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A modern day interpretation of The Parable of The Ten Virgins as found in Matthew, Chapter 25:1-13. It portrays distractions that can prevent us from filling our lamps with the oil of conversion: Judging, Noise, Extreme, Materialism, and Pride. It also portrays values young women are taught through the Gospel of Jesus Christ that help us carefully fill our lamps drop by drop: Divine Nature, Individual Worth and Knowledge, Good works, Choice and Accountability, Integrity, Faith & Virtue.

As daughters of Heavenly Father we are meant to shine. We are not ordinary. We are brilliant, beautiful and powerful. May this artwork be a reminder of the distractions and values of our time and remind us that today is the day to prepare.

“Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom.” (D&C 33:17) Choose You This Day.

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“Choose You This Day,” a modern day interpretation of the Ten Virgins by Megan Warner Taylor. Photographed by Don Wilhelmsen.

#6, Pride

Pride is front and center.
She wants others to look on her with envy though she is jealous and envious of those around her.  C.S. Lewis said, “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man....  It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest.  Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.”  She sees pride in others, but not in herself.  She gets bored easily and chooses not to associate with those she considers beneath her. She is dependent on the world  to discern her value.
Proverbs 16:18  “Pride goeth before destruction.”

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