Differences....

There is one aspect of life that I think is SO frustrating yet SO wonderful is that we are all different! I love it! Our differences are such a beautiful thing. One difference that I really want to talk about it "gender differences." It seems like the differences between men and women are becoming increasingly controversial. Many people want to be "equal." But I think they fail to realize that we can be equal without being the same. In The Family: A Proclamation to the World the leaders of the Church declare that "Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose." Males and females are intended to be different. If we weren't different I don't think marriage would be quite as beautiful as it is. It is our differences I believe that help us to complete each other. With their differences a man and a woman can fill in each others gaps to form the perfect whole. I believe this is a major purpose as to why we come to earth and form eternal families; it is part of our eternal progression and the perfection process.
Boyd K. Packer said, "Except Adam and Eve by nature be different from one another, they could not multiply and fill the earth. The complementing differences are the very key to the plan of happiness."
Spencer W. Kimball said, "In his wisdom and mercy, our Father made men and women dependent on each other for the full flowering of their potential. Because their natures are somewhat different, they can complement each other; because they are in many ways alike, they can understand each other. Let neither envy the other for their differences; let both discern what is superficial and what is beautifully basic in those differences and act accordingly."
Richard G. Scott said, "In the Lord's plan, it takes two - a man and a woman - to form a whole. Indeed, a husband and wife are not two identical halves, but a wondrous, divinely determined combination of complementary capacities and characteristics."
Men and women are meant to be different. But it is our differences that allow 'ordinary and imperfect people [to] build each other through their wholeness together.' We should embrace those differences and build on them so that we can grow together and become more like our heavenly parents. So here's to my "some day" family and all the beautiful differences we'll have!