tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66746347099436308492024-03-12T18:38:32.138-06:00Mothers Who KnowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03699067091878321518noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-85553855690409577282018-10-02T17:08:00.000-06:002018-10-29T17:33:13.865-06:00How to strengthen your family and yourself-- Come to Mom Power<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #26282a; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 600px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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If you’re like I once was, you might find yourself feeling fear when you consider your family and all of the challenges pressing on them. With the opposition that infiltrates our families, you may consider your home more of a <i class="yiv4499949976style-scope yiv4499949976bard-text-block" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">war zone</i>. </div>
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Your home is a zone, but it is <i class="yiv4499949976style-scope yiv4499949976bard-text-block" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">not</i> a war zone when you reclaim your power as a mom. It becomes a Heart Zone where you and your family can thrive.</div>
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The battles I have faced with my family have led me to speak boldly and claim <b class="yiv4499949976bard-text-block yiv4499949976style-scope" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i class="yiv4499949976style-scope yiv4499949976bard-text-block" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">my</i> <i class="yiv4499949976style-scope yiv4499949976bard-text-block" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">MOM Power</i>!</b> Every mom has power, even if you feel powerless.</div>
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I invite you to claim your power through my new <b class="yiv4499949976bard-text-block yiv4499949976style-scope" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">MOM Power</b> class. This Eight-week online experience is designed to help you gain the freedom to be the mom you want to be in your heart zone. This is the place where you fight fiercely for the ones you love the most.</div>
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My next MOM Power class begins <b class="yiv4499949976bard-text-block yiv4499949976style-scope" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday, October 9th</b> and runs through Tuesday, November 27th from <b class="yiv4499949976bard-text-block yiv4499949976style-scope" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9-10 am MT each week</b>. The class is online, so you can attend no matter where you live! </div>
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ALL mothers, ALL faiths, ALL ages, ALL shoe sizes (I'll bring my 11's!) will find this powerful and helpful. Unite with me to be a <i class="yiv4499949976" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">purposeful</i> and <i class="yiv4499949976" style="line-height: 20.8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">powerful </i>mom. </div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc3399; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Motherhood – A Grand Tradition
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<span style="color: #cc3399; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Don't
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Each
of you have been in my heart and in my mind this past week leading up to
Mother's Day. </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I have
been studying Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s April 1997 General Conference
talk, “<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1997/04/because-she-is-a-mother?lang=eng"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">Because
She is a Mother</span></a>” this past week. While studying this talk,
the Spirit taught me so many truths. Of course, I wanted
to share them with all the amazing mothers I know! Especially
my Mothers Who Know sisters!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">This
week in our</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/d5u9jwk5loeurbn/18%20-%2008May18%20Mothers%20Day%20Perspective%20of%20Truth.m4a?dl=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0782c1; margin: 0px;">9am Mothers Who Know meeting</span></a>
<span style="color: purple; margin: 0px;">we discussed how to keep a truthful perspective
about how we are doing in our stewardships as mothers. It is challenging
to not assume we are failing when our child is behaving contrary
to our values and God's commandments.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="display: none; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">So, when we are
being celebrated for our efforts as mothers, we feel the evidence is
overwhelming that the last thing we should be comfortable with is the results of
those efforts. This can only be made worse as we hear talks, see videos, and
listen to songs that highlight glorious insightful successes of other mothers. </span><span style="display: none; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Add to
this the tactic of our enemy satan to fog the truth
and fill us with lies. He uses our obvious and evident
messy failure at our
house to convince us into literally hating Mother’s
Day.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Consider what’s really going on
here. Is there truth behind our misery or are we being deceived?</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Elder
Holland shares:</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Sometimes the decision of a child or a grandchild will break
your heart. Sometimes expectations won’t immediately be met. Every mother and
father worries about that. Even that beloved and wonderfully
successful parent President Joseph F. Smith pled, ‘Oh! God, let me not lose my
own.’ That is every parent’s cry, and in it is something of every parent’s
fear. <b>But no one has failed who keeps trying and keeps praying.</b> You
have every right to receive encouragement and to know in the end your children
will call your name blessed, just like those generations of foremothers before
you who hoped your same hopes and felt your same fears.”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Consider the disappointment of some of those
mothers before us. Elder Holland points out:</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> <i>“ours is the grand tradition of Eve, the mother of all
the human family, the one who understood that she and Adam had to fall in order
that “men [and women] might be” and that there would be joy.”</i></span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">As Elder Holland puts it; <b><i>“ours
is the grand tradition of these noble mothers”. </i></b><span style="margin: 0px;">This tradition includes</span><i> </i><span style="margin: 0px;">both great success and great pain. Ups
and downs!</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Eve</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> was
a mother who had some serious messes at her house. Her
son Cain listened to satan more than God, killed his
brother Abel and then pledged his allegiance to satan and
served him in darkness. For a mother, this would be devastatingly painful.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The
mothers of the sons of Helaman</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> sent
their young, inexperienced sons off to war to fight a fierce enemy they knew
very well. They understood how much the Laminates hated those they
sought to kill, because they had lived among them and once thought as
they thought and lived as they lived. Miraculously none of these
