Priesthood as a Male Responsibility--A Matter of Trust

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. I am a Mormon. I am not an oppressed woman. In my Doctrine and Covenants class we are reading about the restoration and duties of the priesthood. We believe that God restored the priesthood, the power and authority of God to minister and conduct ordinances, in the 1800's to Joseph Smith. We believe that the priesthood is a male responsibility.

I have heard many different reasons that the priesthood is a male responsibility. One is that men needed to be officially given the duty to take care of those who need it, and women will just do it anyway. Another reason I've heard is that it makes men on equal footing with women to do what God wants them to do, because women do so through motherhood. There are probably many other reasons that I have not heard. I have never been taught that the priesthood is like golf, "Gentleman only, ladies forbidden," a men-only club.

I do not know the "real" reason that the priesthood is given to men and not women, and that has never really bothered me. I love the Lord, and I trust Him. I know that the Lord loves and trusts me. Therefore, that God says the priesthood is a male responsibility is enough for me. I don't worry that it's because I'm not good enough to have it, and I am not threatened that the men in my life have it. Rather, I am grateful that I am blessed to have access to the power of God.