The full text of the talk on prioritizing motherhood by LDS General Relief Society President Camille Johnson.
“My work ,” she declared in her hotly debated speech at BYU, “was a means to an end in blessing my family.”
You can now read the full address for yourself. The text of Johnson’s 4,000-plus-word May 3 talk — titled “Lessons Learned in Inviting Christ to Author My Story” — has been published on the Utah-based faith’sIt is a glorious time to be a woman, a covenant woman, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I have made a personal study of the words of President Nelson, and I listen to one of his talks every morning when I am getting ready for the day. His reassuring, hopeful, loving, prophetic messages always steel me for the challenges of the day. And I always hear something new and find myself marking and noting an insight I hadn’t had before.
Contrast that with what the prophet has invited us to do — to let God prevail by living worthy of and learning how to recognize promptings and answers from the Holy Ghost, which requires effort. When we prioritize love of God and love of our neighbor and family, then the things that don’t have eternal significance drop off the list.
Sisters, I invite you to cultivate your testimony of foundational truth. Yes, it requires effort. But as we understand and embrace foundational truth, our desire to let God prevail in our lives will increase. We will invite Jesus Christ to be the author and finisher of our faith and of our stories. We will want to give our lives over to him, drawing strength and power from our covenant connection with him.
Exercising faith, plant the words of President Russell M. Nelson in your heart by prayerfully studying his messages. They are a good seed and will enlarge your soul; they will enlighten your understanding. Consider Eve. She was in the Garden of Eden. Life was good — no thorns or thistles, plenty to eat, everything peaceful. And Eve, “the mother of all living,” exercised that divine gift of agency, and in “courage and wisdom” she partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Her choice to leave the comfort of the garden for the troubles of this world allowed me and you to make the choice to come to this Earth and be tested.
Sisters, these and other scriptural heroines confirm that women who are willing to let God prevail are integral, even essential, to God’s plan of happiness for his children. As we commemorate Mother’s Day, let us celebrate the contributions of these two noble, courageous mothers who literally changed the world.“We … need your strength, your conversion, your conviction, your ability to lead, your wisdom and your voices.
“Jesus Christ stands ready to use us as divine instruments, sharpened pencils in his hand, to write a masterpiece! He is mercifully willing to use me, a scrawny pencil, as an instrument in his hands, if I have the faith to let him, if I will let him author my story.
What could I do with more faith in Jesus Christ and the capacity-enhancing strength and power that come with covenant keeping? I could accept the next call from President Nelson to serve as the Relief Society general president. You may find yourself teaching an adult woman to read. Or perhaps serving immigrant children. Maybe you will lead a community group keeping parks safe for families. When we let God prevail, he will take us just where he needs us and to places we never imagined.
I pursued an education, both undergraduate and a law degree. I was married midway through my legal education. I had my first son the year after I passed the bar exam. I had babies, and my husband and I loved and nurtured them while we were both working. It was busy, sometimes hectic; we were stretched and sometimes tired. I supported him, and he supported me. Family was, and still is, our top priority. My husband and I sought inspiration in these choices and in the timing.
My primary identities are daughter of God, covenant woman, and disciple of Jesus Christ. And my primary orientation — that is, my focus, my passion and calling as a woman — is toward motherhood. That is our primary orientation, our sacred calling, as daughters of Heavenly Parents. The orientation and focus I feel toward motherhood is consistent with my diligent pursuit of an education.
The United States recently crossed a threshold where, of adults aged 18 to 55, there is now a greater share of single adults with no children than there are married adults with children. My son and daughter-in-law are presently working through the challenge of repeated miscarriages. Their desire is righteous. They are seeking to let God prevail in their lives, and for now another full-term pregnancy has eluded them. Remember, when we ask in faith to let Jesus Christ be the author and finisher of our story, we must be prepared to play out an uncomfortable narrative in the hope of one that is, while painful, ultimately grander and more celestial than we can imagine.
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