sons were lost but they had to see all their sons wounded, some of them
with very deep wounds. This could cause a mother high levels of shame and
regret if she were one of the
mothers whose sons wounds were so deep that each time she
looked at him she was reminded by the handicap he lived with - of
what he gave up for her to be safe.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Sariah,</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> the
mother of Laman and Lemuel, had some pretty
unbelieving, disobedient, disrespectful, grumpy sons who had such bad
tempers they would consider beating, tying up or killing their
brother when they were mad. I can just imagine the tears that welled up
in her eyes as they would sing their day’s version of “<i>There is Beauty All
Around, When There’s Love at Home</i>” for Family Home
Evening. I'm sure she would have wondered in
frustration and overwhelm; “What else can I do? I’ve tried every way I can
think of to teach them that in our family ‘we don’t hit…we use our words,’
but they just won’t listen.” </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Mary,</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> the
mother of Jesus, had to watch her perfect loving son be publicly disrespected,
arrested, tortured, beaten, mocked and belittled and
finally, brutally murdered right before her eyes. How incredibly
tormenting and painful to a mother's heart…her very soul.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Heavenly
Mother</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> had to watch countless numbers of her
children turn away from their Father and seek to destroy His plan for our
happiness. She had to watch as one of her most distinguished sons –
Lucifer - used his influence to deceive his brothers and sisters,
taking advantage of their vulnerabilities, instilling doubt, and
filling them with fear. I’m sure Her mother heart broke
as She considered his motive of wanting to have honor and glory. I
can’t help but wonder what Her council might have sounded like as She
attempted to guide him, yet understood that nothing She said or
did would ultimately dissuade him from mis-using his agency. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The
kind of conversations She and Father must have had before Father had to
cast them out of His presence. The kind of yearning and heart
ache She had after they had to leave and what Her heart, in
all Her motherly love, must still feel as she watches the casualties
of war continue, the truth that 1/3 of her children will never experience
anything that The Father has promised. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I
think it would be safe to say that THE VERY BEST OF MOTHERS
had really big messes in their families and experienced the
heart ache and sadness we feel when our children struggle or
fail in painful ways.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Get
ready, tune in – sarcasm to follow: Maybe instead of being filled
with shame and sadness on Mother’s Day we can <b>embrace
the tradition of the noble mothers before us</b>…Living the tradition of the
good, the bad, and the ugly… LOL. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">😊</span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> We
are living every mother's dream since the beginning of time.
Accepting the ups and the downs with courage and faith! </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Seriously. Consider
how absurd it is to think that only the mothers who break from tradition and
seem to have only “awesome” at their house are good mothers. <b>What
if we were to embrace that sticking to tradition is </b></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Heavenly
Father’s plan.</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> As we - like
those mothers who went before are keeping the
tradition of believing in Heavenly Father’s great plan as we
honor agency. We are standing and fighting here just as we did in
the pre-existence for the cause of Christ. When we have pain in
our mothering and see evidence of our less than perfect results as our children
work the plan, our perspective needn't be “I hate Mother’s Day because
all I can see is my failure.” Or “I hate Mother’s Day because it
makes me feel so sad at my children’s failures to follow God’s plan.” Or
“I avoid going to church on Mother’s Day and warn all near me to not
celebrate me because I’d rather isolate myself in a dark corner and focus on my
wounds of shame that satan convinced me I should have.” </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Instead, Elder
Holland explains a brighter perspective when he said; </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“may I say to mothers
collectively, in the name of the Lord, you are magnificent. You are doing
terrifically well. The very fact that you have been given such a responsibility
is everlasting evidence of the trust your Father in Heaven has in you. He knows
that your giving birth to a child does not immediately propel you into the
circle of the omniscient.”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Then
he points out what we can do to embrace the <b>tradition
of noble mothers</b>. In summary:</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Strive to love God and live the gospel</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Plead for that guidance and comfort of
the Holy Spirit promised to the faithful; </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Go to the temple to both make and
claim the promises of the most sacred covenants a woman can make in this
world; </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Show others, including your children,
the same caring, compassionate, forgiving heart you want heaven to show
you; </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Try your best to be the best parent
you can be </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>...“If you do these
things you will have done all that a human being can do and all
that God expects you to do.” </b></span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Elder
Holland concludes: </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Yours is the work of
salvation, and therefore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you
are and better than you have ever been as you try to make honest effort,
however feeble you may sometimes feel that to be.</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Remember, remember all
the days of your motherhood: ‘Ye have not come thus far save it were by the
word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of
him who is mighty to save.’</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Rely on Him. Rely on Him
heavily. Rely on Him forever. And ‘press forward with a steadfastness in
Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope.’ </span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">You are doing God’s work.
You are doing it wonderfully well. He is blessing you and He will bless you,
even—no, especially—when your days and your nights may be the most challenging.
Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some
embarrassment, fought her way through the crowd just to touch the hem of
the Master’s garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and
wonder and sometimes weep over their responsibility as mothers, ‘Daughter, be
of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.’ And it will make your
children whole as well.”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Fellow
moms, I invite you to study this article as the Mother’s Day gift
it is to a wounded mother’s heart. I invite you to allow
His light to wash away the darkness the adversary
is deceiving you with. How about we give ourselves the
huge Mother’s Day gift of celebrating that we are the CRUSHER.
