Do you sometimes get lost in the mundane work of caring for a family, and wish you could do something great to make this world a better place?
I love this quote by Neal Maxwell shared in episode #27 from Finding Joy and Peace. It has helped me have perspective on those glum days when I feel the adversary pulling at me.
Neal Maxwell taught,
“When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great [treaties] 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 [significant] than what happened in congresses? When the surf of the centuries has made the great pyramids so much sand, the everlasting family will still be standing, because it is a celestial institution, formed outside telestial time. The women of God know this”.
I love to ponder this magnificent truth, that what I and other mothers are doing right now in our kitchens is more significant that what is happening in congress. That my and your efforts to nurture and train our children will last beyond mortal time. Is that significant or what?
Chin up! As the little spider Charlotte Webb says. We as mothers, are doing something great to make this world a better place—We are mothering and there isn’t anything better or greater than that!
#comeuntochrist
