By Gregory P. Kratz
Deseret News staff writer

      Today's women must be wary of the pressure to "have it all" and should remember their roles as wives and mothers, President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Saturday.
      President Faust told about 6,000 12- to 18-year-old girls and their leaders attending the General Young Women Meeting at the Salt Lake Tabernacle that men and women agreed before they were born to come to Earth with different gifts.
      But he said women cannot trust the conflicting voices they may hear about what they should or should not do in society today.
      "Do not be deceived in your quest to find happiness and an identity of your own," President Faust said, stressing that homemaking is whatever a woman makes of it.
      "Every day brings satisfaction along with some work which may be frustrating, routine and unchallenging," he said. "But it is the same in the law office, the dispensary, the laboratory or the store. There is, however, no more important job than homemaking."
      Some people encourage women to try to have money, travel, marriage, motherhood and separate careers, President Faust said, but a woman cannot do everything well at the same time.
      "You cannot be a 100 percent wife, a 100 percent mother, a 100 percent church worker, a 100 percent career person and a 100 percent public-service person at the same time," he said. "How can all of these roles be coordinated? I suggest that you can have it sequentially."
      President Faust encouraged the young women to develop all of their gifts and talents.
      "But as women, the roles of wife and mother are at the very center of your souls and cry out to be satisfied," he said.
      Also speaking on the theme of "Turning Hearts to the Family," President Margaret D. Nadauld, general president of the Young Women, encouraged them to learn from the experiences they have growing up in their own families, because they will use that knowledge in the future.
      "I see in you young women who are getting an education and who are preparing to bless others through it," she said. "Please, for yourself and your future family, choose a fine education. Be qualified. Be well-rounded. Work hard. In you young women, I see girls who look forward to establishing a home of love, a home of order, a home of faith."
      Girls should observe faithful women around them and adopt the qualities that make those women successful, President Nadauld said.
      "It is a divine and priceless blessing to be born a woman," she said. "Your Heavenly Father blessed you, his daughters, with some very precious qualities in extra capacity. Qualities such as sensitivity, spirituality, a loving, nurturing nature. Please take opportunities to develop these divine gifts and then use them to bless others."
      Sister Carol B. Thomas, first counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, told the young women that they were born to live at this time on Earth.
      "We all come from many different kinds of families," she said. "Some of you are doing hard things and you are doing them so very well. . . . You are learning that sometimes the Savior calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms you."
      Sister Sharon G. Larsen, second counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, said women have responsibilities to protect their families from selfishness, harshness, anger and strife.
      "There is a power between sisters," she said. "There is a power between brothers and sisters. There is a power between parents and children to sustain each other and yes, even to save each other."