Sister Julie B. Beck
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"What is a 'mother heart' and how is one acquired?"
"A woman with a mother heart has a testimony of the restored gospel, and she teaches the principles of the gospel without equivocation. She is keeping sacred covenants made in holy temples. Her talents and skills are shared unselfishly. She gains as much education as her circumstances will allow, improving her mind and spirit with the desire to teach what she learns to the generations who follow her."
If she has children, she is a "goodly parent" who lives and "teaches standards of behavior exactly in line with the teachings of living prophets." She believes that the primary responsibility for the nurture of her children is vital and dignified. She is not "weary in well-doing" and readily serves her family, because she knows that "out of small things proceedeth that which is great."
Female roles did not begin nor do they end on Earth. "A woman who treasures motherhood on Earth will treasure motherhood in the world to come, and where her treasure is, there will her heart be also. By developing a mother heart, each girl and woman prepares for her divine, eternal mission of motherhood."
Covenant-keeping women, whether motherhood comes early or late; whether blessed with children in mortality or not; whether single or married, are endowed with power from on high in holy temples.
Girls and women who make and keep sacred covenants can have a mother heart. There is no limit to what they can accomplish.
