THEY DID NOT DOUBT...a Tribute to Mothers

Its that time of year again! MOTHERS DAY! its a day that we reflect on how amazing mothers really are. There is a story in the book of Mormon about this group of people called the Anti-Nephi-Lehis. Now the men of this group were said to be a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people, but because of some missionaries they  had chosen to change their lives.  Because the the amazing change in their lives they made the choice to put away their weapons of war and make a covenant or promise with God that they would not fight against their brethren.

A few year after they made this promise a furious war broke out in the land. Soldiers were running low and they needed a greater support so these men were going to break the promise they made with god. Now the sons of these men were very young but men of great faith. They had not taken the promise upon themselves and they made the choice to fight in the stead of there fathers.

When Helaman their Captain explained why they would do this he said,  " Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the ^aliberty of their ^bfathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their ^cmothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their ^amothers, saying: We ^bdo not doubt our mothers knew it."

They were facing insurmountable odds yet they knew they would be okay because their mothers had taught them to put their trust in god. Because their mothers did teach them in all the ways of the lord their young men had unshaken faith, and they were men of integrity and courage.

Now these young men fought, and they fought with fervor. Every one of them was hurt, but not one of them was killed. That is much like our life we will all get hurt but if we follow what our amazing mothers have taught us then we will come out victorious. We must remember and listen to the words of our mothers.

I know that my mother is a mother just like these mothers in this story, she has taught us about our savior about life and how we can have faith and courage! Mothers are everything! So thanks to my mom (who just happens to be the greatest mother out there) and every mom that is working really hard to raise a crazy fun family, for it truly is the most important calling we could have as woman in this world.