Today...I'm grateful for my mother...and all she's taught me. She taught me to go to church. I'm grateful for church. The past week or so I've been lacking a bit of direction and sense of purpose in life. I'm still searching for a calling and purpose, but I'm grateful for opportunities to re-focus. Here are a few thoughts that inspired me today (all very related to things my mother taught me and this day where we honor mothers):
The Book of Mormon
Temple Work and Family History
"Motherhood...it's not something you do if you can squeeze the time in, it is what God gave you time for."
- Rachel Jankovic, quoted by Neil L. Anderson
"A mother exerts an unequaled influence. By the power of her example and teaching, her sons learn to respect womanhood and to incorporate discipline and high moral standards in their own lives. Her daughters learn to cultivate their own virtue and to stand up for what is right, again and again, however unpopular.
"May each of us treasure this truth; one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one."
"A mother exerts an unequaled influence. By the power of her example and teaching, her sons learn to respect womanhood and to incorporate discipline and high moral standards in their own lives. Her daughters learn to cultivate their own virtue and to stand up for what is right, again and again, however unpopular.
"A mother’s love and high expectations lead her children to act responsibly without excuses, to be serious about education and personal development, and to make ongoing contributions to the well-being of all around them.
"Elder Neal A. Maxwell once asked: 'When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?'
"I also wish to express gratitude for the influence of all good women—whether they are mothers or not. Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy, and refinement in relationships and in cultures. I have been remarkably blessed by the moral influence of women, in particular my mother and my wife."
"Elder Neal A. Maxwell once asked: 'When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?'
"I also wish to express gratitude for the influence of all good women—whether they are mothers or not. Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy, and refinement in relationships and in cultures. I have been remarkably blessed by the moral influence of women, in particular my mother and my wife."
- Elder D. Todd Christofferson
- President Thomas S. Monson
"Individually, are we moving forward as is our rapidly growing church?
"Or would we have drowned in Noah’s day or been caught polishing the golden calf with Aaron’s people?
"Our lack of individual progress can impede the Savior’s work.
"I don’t want to seem simplistic, sisters, but we need to move!
"Like our brethren, we too have a mighty errand of our own. It requires our growth, our preparation, our constant reaching out to learn from the lessons of life, from our leaders, from the Lord.
"There is so much to do.
"There are many who don’t have what we have, who don’t know what we know. So may we be gentle and affectionately desirous of others as we impart, not only the gospel of Jesus Christ, but our own souls to those who have need of us.
"It is, after all, the only cause grand enough for woman’s precious energies."
"Or would we have drowned in Noah’s day or been caught polishing the golden calf with Aaron’s people?
"Our lack of individual progress can impede the Savior’s work.
"I don’t want to seem simplistic, sisters, but we need to move!
"Like our brethren, we too have a mighty errand of our own. It requires our growth, our preparation, our constant reaching out to learn from the lessons of life, from our leaders, from the Lord.
"There is so much to do.
"There are many who don’t have what we have, who don’t know what we know. So may we be gentle and affectionately desirous of others as we impart, not only the gospel of Jesus Christ, but our own souls to those who have need of us.
"It is, after all, the only cause grand enough for woman’s precious energies."
- Elaine Cannon ("Our Mighty Errand," General Conference, Oct 1979)
Dearest children, God is near you,
Watching o'er you day and night,
And delights to own and bless you,
If you strive to do what's right.
He will bless you, He will bless you,
If you put your trust in him.
Watching o'er you day and night,
And delights to own and bless you,
If you strive to do what's right.
He will bless you, He will bless you,
If you put your trust in him.
Dearest children, holy angels
Watch your actions night and day,
And they keep a faithful record
Of the good and bad you say.
Cherish virtue! Cherish virtue!
God will bless the pure in heart.
Watch your actions night and day,
And they keep a faithful record
Of the good and bad you say.
Cherish virtue! Cherish virtue!
God will bless the pure in heart.
For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
(Chorus)
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
(Chorus)
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light,
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
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