Isn’t this also called “being inspired”? I think you even named it “motivation.” I ask because a friend has introduced me to LDS. I am interested, yet have a difficult time believing what the book of Mormon says to be true (Right now, I am reading the kid version so that I can better understand the regular version).

So many people describe a feeling wash over them when they feel that God has let them know that the book of Mormon is true. One person described it as a burning sensation. That can’t be explained…I cannot say that was the power of God or that it wasn’t. However, I can research the writings in the book of Mormon, and the more I research, I become less and less convinced.

Why?

There are many women in the church throughout the world who are accomplished in their educational, vocational, and professional pursuits who seek to build the kingdom of God in every sphere of influence they are in. Many of them choose to be in the home full-time with their children and use their great intelligence and many talents towards raising up a strong, vibrant generation. Other women in the gospel are in situations where they must work outside the home. They also give their very best to their families. In all cases, LDS women are given great power and responsibility.

We believe that the homefront is the front line in our battle to create a better world for ourselves and our children. Thus it stands to reason that this is also where we face the greatest opposition. Despite this, the majority of men in the church show great reverence and respect to the women of the church. Those who truly live the gospel and know the Savior understand clearly that there should never be a tug-of-war over power in the home or in the church between the sexes. God created male and female with inherent and eternal gifts, powers, and possibilities.

Presently, I am a full-time student at a church college. It has not been an easy road and it is only through help from Father in Heaven that I have been able to give my children all that they need while finishing out my studies. Without the gospel I would not be the mother, the wife, and the very woman that I desire to become. In the church, I have found my voice, my strength, and my opportunity to make the greatest difference. My role as a daughter of God takes more sacrifice, more patience, and more prayer than I ever could have imagined but the blessings of being a woman in the church are beyond measure.

I was assigned to serve in the England Birmingham Mission and unlike some of my friends who had to learn new languages, I simply had to adjust to some new accents and a couple new words. I thought it would be easy. I had become quite skilled at public speaking while growing up and felt I also had a solid knowledge of the scriputres and the church. I was confident that I could teach and open the eyes of anyone.

Wrong.

I was humbled faster than you can imagine. I quickly realized my weaknesses as they were made known in almost every situation I was placed in during the first few days. I can remember coming home one night after spending all day talking to people who did not want to listen to me and who seemed to not like me before even meeting me. I was frustrated and wondered how I was going to keep this up for two years. I thought about all the great stories I had heard and wondered why things weren’t exactly like I had heard.

I knelt down in prayer and pleaded for help. I finally recognized that if I was going to make any kind of difference that I was not going to be able to do this alone. The skills I thought I had and my knowledge was not enough. This was a turning point not just on my mission but in my life.

The relationship I currently share with my Father in Heaven is much different than it once was. Serving a mission helped me to understand that I need to rely heavily on Him for strength and for the ability to do those things required of me in all aspects of my life. I know that He loves me and wants me to be happy. I feel that those humbling experiences on my mission helped me to develop a much deeper relationship with God. All those great experiences I had on my mission I attribute to my willingness to finally turn my life over to Him.

“This matter was a little changed in the case of the Savior of the world, the Son of the living God. The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary the wife of Joseph had another husband. On this account infidels have called the Savior a bastard.” S.L.C, August 19th, 1866.
http://journalofdiscourses.org/Vol_11/refJDvol11-41.html

I understand Mormons do not proclaim the JoD as a part of their Canon of Scriptures. However, I am curious to know whether or not Mormons believe Mary, the wife of Joseph, had God the Father as “another” husband, as Brigham Young claimed in the above quote. I realize the first reaction many Mormons have when reading such things is to claim the quote is taken out of context. Let me assure you the link I provided gives the complete context so there is not tom-foolery going on here.