Satan is just a bruiser. He has no power over us unless we give it to
him. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Take back your power by
celebrating your efforts and all the heart you have given to<i> <b>keep
with tradition</b> </i><span style="margin: 0px;">and remain
in the truth of your divine identity and purpose. We were never meant to
be perfect at our mothering job. Our divine identity and
purpose is not to be a Savior for our children – they already have
one. The way we truly honor our Father, His son - our Lord
and Redeemer – and our foremothers is to believe in ourselves and
our children; because the everlasting tradition is that even though
we may struggle with our stewardship as a mother
from time to time…God never ceases to be God and we know: </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“HE LIVES TO COMFORT ME
WHEN FAINT, HEAR MY SOUL’S COMPLAINT, WIPE AWAY MY TEARS, COMFORT ALL MY
FEARS… “</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Don’t
break with tradition! </span></b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Honor
the eternal promises that are ours because of Christ!
Celebrate the privilege of being a Mother Who
Knows, knows that she walks with God and knows that her work helps in bringing
about His work and His glory - through the ups and the downs!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I honor
you as the divine women each of you are.</span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Together in
the fight!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">With love, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Karen </span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></div>
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Mothers Who Know,</span></span></a></div>
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want to wish you a very Merry Christmas from my home to yours.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>How wonderful it would be if I could open my
door and invite you in to my entry way with a hug and a heartfelt; “Thank you
for coming, Merry Christmas;” and express my love and appreciation for you.”</span></span></span></div>
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this beautiful daydream were to come true and we were to spend some time
together, I’m sure at some point I would have the opportunity to show you my
favorite holiday decoration…My simple, but awesomely special Nativity.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is so special
to me because each piece has been created and handmade by my husband over the
years.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>It is unique and one of a kind,
made by someone’s hands and heart I appreciate and love very much.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I
would want to pick up the first piece my husband gave me years ago to show you
how much I love it.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>The figure of Mary
cradling baby Jesus in her arms and holding him softly up to her face, so their
cheeks were touching is beautiful and so meaningful to me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sisters, how
often have we done this with our tiny ones.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
</span>I’m sure you can recall as I can the special, even sacred feelings of
sweet peace and joy that filled your heart and mind as you considered your love
and dedication to your child as you held them close to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have often wondered
and pondered about Mary, especially at Christmas time.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>I try to imagine her experience and feelings
as she heard a heavenly angel tell her she was blessed among women and ask her
to be the mother of Christ our Savior…<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">her</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Savior</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My ponderings
about Mary were enlarged when Elder L. Whitney Clayton said the following in
the April General Conference of this year.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mary had been a young woman when the angel Gabriel
appeared unto her. At first she had been “troubled” by being called “highly
favoured” and “blessed … among women … and cast in her mind what manner of
salutation this should be.” Gabriel reassured her that she had nothing to
fear—the news he brought was good. She would “conceive in [her] womb … the Son
of the Highest” and “bring forth a son … [who] shall reign over the house of
Jacob for ever.”</span></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mary
wondered aloud, “How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?”</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
angel explained but only briefly, affirming to her that “with God nothing [is]
impossible.”</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk500700304"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mary humbly responded that she would do what God asked, without
demanding to know specifics and undoubtedly in spite of having countless
questions about the implications for her life. She committed herself without
exactly understanding why He was asking that of her or how things would work
out. She accepted God’s word unconditionally and in advance,</span></i></a><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/whatsoever-he-saith-unto-you-do-it?lang=eng#note4"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: #147ea7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4</span></sup></i></span></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> with
little knowledge of what lay ahead. With simple trust in God, Mary said, “Behold
the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.”</span></i></span><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/whatsoever-he-saith-unto-you-do-it?lang=eng#note5"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: #147ea7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">5</span></sup></i></span></a></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I, like Mary, “when she cast in her mind what manner of
salutation this should be,” on a much lesser level than what was asked of her
-<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>have been troubled at first when
Heavenly Father asks things of me that I don’t understand as a woman and
mother.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>Thinking surely, He must be
worried as He sees clearly my weakness and lack of faith or perspective.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wonder if He can see more in us than we can in ourselves?<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>Perhaps when He is asking us to walk through
difficult things we don’t understand, He is seeing us as His highly favored
daughter, who is blessed among women because of the knowledge and power we have
in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our covenant promises with Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We can all relate to the feelings of fear and discomfort when we
find out a loved one has fallen to a pattern of unwanted behavior that can
cause many consequences and needs support to heal.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>Our lives can be turned upside down and we
can wonder what hit us.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We want to know the why.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
</span>“Why did this happen and how?”<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
</span>“Why am I the one in pain when it feels so undeserved?”<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>“Why is such a painful thing required of me
and my family when we have tried so hard to get it right?”<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>“Why can’t I find the answers and support I
need?”<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>“Why is there no peace or hope?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a fact I have come to realize.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>It seems to be true for almost any pain - if
we want to find peace and hope in the pain of trial and start gaining a growth
perspective that will lead us to healing - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we
have to want to find Christ more than we want to find the “Why.”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mary was able to accept <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">God’s
will</b> in faith because she wanted Him more than she wanted to understand all
the answers.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>When the angel told her
that with God nothing is impossible, she believed him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember what Elder Clayton taught us that Mary did?<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Mary humbly responded that she would do what God asked, without
demanding to know specifics and undoubtedly in spite of having countless
questions about the implications for her life” …can I/we?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She committed herself without exactly understanding why He was
asking that of her or how things would work out…. can I/we?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She accepted God’s word unconditionally and in advance,</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/whatsoever-he-saith-unto-you-do-it?lang=eng#note4"><sup><span style="color: #147ea7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4</span></sup></a><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> with
little knowledge of what lay ahead. With simple trust in God, Mary said,
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.”</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/whatsoever-he-saith-unto-you-do-it?lang=eng#note5"><sup><span style="color: #147ea7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">5</span></sup></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is beautiful that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">faith</b>
in our Lord Jesus Christ is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FIRST</b>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mary wasn’t perfect, but she was the perfect Mortal Mother for
Jesus.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>She was willing to have faith in
Him first.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>We’re not perfect, but it’s
important to consider we are the best mortal mothers for our children even with
all our imperfections. And we can follow Mary’s example of believing Christ,
and no matter the storms we are asked to stand in…put our faith in Him first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even when<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, it’s downright
hard sometimes to do this!</b><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the “why” we should fight for this…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“When we decide to do “whatsoever [God] saith unto” us, we
earnestly commit to align our everyday behavior with God’s will. Such simple
acts of faith as studying the scriptures daily, fasting regularly, and praying
with real intent deepen our well of spiritual capacity to meet the demands of
mortality. Over time, simple habits of belief lead to miraculous results. They
transform our faith from a seedling into a dynamic power for good in our lives.
