Motherhood Brings Out the Divinity Within Us!

by Ingrid Sorensen, Utah Young Mother of the Year 2008

Motherhood brings out the divinity within us. How can a mother NOT learn the divine qualities that God has? How can a mother not learn patience, not learn hope, not learn the principle of order, not learn love? Motherhood is not only a divine classroom, but a lab, if you will. My husband's mother taught me that we read and study in the scriptures how to be more God-like, but it is in a FAMILY that we put it into practice. Just as a student learns basic principles in a classroom (for example, a chemistry classroom), and then goes to the laboratory to put the principles into practice, we read and learn the principles through study and talking with other mothers, mentors, leaders, relatives. Then we come home and practice what we have been taught. It is in the divine lab of the home that we DO what we have been taught to do, and in the process, we become more like our loving Father in heaven. And as we struggle and grow, and rely on and trust in Him, He grants us more grace that we might teach and raise and love these, His children, entrusted to our care. With His help, all things are possible.