Covenant Women in
Partnership with God
BY PRESIDENT HENRY B. EYRING
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
In the same way that you prepare
to minister, you can and must prepare
for your call to be a leader for the Lord
when it comes. It will require faith in
Jesus Christ, rooted in your deep love
of the scriptures, to lead people and
to teach His word without fear. Then
you will be prepared to have the Holy
Ghost as your constant companion.
You will be eager to say, “I will,” when
your counselor in the Young Women
presidency says, with panic in her voice,
“Sister Alvarez is sick today. Who will
teach her class?”
It takes much the same preparation for the wonderful day when the
Lord calls you to an assignment as a
mother. But it will also take an even
more loving heart than you needed
earlier. It will take faith in Jesus Christ
beyond what has ever before been in
your heart. And it will take a capacity
to pray for the influence, direction,
and comfort of the Holy Ghost beyond
what you may have felt was even
possible....
You remember President Nelson’s
perfect description of a woman’s divine
mission—including her mission of
mothering: “As mother, teacher, or nurturing Saint, she molds living clay to
the shape of her hopes. In partnership
with God, her divine mission is to help
spirits live and souls be lifted. This is
the measure of her creation.
As nearly as I can discern, my wife,
Kathleen, has followed that charge,
given to our Father’s daughters. The
key appears to me to be the words
“she molds living clay to the shape
of her hopes . . . in partnership with
God.” She did not force. She molded.
And she had a template for her hopes,
and to which she tried to mold those
she loved and mothered. Her template
was the gospel of Jesus Christ—as I
could see through prayerful observation over the years.
Becoming a covenant woman in
partnership with God is how great
and good daughters of God have
always mothered, led, and ministered,
serving in whatever way and place He
has prepared for them. I promise that
you will find joy in your journey to
your heavenly home as you return to
Him as a covenant-keeping daughter
of God.
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