Joseph F. Smith actually saw this righteous assembly in a vision. ⁣

Who did he literally see there, being taught by the Savior?⁣

President Smith mentions our Father Adam first. And then…⁣

“Our glorious Mother Eve, with many of her faithful daughters who had lived through the ages and worshiped the true and living God.” (D&C 138:39⁣)

Our Mother Eve and her faithful daughters from throughout the ages. ⁣

Mostly nameless. ⁣

Not recognizable to a current prophet looking in. ⁣

We don’t know most of their stories. ⁣

Not often recorded in the scriptures. ⁣

That’s the fate that women have faced for centuries. ⁣

But we can’t deny that faithful and righteous women are represented in heaven, right alongside Isaiah and Malachi and Noah. ⁣

“These the Lord taught, and gave them power to come forth, after his resurrection from the dead, to enter into his Father’s kingdom, there to be crowned with immortality and eternal life,⁣

“And continue thenceforth their labor as had been promised by the Lord, and be partakers of all blessings which were held in reserve for them that love him.” (D&C 138:51-52⁣)

Our names don’t have to be known in order to receive immortality and eternal life. ⁣

⁣Our stories don’t have to be told in order to receive all the blessings held in store for those who love the Lord.

Life on earth is messy. ⁣

(Although I can’t deny how grateful I am to be a woman alive at a time when I feel blessed with so many more opportunities than previous generations.)⁣

But heaven?⁣

It’s filled with women and men assembled together, side by side, with their focuses on the Savior. ⁣

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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It’s a lie that Satan loves to tell. Probably one of his favorites.

I find this lie creeping up in my life in lots of different ways.

“You haven’t reached out to one of your ministering sisters yet?! It’s too awkward and embarrassing to reach out now.”

“You already forgot to say your prayers today? Just go to bed and don’t worry about it tonight then.”

“You haven’t been fulfilling that part of your calling yet? It’s too late to start doing that now.”

It’s so easy to believe this lie that we are “too late”.

But… too late for what?!

There’s no such thing.

Actually, there’s quite literally no such thing.

“The dead who repent will be redeemed, through obedience to the ordinances of the house of God”. D&C 138:58

You could leave this life here on earth, and there are STILL opportunities to change, to become more Christlike, to accept ordinances done on your behalf, and to keep covenants.

Death isn’t even the finish line.

I personally believe that we will get opportunities to repent and change until our truest and most sincere desires are revealed, and that they match up with our actions.

But no matter what it looks like in the next life, we can still change. We can still learn and grow.

Not to DELAY repentance, since that is never awesome for softening a heart and molding desires.

But not being worried that we have to figure it all out in this life.

We’ve got time. We’ve got a lot of time, in fact.

And it will never ever ever be too late to repent in the ways we want.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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