Then, when challenges come our way, our rootedness in Christ provides
steadfastness for our souls. God shores up our weaknesses, increases our joys,
and causes “all things [to] work together for [our] good.”</span></i><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/whatsoever-he-saith-unto-you-do-it?lang=eng#note6"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: #147ea7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">6</span></sup></i></a><span style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>Elder L.
Whitney Clayton</span></span></div>
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May we all follow Mary’s example to accept God’s will and use
our trials, and even questions, to come closer to Christ and let Him work
miracles in our lives.</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/mauriceharker" target="_blank">LISTEN HERE</a> to our<b> Day 22 #LightTheWorld Podcast: "The War Between Remembering and Forgetting"</b></div>
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"Why do I (or my loved one) forget my important values and do things I will regret later? How do I win this war between remembering and forgetting what matters to me so I can live up to the person I want to be?"</div>
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Today’s #LightTheWorld podcast features Maurice Harker, Director of Life Changing Services, discusses personal self mastery and preventing addictive behaviors. Maurice shares tools and techniques to help you make choices consistent with
your values and the covenants you have made to always remember Jesus Christ. For “that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do.” -3 Nephi 27:21</div>
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Our mission at Life Changing Services is to provide training and healing for the WHOLE FAMILY when a family member needs instruction to overcome a pornography addiction or other sexual misbehavior. We provide impactful therapeutic programs
for LDS men, women, young men and young women and FREE SUPPORT programs for their family members such as Mothers Who Know and WORTH. Please email us (generaloffice@lifechangingservices.org) or call 1-877-HERO-877 for more information.</div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>From Alana Gordon: </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><b>“Luke spent years trapped in addiction with no hope of ever breaking
free. When he came forward and told me about the years of lies and betrayal, I felt
like I had been ripped from my safe, happy life and thrown into an emotional
prison against my will. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I too could not
see how to break free.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the darkest of
hours, it was the Savior’s light, and grace, and love that found us.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This is our story…"</b></span></div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/menofmoroni" target="_blank">LISTEN HERE</a> to our<b> Day 23 #LightTheWorld Podcast: Luke and Alana's Story of Healing After Addiction</b></div>
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"Can adult men really gain mastery over sexual (pornography) addiction? Can marriages recover from severe betrayal trauma?"</div>
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Today’s #LightTheWorld podcast features Luke and Alana, leaders and coordinators of Men of Moroni, our self-mastery training program for LDS men. They discuss healing and boundaries after betrayal trauma: the husband and wife experience
different paths of healing on the road toward forsaking, forgiveness and repairing the marriage. Luke discusses Men of Moroni, Alana discusses the WORTH group (FREE therapeutic program for wives looking for healing from a spouses' addiction).</div>
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"I was in prison, and ye came unto me" - Matthew 25:36</div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Mothers Who Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753709115693348725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-85736851550129153752017-12-19T17:04:00.003-07:002017-12-19T17:04:51.466-07:00A Christmas Poem
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">A beautiful Christmas poem from one of our Warrior
Moms. I thought this was so perfect for all of us, I asked for permission
to share with all of you. Kathy graciously agreed. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 19.5pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin: 0px;">To all Mothers Who Know this Christmas
season:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 19.5pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">A Christmas Message </span></u><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Throughout the Christmas season, and the whole year
through,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">The Savior of the world is calling, out to me and you.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">“I’ll lift your heavy burdens, and make them oh so
light,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">If you will just have faith in me, and try to do what’s
right.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">“I’ve paved the way for you to go, if you’ll just follow
me,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Your willingness to draw me near, will keep you at the
tree.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Keep putting on your armor, so your prepared to fight,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">For Satan seeks to have you, and he fights, day and
night.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">You have no need to worry, for I am always here,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Remember God was not the one, who gave the gift of fear.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Your loved ones all around you, were place with so much
care,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">I’m confident in who you are, and all that you must
bear.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Your power mom from head to toe, be sure to use the
tools,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">For those who don’t, will find themselves, in line with
other fools.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Every morning when you rise, fall down upon your knees,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">I love the time you talk with me, come visit, will you
please?</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Open up the scriptures, seek answers to your prayers,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">The words of modern prophets, can sweep away your cares.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Take pen in hand and listen well, to where the spirit
guides,</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">For if you do, I promise you, a calm and joyful ride.”</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">We celebrate the birth of Christ, every single year.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">The gift he wants from each of us, he’s spoken oh so
