When LDS Young Women gather together they recite a pledge to stand for truth and righteousness. One girl will lead out and the rest will stand and recite the following together:
We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We will “stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9) as we strive to live the Young Women values, which are:
Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Work, Integrity and Virtue.
We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values, we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.
Each of these values are assigned certain colors to help the LDS Young Women better remember the value.
The value of faith is represented by the color of white. White representing purity. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said,”
The Gift of Faith As we truly humble ourselves, we will be blessed with this gift to have faith and to hope for things which are not seen but are true (see Alma 32:21). I received this Knowledge by the unspeakable peace and power of the Spirit of God, and the desire of my heart and of my mind is to be pure and faithful in serving Him now and forever.
The value of Divine Nature has been given the color of blue. When one looks up to the heavens on a clear day blue is the color to be seen. When one looks unto heaven clearly one should also see who we are in relation to the Lord. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said,”
You are literally a spirit daughter of heavenly parents with a divine nature and an eternal destiny. 1 That surpassing truth should be fixed deep in your soul and be fundamental to every decision you make as you grow into mature womanhood. Indeed, in the restored light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a woman, including a young woman, occupies a majesty all her own in the divine design of the Creator.
Individual Worth is represented by the color red. The same color of the Christ’s blood that was shed for all men. President Spencer W. Kimball said,
“And then, as if to emphasize a particular heresy as being most extreme, he said there would arise even the heresy which would deny the Lord that bought us. There can be no real and true Christianity, even with good works, unless we are deeply and personally committed to the reality of Jesus Christ as the Only Begotten Son of the Father, who bought us, who purchased us in the great act of atonement.”
The value of Knowledge is represented by the color green, the color of life and creation. Elder Joe J. Christensen said,
“This year, commit to read good books throughout your life. The scriptural commandment to us is to “seek … out of the best books words of wisdom” and “become acquainted with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people.”
Choice and Accountability is represented by the color orange. Orange is bright and hard to ignore. Life preservers and road signs are often orange. If we heed their warning we will be safe. It’s always important to remember the importance of our choices and what they can lead to.
Dallin H. Oaks said,” We are responsible to use our agency in a world of choices. We are accountable for our choices, and only righteous choices will move us toward our eternal goals.”
The value of Good Works is represented by the color yellow. When children reach into their crayons to draw the souce of our light upon the earth, they choose yellow. It is the color of the sun, and for LDS Young Women it is the color that helps us remember to do those things that will bring us closer to our Heavenly Father’s Son.
The Savior is the best example of service.
Interity is represented by the color of purple. Purple has long been associated with royal robes and nobility. When Queen Ester could have saved herself and forgotten her people she chose not to. Her personal integrity would not allow such a thing.
Joseph B. Wirthlin said,” We show our integrity by caring for and serving others. The Lord expects us to live lives of integrity and to be obedient to his commandments.”
The value of Virtue is the last one, and it is represented by the color gold. Something of rare and precious value. Personal virtue is something hard to find right now. Some would treat it casually and disreguard it. But the loss of it is something to be mourned.
D. Todd Christofferson said,”While we cannot control what others may or may not do, the Latter-day Saints can certainly stand with those who demonstrate virtue in their own lives and inculcate virtue in the rising generation.”
These LDS Young Women take these values very seriously and strive to live them. So the next time you see a Young Woman wearing a multi-colored piece of jewelry, she may be one of the LDS Young Women striving to live by a code of conduct.
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