"There is nothing more important in this world than participating so directly in the work and glory of God, in bringing to pass the mortality and earthly life of His daughters and sons."
Elder Jeffery R. Holland
Sometimes I mother well, and sometimes I do it poorly. Sometimes I meet my children’s needs with grace and humility, and other times I don't. But I think I'm finally learning that I don't need to beat myself up for what I wasn't yesterday, I just need to focus on what I can do today.
We always have today to become more. Be more loving, be more attentive, be more patient, to show our children that we are here, to show them who they are and who they can become. We can always start today by loving them.
We are mothers. We are blessed with vision and love. Our children our part of our very soul and we are part of them eternally. I have heard that "there are no finish lines so we cannot fail or succeed. We can only continue to try." Try being a little better today that we were yesterday. Becoming a mother is an eternal journey.
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What a blessing it is to bring life into this world. And what a divine role it is to guide young children through this life. So many women in my life cannot bear children physically, and yet they are the ones that have been the most influential "mothers" I know. Their role and example has been so important in my life, and has blessed the lives of the children around them.
Growing up I was so fortunate to have had leaders that cared enough and loved me enough to encourage and support me in so many different ways. One of those "mothers" is now my mother-in-law! I know I am the woman and mother that I am today because of the many, many "mothers" I had been blessed to have.
Even before becoming a mother myself I already understood, and I truly believe, that caring- not just bearing children- makes you a mother.
So Happy Mothers Day, to the many mothers in my life, to my own mother who is an angel in Heaven now, and to you mommies out there reading this!
"Our influence comes from a divine endowment that has been in place from the beginning. In the pre-mortal world, when our Father described our role, I wonder if we didn’t stand in wide-eyed wonder that He would bless us with a sacred trust so central to His plan and that He would endow us with gifts so vital to the loving and leading of His children. I wonder if we shouted for joy at least in part because of the ennobling stature He gave us in His kingdom. The world won’t tell you that, but the Spirit will."
--Sister Sheri Dew
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Random, but completely the thing on my mind lately. Maybe that is how I found this quote:
"... the scriptures and the prophets have not been explicit about things such as numbers (of children), timing and so forth. This is because not only are these things intensely personal in terms of decisions, they are absolutely unique in terms of our customized, individual circumstances.” --Elder Cecil O. Samuelson
I love that there is wisdom and truth revealed to us by the Prophets and Elders of our church, for our benefit, to assist in enduring the trials and questions we are given in this life.
