Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.

With faith come trials of faith, bringing increased faith.

Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We each have moments of spiritual power, moments of inspiration and revelation. We must sink them deep into the chambers of our souls. As we do, we prepare our spiritual home storage for moments of personal difficulty.

The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel ‘to take them upon our shoulders.

No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.

But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God.