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Dear mother, all flowers remind me of you.

3:59 PM

I’m a little sad that I didn't get to spend this Mother’s Day with my mom.  Now that I've moved away from home and am living on my own, I've grown to appreciate her so much more than I have in the past.  I've always loved my mom, but until this year, I never really understood how much of a blessing she was in my life.  When I come home to my apartment after school or work, she’s not there to joke around with me or to make brownies and watch America’s Next Top Model with me until the sun comes up.  She's not here to tell me that I’m going to regret buying those ugly black boots in a month or to encourage me to audition for the school’s musical.  She's not here to be my stage mom anymore.  And I miss all of those things.  My mom is my best friend and one of the most important person in my life.  Without her I wouldn’t be half the person that I am today.  She’s taught me how to be strong and brave when life throws curve balls at you.  She cried with me when I didn't make Cinderella, but she helped me get back up and try again.  She's been my biggest cheerleader and has supported me in everything that I've done.  My mom has taught me how to serve others without expecting anything in return.  She's showed me how to be strong in the gospel and how to endure to the end.  She's taught me how to love the scriptures, and she's taught me how to rely on the Lord.  I'm so grateful for the wonderful example that she's been in my life.  I miss her every single day, and I hope to one day become half of the woman that she is.  




In the October 2001 session of general conference, Sheri L. Dew gave a talk titled “Are We Not All Mothers?”  In this talk she said:   
 
When we understand the magnitude of motherhood, it becomes clear why prophets have been so protective of woman’s most sacred role.  While we tend to equate motherhood solely with maternity, in the Lord’s language, the word mother has layers of meaning.  Just as worthy men were foreordained to hold the priesthood in mortality, righteous women were endowed premortally with the privilege of motherhood.  Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women.  It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us.

I loved this quote because I’d never really thought that motherhood was something that women were foreordained to do.  But it makes perfect sense.  Without women, Heavenly Father’s great and marvelous plan could not be carried out.  We, as women, have the sacred power and responsibility to bring new spirits into this world.  Our Heavenly Father trusts women enough to care for his precious sons and daughters and to teach them to walk in the ways of the Lord.  D&C 64:33 says, “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work.”  Our God-given opportunity to be mothers is a responsibility that we should not take lightly: it is up to us to build the army of God and lay the foundation for His great and marvelous work.  Sister Dew continued on to say, “Satan knows that those who rock the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the kingdom of God will fail."

At this time in history, society is attacking motherhood on every level.  This sacred role, which was once honored and respected, is now looked down upon and belittled.  It is clear that Satan is working hard to attack motherhood, and, in fact, he's been relatively successful.  But even with all of the negativity flying around us, it’s important that we remember to honor, encourage, and respect those women who take their God-given roles seriously.

"With God, nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37).

Nothing is impossible.  I need to remember this.  When I think about my future and about the opportunity that I have to one day become a mother, I often feel unworthy and inadequate.  I don't think that I'm strong enough or righteous enough to be a good mother.  But no matter how small or insignificant we feel, we need to remember that God has trusted us with his most sacred work.  He has foreordained us to be mothers.  He knows that we can do it.  We just need to learn to see ourselves the way that our Father in Heaven sees us.  We need to trust in Him.  We need to trust that He knows us.  We need to trust that if we pray and ask in faith, He will help us become the best mothers that we can be.  He sees our divine potential, and He yearns to help us achieve all that He created us to achieve.  We need to believe that we can do it. 

I am entering the time in my life where I will soon start my own eternal family.  I am preparing now to build a righteous home, and I'm preparing now to become the best mother that I can possibly be.  And I'm remembering to call upon God to help me.  He will not leave me alone.  With Him, nothing is impossible.




           

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