon B. Hinckley said this does not belittle her or denigrates her.
"As with many other truths of the gospel, our present knowledge about a Mother in Heaven is limited. Nevertheless, we have been given sufficient knowledge to appreciate the sacredness of this doctrine and to comprehend the divine pattern established for us as children of heavenly parents. Latter-day Saints believe that this pattern is reflected in Paul’s statement that “neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”Men and women cannot be exalted without each other. Just as we have a Father in Heaven, we have a Mother in Heaven. As Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said, “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them.”
In doing so we should study always.

A second essay this week was Joseph Smith's Teachings About Priesthood, Temple and Women. 
This is focus on women and the early understanding of the priesthood.  "Two aspects of Joseph Smith’s teachings to the women of the Relief Society may be unfamiliar to members of the Church today. First is his use of language associated with priesthood. In organizing the Relief Society, Joseph spoke of “ordain[ing]” women and said that Relief Society officers would “preside over the Society.”He also declared, “I now turn the key to you in the name of God."

Many may feel this is going to open the doors to women hold the priesthood.  I only like to say to this is that it will come from down from our Lord if this is to be.  Lets let women continue in the many important rolls that we do have in the church today.

"Priesthood blesses the lives of God’s children in innumerable ways. Priesthood defines, empowers, ennobles, and creates order. In ecclesiastical callings, temple ordinances, family relationships, and quiet, individual ministry, Latter-day Saint women and men go forward with priesthood power and authority. This interdependence of men and women in accomplishing God’s work through His power is central to the gospel of Jesus Christ restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith."