Often, while watching KSL's Dick Nourse deliver a story about a willful woman on the nightly news, my grandmother and mother would recite one of their favorite scriptures, 2 Nephi 3:16-17:16 Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feetMormon Apostle, Elder David A. Bednar, refers to one of these "haughty women of Zion" in this tale of love and sacrifice:
17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
Sister Bednar and I are acquainted with a returned missionary who had dated a special young woman for a period of time. This young man cared for the young woman very much, and he was desirous of making his relationship with her more serious. He was considering and hoping for engagement and marriage. Now this relationship was developing during the time that President Hinckley counseled the Relief Society sisters and young women of the Church to wear only one earring in each ear.Obviously the young woman was a filthy whore. Brother LaMar, LaVere, LaDell, LaVene (or whatever his name is) is lucky to be rid of her. He's now free to find a god-fearing sister who is happy to submit herself to the firm counsellings of the priesthood.
The young man waited patiently over a period of time for the young woman to remove her extra earrings, but she did not take them out. This was a valuable piece of information for this young man, and he felt unsettled about her nonresponsiveness to a prophet’s pleading. For this and other reasons, he ultimately stopped dating the young woman, because he was looking for an eternal companion who had the courage to promptly and quietly obey the counsel of the prophet in all things and at all times. The young man was quick to observe that the young woman was not quick to observe.
A tip of the ol' helmet to Sister Hanson.
