God, Is It Okay For Us To Have Children? (Part 2)

What the rest of the scriptures taught me about agency, revelation, and becoming.

Where We Left Off

If you’re just joining — welcome! This is Part 2 of a post I’ve been writing about a question I needed answered before my husband and I moved forward with having children.

I’m a gay member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on an unconventional path, trying to walk it as faithfully as I can given the circumstances, which has often meant taking the hard questions directly to God. So I did something that probably sounds intense to most people (but honestly, pretty normal if you grew up Mormon) — I read the entire Standard Works (the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price) — through the lens of a simple question:

“God, is it okay for us to have children?”