clear.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Let’s lay our troubles at his feet, and give our very
best.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">For then we’ll see things clearly, and we won’t feel so
stressed.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Written by</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Kathy Foster</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">12/6/2017</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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“Am I the only one who feels worn down by the Adversary’s attacks on my family? Between my kids’ struggles and my own frequent feelings of discouragement, I fear I am failing as a mother. Is there someone I can talk to who can help heal my broken heart?”</div>
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Led by Karen Broadhead, Mothers Who Know began as a support group for women who had a son or daughter battling pornography addiction. Mothers Who Know has now grown into a free online training program for women in all stages and situations who desire to stand strong in the opposition of our day.</div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Mothers Who Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753709115693348725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-45499967568345440562017-10-31T09:43:00.000-06:002017-10-31T12:57:19.481-06:00Laman and Lemuel Perspective<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13456">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Last
week, we had a special visitor at our Stake Conference, Elder Kevin J. Worthen.
Elder Worthen grew up in Price, UT and it was a special blessing to learn from
him. In the adult session on Saturday night, Elder Worthen shared some thoughts
about the Book of Mormon. He said, "One time I read the BOM and had a
different perspective on Laman and Lemuel. I realized I was more like them than
I wanted to admit."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">He went on to give examples of
Laman and Lemuel's obedience:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Lehi had the vision and moved his
family from Jerusalem. Laman and Lemuel went</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">They were asked to go get the
plates. They went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13465" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">They were asked to go get
Ishmael's family. They went...a little more willing this time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">They were asked to help Nephi
build a boat- eventually they helped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">They were asked to get on the
boat...not knowing if it would float. They went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">One word to describe Laman and
Lemuel would be: murmur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">We learn two things about
murmuring:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">1. Other people don't like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">2. It hurts you spiritually even
more than others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">In 1 Nephi 2:4 we are given more
information of why Laman and Lemule murmured. It states Laman and Lemuel murmer
because "the Lord maketh known no such things unto them."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Elder Worthen challenged us to
step back and look at the big picture when we find ourselves murmuring about
our circumstances. <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13484" style="margin: 0px;">The
whole purpose of our lives is to make us more like Jesus Christ through our
tests and trials. When we forget this we tend to murmur. </span></span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13487">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13486" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">At this point in his talk, I realized
I am like Laman and Lemuel: I try to be as obedient as I can to what the Lord
has asked of me, but there is one thing I am constantly murmuring about: My
marriage. In 2015 I found out that my husband has suffered silently for years
with Same Sex Attraction (SSA) along with pornography. Many times I have been
carried by Christ and felt peace, but other times I would murmur to Him about
how my life wasn't playing out how I planned it should be. How were we supposed
to have a "normal" marriage when he, my husband, struggled with these
things? There was always a thought that someone tricked me into this. </span></span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13489">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509463045201_13490" style="margin: 0px;">When my husband and I were dating, I
had an unmistakable feeling that this was right! And in the adult session
that night, Heavenly Father blessed me with the reassurance that what I am
going though is all part of His eternal plan for me! It was always apart of my
plan...and EVERYTHING- including my marriage and family- will be okay!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">The following story was shared by
a lady earlier in the meeting and Elder Worthen referred back to it. The story
gives a beautiful image of what our lives are really like and how merciful,
kind, and loving our Heavenly Father is to us, His children. Nothing that
happens in our lives is ever a surprise to Him. He sees all and is working on a
beautiful picture for us if we will but be patient and trust in Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">"When
I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at
her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me
that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a mess from where I
was. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the
little round hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure
looked messy from where I sat. She would smile at me, look down and gently say,
“My son, you go about your playing for a while, and when I am finished with my
embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side.”<br />
I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones
and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes would pass and then
I would hear Mother’s voice say, “Son, come and sit on my knee.”<br />
This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or a
sunset. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy.<br />
Then Mother would say to me, “My son, from underneath it did look messy and
jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It
was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will
see what I was doing.”<br />
Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and said,
“Father, what are You doing?” He has answered, “I am embroidering your life.” I
say, “But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so
dark. Why can’t they all be bright?”<br />
The Father seems to tell me, “My child, you go about your business of doing My
business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you
will see the plan from My side.”<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">I want to finish
with my testimony of a loving Father in Heaven and our only true Friend, Jesus
