[The following is an excerpt from Motherhood Matters: Joyful Reminders of the Divinity, Reality, and Rewards of Motherhood, by Connie Sokol. Purchase links below]
“You are likely the first and most powerful spiritual example for your children. Every righteous prayer, every patient fast, every page of scripture puts spiritual coins in you and your family’s bank account and helps create a spiritual anchor in the home.
Personal revelation is an individual spiritual gift that all worthy sisters can claim. Bruce R. McConkie said that the life of Rebekah of the Old Testament was one of the greatest patterns in all revelations of what women can do to righteously influence her family.
“The children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord.” (Gen. 25:22)
Elder McConkie says, “Now note it well. She did not say, ‘Isaac, will you inquire of the Lord. You are the patriarch; you are the head of the house,’ which he was. She went to inquire of the Lord, and she gained the answer.” (1)
Rebekah didn’t push it off on someone else but trusted in the Lord, and found out for herself what the Lord desired her to do.
Repeatedly, scriptural heroines show by example how they have received personal revelation and how it has blessed their family’s lives. Eve, Sarah, Esther, Ruth, and especially Mary, the mother of the Savior. Scriptures show how these stalwart women knew doctrine and applied it in their lives, receiving inspiration, visitations, and miracles that changed not only their family’s lives but generations to come.
As mothers, we have more ready tools to increase that revelation than ever before. Spiritual basics such as prayer, easily accessible scriptures—both in print and online—Relief Society, Visiting Teaching, partaking of the sacrament and monthly fasting, all provide powerful ways to receive the Spirit.
Closer proximity to temples makes it more convenient to attend frequently and with more opportunities to receive greater peace and timely answers.
Blogging with other mothers to share thoughts, ideas, and scriptural insights into mothering can create connection and invite spiritual solutions.
Though it is insignificant to the world, a spiritual foundation is a legacy we gain for ourselves and leave for our children through the eternities—helping them gain their own spiritual anchor and personal relationship with the Lord.”
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