[Shera]

Well, we have been promised by God that the prophet will never lead us astray. So I do follow the council that is given. However I don't think that means that we can't ask God if it's right and pray to Him to know that the council came from him. For example, I had many friends and family members that had mulitple earrings when Pres. Hinckley came out and said that women should just wear one. Some of them did exactly as they were told and removed them, every one of them has told me that their lives were blessed for obeying, even though they didn't understand or thought that it was silly. Others however did not understand at all and had a hard time with it, one was a seminary teacher and she did not remove her extra pairs of earrings. When her seminary students asked her why she wasn't following the council of the prophet she said that she hadn't recieved her witness yet and that she was praying to understand. A few weeks later she removed the earrings and said that she had recieved her witness. I don't know that I would have done the same thing, but I do know that we are so blessed to recieve personal revelation and that if there is some direction that we are struggling with, we can go to our Father in Heaven and ask him to help us understand. I know that I won't be lead astray if I follow the council of God's prophet on earth.