Christ. I know Jesus Christ lives! I know He loves me and He loves you. I know
He is in the details of my life and your life. The Holy Ghost can bring
incomprehensible peace during times of trial and testing. I know that Jesus
Christ is the only One who can hush our fears because He knows what we truly
need. Because of what we know, have, and are, "There really is no
cause for murmuring." Elder Kevin J. Worthen</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Together in the fight—</span></div>
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For more study on this, you can read a talk given by President of BYU Kevin J Worthen given in September 8, 2015 Titled, "Building Character" <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/kevin-j-worthen_building-character/">https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/kevin-j-worthen_building-character/</a><br />
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Mothers Who Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753709115693348725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-65524707911678810452016-05-11T22:09:00.001-06:002017-01-31T15:10:19.711-07:00A Warrior's Mother - The Moments We Stand<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Light",sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">A Warrior’s Mother</span><br /><b>
</b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">By Karen Broadhead</span></span><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Founder of </span></span><a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/p/home-page.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: calibri;">Mothers Who Know</span></span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">“They had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not
doubt, God would deliver them.” -Alma 56:47</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Under Attack:</span></b></span><br />
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second week in a pornography addiction recovery group. He yelled, “Mom!” from
our back entry. As he was not known to do that sort of thing, I worried
something had gone wrong at the recovery group. When I came upon him he was
bent over, visibly shaking with emotion - trying to compose himself enough to
communicate something to me. I stood there waiting and wondering, not knowing
whether to be worried or hopeful. Finally, he gave up and with more ferocity
and emotion than I had ever seen, he put his hands on my shoulders and said;
“Mom, I am not the enemy. I have an enemy and he’s afraid of me. He knows I’m
awesome. He’s trying to take me out so I can’t become the man I’m supposed to
be. I’m not a pathetic loser! I’m not my enemy…he is! He’s going down!!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He was 16 at the time. We discovered his addiction to pornography
and masturbation at the age of 13 and were devastated to realize it had been
going on for two years. We were afraid when we realized how far things had
escalated and were shocked that our noble, good son was in the bonds of
addiction. The shame I felt as a mother was overwhelming. I was tormented with
thoughts of blaming myself for his addiction. I had so much to learn about my
son, myself and especially the power of Jesus Christ.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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son to “win his battles” and eventually, win the war. I thought my role was to
jump in with more intensity than ever and do all “I” could do for him, help him
fight by getting completely involved and watching his every move. I can
remember asking myself, “What can I do to make sure he doesn’t ever do this
again?” I worked really hard to insert my love, my discipline, my
encouragement, my new boundaries for him, and my determination that “NO MATTER
WHAT, I WILL SAVE THIS BOY!” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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watched, prayed, bossed him around, checked on him all the time, made charts,
developed rewards and consequences. Every time my son fell down in battle, I
would beg him to stand back up and keep fighting. In my mind I had to hoist
his bruised body on my shoulders and swing his sword (the one I had just
sharpened) at every temptation in order to ensure his victory.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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life but because of my lack of knowledge and my great fear of failure, I found
it impossible to trust his efforts. It had been devastating to find out my son
was in the bonds of addiction; it was debilitating to finally realize that I
was powerless to heal him no matter how much I tried. I wondered where God was
and why he wasn’t helping us. My belief in the power of the Savior to heal was
affected. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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learned in the Sons of Helaman program. I wrote down my concerns, fears, and
questions about how to help my son, and when an idea would fill me with peace,
I wrote the answer God was whispering. In doing so I remembered something in
the spirit: my son already had a Savior, and it wasn’t me. It is God’s job, <i>His</i>
work and glory to save, not mine.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was losing hope and confidence in myself AND my son. I began to realize as a
"mother who knows," I too had an enemy who was trying to take me out
and decrease my confidence. I needed the Savior to save my son and I needed Him
to save me from my false thinking and broken heart. I realized I had to get out
of the way and start asking how I could help support God in His work with my
son. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I approached Maurice Harker, the director of the Sons of Helaman
program, in tears that were evidence of my overwhelmed heavy heart. I asked him
if I could do anything to help because my “mother energy” was on overdrive and
I needed to do <i>something</i>. He put me straight to work on quality control
issues in the office but I was terrified to talk to other mothers who had a son
in the program. When I did, I found that they were either in such a place of
shame and pain that they didn’t know how to talk about their son’s addiction OR
they were so happy to have someone to talk to they would go to town and spill
it all. The isolation we were all feeling was feeding our shame and pain. I was
not the only one who was exhausted...everyone was going through the same thing
and life looked sad and scary at their house too. There were others mothers who
knew exactly what I was going through! I again approached Maurice and asked to
create a support group for mothers/parents, and <b>Mothers Who Know*</b> was
born. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Being supportive of my warrior looked a lot different than I had
thought; it started with my own healing…not with healing my son. It became
clear that the best way to support Parker was to let him see that his mother
did not doubt God’s power to deliver him. To truly be magnified as a mother, I
needed to be filled with God’s love and partake of the grace he freely offered.
