LDS Women and the priesthood: my meager opinion

In The Book of Mormon Alma desires to speak with the trump of God and to shake the earth crying repentance to every people. But he rebukes himself saying, "But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me." (Alma 29:1-3)

For some reason in the past year or so there has been an increase in LDS women seeking more than the Lord has allotted unto them. They seek to gain the priesthood, wear pants to church, and demand "equality" from their leaders. Each of these wishes aren't in themselves sins necessarily. (I mean clearly the Lord is not going to smite someone down for wearing pants to church.) It is my personal opinion that the real question comes back to the doctrine of the church.

In a world of confusion it is important to know where you stand. Are you for me or against me asked the Lord? When you prayed about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, did you receive an answer? Did God tell you that he called a prophet and apostles? Do you trust God? What does God have to say about the matter?

This causes us to look at the doctrine of God concerning gender roles. In "the family, a proclamation to the world"  we learn  that "Gender is an essential characteristic of individual, premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."

When I think about the eternal identity and purpose of a woman I personally feel overwhelmed with the sense of responsibilities placed before me. The best women that I know are wives and mothers. What is their purpose? To teach their children the gospel of Jesus Christ, to support and sustain their husbands in the priesthood, to be an integral part of the largest women's organization in the world, to serve people around them, to be involved in humanitarian work, to be prayer warriors, to develop their own talents, keep their houses clean, and on top of that some of them also work. I ask myself ought the women of the Savior's church be content with the many wonderful blessings and opportunities the Lord has already given them. What if instead of seeking for more responsibilities we became the best at all of our current responsibilities?

I think of Sister Margret Nadauld's words " Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity."

The Lord needs us to stick with the doctrine we have learned. We can question things and I believe we should. However, I believe we are always backed up to a wall of faith. I know for myself that God has a role for women. I know that we are not any less important in his eyes than the men around us. I know for myself that God will bless us more than we can imagine if we trust Him and His ways.

I know for myself that women of God have enough responsibility before God without having His priesthood, and I feel that we ought to be content with the things we have and focus on making the most of those things.