More than at any time in history we need mothers who know.
- Mothers who know desire to bear children.
- Mothers who know honor sacred ordinances and covenants.
- These mothers know that they are going to Sacrament meeting where covenants are made.
- They know that if they are not pointing their children to the temple, they are not pointing them toward desired eternal goals.
- Mothers who know are nurturers
- This includes cooking, washing clothes, etc.
- This is where mothers have the greatest education.
- Nuturing requires organization
- Mothers who know are leaders
- Mothers who know build children who will be future leaders
- Mothers who know must conserve their energy for those things which are important
- The doctrines taught in the MTC could (should) be a review and not a revelation
- Mothers who know are teachers
- Mothers who know do less
- Less media
- Less outside activity
- These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all
- Their goal is to prepare a rising generation of children who will take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the entire world
- Their goal is to prepare future fathers and mothers who will be builders of the Lord’s kingdom for the next 50 years
- Mothers who know stand strong and immovable
This talk sparked the creation of the AMEN category and the practice of collecting such timeless best-of-the-best talks. Notice that there are only four talks before this conference that I went back to add to the list.
The responsibility mothers have today has never required more vigilance. . . When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children.
- Some women are not given the responsibility of bearing children in mortality, but just as Hannah of the Old Testament prayed fervently for her child, the value women place on motherhood in this life and the attributes of motherhood they attain here will rise with them in the Resurrection.
- Home is where women have the most power and influence; therefore, Latter-day Saint women should be the best homemakers in the world. Working beside children in homemaking tasks creates opportunities to teach and model qualities children should emulate. Nurturing mothers are knowledgeable, but all the education women attain will avail them nothing if they do not have the skill to make a home that creates a climate for spiritual growth.
- Mothers who know are always teachers. Since they are not babysitters, they are never off duty.
I have every confidence that our women will do this and will come to be known as mothers who “knew”.
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