To me, this meant “<b>staying by the tree</b>” of life at all times where God’s love
could change me.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">No matter how long it took my son to make it to the tree, I had to
stay put and beckon from where I was. I cheered, testified of the Lord's power,
and when my son was in battle, pointed him to his Captain and Champion, Jesus
Christ. I prayed, I believed. I handed him water bottles, helped him shine up
his armor, made sure he was wearing his helmet and then sent him into battle
with his God. I praised him for protecting me, manning up and fighting for
himself, for me, and for his future wife and family.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I was on the front lines of faith in my son’s battle reminding him
that I could do <i>some things</i> for him, but ultimately, God could do <i>all
things</i> for him. “Go find God, you can trust Him, He will teach you how to
fight, He will teach you how to win, He will change your desires, He will help
you carry your burden.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I feel so privileged to be his mother and to have gone on
this journey with him. After years of struggle and fully armed with the tools
he acquired in the Sons of Helaman program and a testimony of His Savior,
he went on to serve an honorable LDS mission in Peru. He married a
wonderful woman whose testimony of the Atonement has been such a gift to our
family. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple and have two beautiful
children. My son is respectful and protective of his wife and they have open
check-ins for her peace of mind. He feels extremely blessed to have been
trained with tools to overcome this addiction and even more grateful to have a
personal testimony of where healing comes from and how that happened for him.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If you have a son or daughter struggling with addiction or other
challenging issues, please know there is always hope. Align yourself with the
Savior and focus on fighting your own battles. You will become a stronger, more
confident, peaceful warrior mother even as your child heads out to war. In the
end, because of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, both you and your child will
win.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">This article was originally posted on the blog: </span><a href="http://www.themomentswestand.com/2016/05/a-warriors-mother.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: calibri;">The
Moments We Stand</span></a><span style="font-family: calibri;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mothers Who Know*</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (formerly Mothers of the Sons of Helaman) provides
free education in an online format. In order to stand strong in the opposition
of our day, we shine light on the tactics used by the adversary to discourage
women and threaten families. We specialize in supporting mothers whose son or
daughter is dealing with an addiction, self-destructive behavior or any issue
that requires therapeutic intervention. Read more about </span></em></span><a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/p/home-page.html"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>Mothers Who Know</em></span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> or the Sons of
Helaman/Daughters of Light offered by </em></span></span><a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>Life Changing Services</em></span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>. Contact Karen at </em></span></span><a href="mailto:wearemotherswhoknow@gmail.com"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>wearemotherswhoknow@gmail.com</em></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><em>.</em></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mothers Who Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753709115693348725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-25480617388367124172015-12-24T09:15:00.002-07:002015-12-24T15:55:01.811-07:00What is a Warrior Mother?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I created <strong>Warrior Mothers Who Know</strong> (formerly Mothers of the Sons of Helaman) as a place to where mothers facing similar battles could support one another, ask questions, and learn from each other’s insights. <strong>Warrior Mothers Who Know</strong> creates an atmosphere where mothers feel supported and empowered to find the healing they need and the resources to help their loved ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I first found out my son needed lots of help I was an ugly mess (kind of like the one on my kitchen table right now...but much worse). I didn't even think of fighting...in fact, it wasn't until we found the <a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/sonsofhelaman/" target="_blank">Sons of Helaman</a> program that I even began to put the blame where it belonged...with Satan. I was just feeling scared, worried and upset with and about my son. It's sad to admit now...but I went from thinking he was the coolest boy around to wondering how I had been so deceived. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>Are you in a fighting place yet??</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you realized that there is nothing wrong with your noble son? Are you to a place where you can wrap your brain around the fact that the enemy is the sick one and your son is a victim who is learning how to win? Have you realized yet that the fact that your son is man enough to attend a SofH group and get help makes him AMAZING? Do you realize that your son is in a program(Sons of Helaman) that has the potential to make him the most incredible warrior...an even more valiant man than you ever dreamed!? Did you know that when your son learns how to kick the enemy's trash(in a flash...I might add) he will have so much light, so much knowledge, and so much desire to do all he can to be a warrior for Jesus Christ? Did you know his number one priority will be to protect the women in his life not hurt them? Do you see that the negative thoughts you have in your head about your son are lies...satan's tactic against you to make you cry?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OK....breathe....Hummmmm.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you know what Warrior Chemistry is...I just had some there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's what I know about you...</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>You are a fighting mother,</strong> even if you don't feel like it yet or you wouldn't be on this site reading this right now. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fighting mothers know that being brave enough to ask a question is helpful to other mothers. She will contribute to the healing of others by commenting and adding her thoughts and insight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>She's the kind of Mother who realized Satan isn't whispering...Why are we???</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s time to <strong>“MOTHER-UP!”</strong> (Kind of like "man up", only cooler.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s an honor to fight alongside courageous Mother’s like “YOU.” Join us every Tuesday at 10:30 MST for our <a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/p/classes.html">free Warrior Mothers Who Know class</a> or <a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/p/audio-and-video.html">listen to past recordings</a>. Receive the Mothers Who Know newsletter.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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S_Roundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13426823111698678345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-89540055676719202122015-11-19T15:48:00.000-07:002015-12-24T18:14:58.658-07:00A Mother's Hope: Fighting Pre-Mission Porn Addiction<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a recent trip to the temple, a newly called missionary and his parents sat a few rows ahead of me in the chapel. The young man slid over so his parents could sit next to each other and then waited reverently for the session to begin. As I sat by myself in an otherwise empty pew, I was surprised by the picture that came to my mind. My son would someday sit in that temple next to me. <i>My son</i>. The one who is addicted to pornography.
