Spiritual Helps for Mothering

When you are feeling thin and worn out as a mother, do you have certain articles or scriptures that help you to catch your breath? That help you gain some perspective and to remember the big picture in parenting? Here are three of mine.

"Behold Your Little Ones" by President Gordon B. Hinkley
(I particularly love the story he mentions of Corneli 's Jewels, which is quoted from one of our school books this year. I love this book!)


"Happiness, Your Heritage" by President Uchtodorf
This one is not directly related to mothering but is directed to women in all circumstances. It is uplifting and speaks to "all who are weary" and lets face it, as moms we often are weary! I also really love the counsel to be creative. What unique advice. I have found following this counsel to be so true- to do something creative, even cutting out and laminating file folder games for our homeschool, can uplift my soul. I wonder if some of the magic in this is that as a mother and homemaker our job is never done. We do a job and the next day it needs to be done again. It feels especially good to do a project and see it truely "done!!" In a spiritual sense, taking part of creation is part of our divine natures, perhaps a drive we have. And that makes me think a lot about pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding and how powerful of an experience that can be for a women.  I also really like the counsel to serve others and through service we can find perspective, meaning, peace, and happiness in our lives.

"Daughters of God" by M Russel Ballard
When I first heard this talk in conference, I really needed to hear it! And I read it often. I still read it often. First of all, I love how he reminds us how important it is to be a mother and how our children need us. How our children are with us for such a short period of time and how we need to "focus on the things that can only be done in a particular season of life." However, he acknowledges how hard it can be to do in actuality and gives counsel on things we can do right now to help us in our journey.

These are my three right now. There is one more from a more recent General Conference I might add to the list soon, but I need to re-read it. I would love to hear some of your favorite spiritual resources for mothering!