Years ago Dennis told me, "Too many people get caught up in the importance of positions and callings in the church. They think their value is measured by the importance and power of their callings. They don't get it. God's eternal family is what matters. The church is here to help us get back to our eternal family. The priesthood is here to serve and help in that effort. When you see Jesus using his priesthood power, it is in service to others. You see him loving, caring, healing and teaching them what they need to do to return to their Father in Heaven". The priesthood doesn't have a monopoly on loving and caring and teaching and healing.
Why be jealous of the priesthood? My personal feeling is that It's in God's design for men and women to be different. That way it takes two different halves to make a whole. Eternal marriage makes even more sense with that understanding. My husband has always put The Lord first and by doing that, puts me and our children before himself. He's a good example of honesty and service.

This was my response and feelings about a current topic in the news. Let me use another analogy:  professional athletes such as basketball players and soccer players are professional  athletes because they have fine tuned physical skills and are more athletically talented than most of the rest of us. That is why I am so skeptical when a leg accidentally flys out to trip another player or an elbow accidentally flys into someone's eye. That is why I am also skeptical when a women's rights attorney who is expert at crafting words and expert at getting sympathy and trying things in the court of public opinion acts like she loves the church with her words while she twists daggers into it with her actions. "By their fruits ye shall know them". I believe she has her own agenda and that agenda isn't out of love for the savior. She seems to love attention and power and controlling others. I won't use her name. I was listening to a song today..."and give all the glory to me. Give it to me". A far cry from the humility of our church leaders who don't seek power and dominion, but serve with love. They are deeply humbled at the responsibility and workload of their callings and responsibilities. I think we should be suspicious of anyone seeking power and dominion over us.

A relative of my daughter in law was a newspaper co-worker of Thomas S. Monson many years ago and saw him when he returned from a meeting at church headquarters. He noticed T. S. Monson was very pale and shakey and looked sick. He asked him, "What's the matter Tom? Did they call you to the twelve apostles or something"?