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My son is a warrior so I must be a warrior’s mother. I am a <b>Warrior Mother</b>.<br /><strong>
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What, you might ask, is a Warrior Mother? She’s a mother like YOU, who loves her family, loves the Lord, and is seeking guidance for a child who is facing tremendous challenges. She is a mother who fights for her family.<br />
Have you ever wondered if your son is battling an addiction to pornography and/or sexual compulsions? This is a scary thought and a very lonely one. You are worried that your son may have his mission delayed, or worse yet, be unable to serve a mission entirely. Looking a few years ahead, you—ten times more than his father or your bishop— know how much pain it will cause your son’s wife if he doesn’t overpower this addiction before he is married. Most of all, your heart aches for HIM.
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What did you do wrong? NOTHING. What is wrong with your son? NOTHING!</span><br />
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Instead, think of it this way. Your son has been correctly identified by the adversary as a “noble and great one,” a future leader in the Kingdom of God. A battle with pornography is a sign of how big an army Satan is sending to thwart the Plan of Salvation in the last days. Why is he attacking your son? Because he is afraid of your son’s potential for good. Your son is a WARRIOR who is facing the battle of his life! YOU, his dear mother, are a Warrior Mother, a “</span><a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mother Who Knows</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">.” You have taught your son about the redeeming love and mercy of Jesus Christ. All you want to know now is, “What can I do to help my son?”
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Please know <b>you are not alone.</b> You are not the only mother who is worried, your son (or daughter) is not the only one struggling. I invite you to learn how you and your child can fight back…and win.
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My son is enrolled in an online </span><a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/sonsofhelaman/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sons of Helaman</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> program through </span><a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Life Changing Services.</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> This service has been an answer to my prayers. My son’s heart is changing as he has learned tools and techniques that train him to fight back against temptation “as if with the strength of God” (Alma 56:56).
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Picturing my son in the temple was surprising not because I could picture him there, but because in picturing him there, I wasn’t surprised.</strong>
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There is hope. If you are looking for help for your son or daughter and don’t know what to do, start with one of the </span><a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/sonsofhelaman/resources/%20" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ten things I have been doing with my son</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. Perhaps you will find hope and healing through the programs offered by </span><a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Life Changing Services</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> just like we did.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396372359100109110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674634709943630849.post-62204448178182450682015-01-01T10:14:00.000-07:002015-12-24T15:22:37.369-07:00Hope & Healing: Lisa's Story<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I found out that my son was struggling with an addiction to masturbation and pornography, I was devastated. I felt desperate to get it fixed right away. I felt like a terrible mother. About the same time we had an older son choose to turn his back on our beliefs and live his life exactly opposite in every way from what he had been taught his whole life. I must have done something wrong to have 2 sons in trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">I was so desperate for our son to get fixed that I would sit up at night with him so he wouldn’t "lose".</span></strong> I would sit in with him on his individual counseling sessions. I was afraid that if I disciplined him in any way he would get angry, act out and lose and it would be my fault. I was just plain afraid. I was a good mom and I would prove it by being there and healing my son. I was a wreck. This went on for about 3 years. When we enrolled our son in <a href="http://www.lifechangingservices.org/sonsofhelaman/">Sons of Helaman</a>, I still felt very desperate to be a part of my son getting better and held on to my former habits. I would also call the clinician and question him about my son’s fighting methods or about his progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After my son had been in the program about a year, I began attending the <a href="http://mothersofthesonsofhelaman.blogspot.com/p/classes.html">Warrior Mothers Who Know</a> classes. There I gained some valuable insights. I learned that this was my son’s battle because Satan feared him. I learned that I was getting in the way of his healing and my own healing. This was very important for me to understand. I learned that right now does not define eternity. I learned that when I felt afraid that I should express confidence in his ability to be a man and overcome, rather than express my worry for him and baby him. I learned that I needed to cheer him on from the sidelines rather than be in the fight with him. I learned to encourage rather than worry. I learned to give him opportunities to brag or show his increasing confidence. I learned that my husband needed to be involved in the battle alongside my son. I learned that Satan wanted to make me cry and be afraid and weaken my family. When I learned that, things changed for me. I was not going to be made to cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Satan would not destroy my family.</strong></span> I would do what it took to become strong and to strengthen my family. I have come to know that if I want warriors for sons, I must be a warrior’s mother. I need to be strong. I must teach my children to rely upon God and the Holy Ghost for guidance and to put the atonement into practice each day. I must also rely upon God and my children must witness my reliance. I have come to know that though the battle may be difficult, God has promised a way to overcome. There are times that I feel worried or afraid. I have learned that I can share those with my husband or a trusted girlfriend. That helps me work it through so I can treat my son like a man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so grateful for all of the things that I have learned and continue to learn. I am grateful for the things my son has learned and for the warrior he has become. It took about 18 months for my son to graduate. On Mother’s Day this year, he will have been clean for a full year. I can honestly say that even though this has been a most difficult challenge, I would do it all again to have the results that have come from it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">There is hope. There is recovery. There is relief from the pain.</span></strong> Heavenly Father loves my son and he loves me. He knows me personally. He knows how hard this is. He also knows that when we go through hard things, we will become better, if we allow it to happen. I have learned that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior. He understands my pain and he knows how to comfort.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Lisa P.</span></span>Mothers Who Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753709115693348725noreply@blogger.com