I am a mother of two gorgeous girls. Eden is going on two and a half years old, and Mercedes is nine months. My life is mostly centered around them and their full tummy's, clean nappies (diapers), and whether they have slept enough. I concern myself with Eden's counting, Mercedes' crawling, and checking off the list of milestones as they pass. Potty training, time-outs, sharing and more. That is the life of a Mama.
We also help them with their personal prayers and scripture study, and do the usual family prayer, scriptures, and Family Home Evening. We bear testimony, give service, spend one-on-one time etc. You can't say we're not trying. But I always do wonder, if it is enough. Am I enough.
Today I was in Mosiah 12. Learning from Abinadi.
In this chapter, Abinadi has been taken prisoner by the wicked King Noah; and is standing in front of King Noah's wicked priests. In verse 19 it says;
'And they began to question him, that they might cross him, that thereby they might have wherewith to accuse him, but he answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions, yea, to their astonishment, for he did withstand them in all their questions, and did confound them in all their words.'
For whatever reason, this scripture got me thinking of parenting, and being a mother during these 'great and dreadful' days. One day, my sweet daughters will need me to be just as powerful as Abinadi was, in my teaching of truth, for their souls sake. One day I will need to have the spirit, to 'answer them boldly, and with[stand] all their questions...' Although that day is not today, today is when I need to be preparing.
One of my favourite scriptures is in Colossians 3:16
'Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...'
Whether we are parents of young children, Grandparents, Aunties or Uncles, for the sake of our little ones we need to be 'treasur[ing] up the words of Christ', and doing all we can, so that we too can be powerful bearers of truth, when those crucial teaching moments arise.
