Where is our Heavenly Mother?

 It can’t be more clear to me now how hard satan is working to lead away the women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A couple of weeks ago, I read a well written post of someone who is a friend of mine. The post was about the lack of mention of a Heavenly Mother anywhere in our church and how hurt she was by this. Well, forgetting for a moment that most, if not all, Christian churches in the world who believe the Bible to be the word of God also lack mention nor teach about a Heavenly Mother, I admit, I myself was saddened by this. I suppose I had never thought I needed to know about my Heavenly Mother because I trusted and believed the only being I needed to focus on to get me back to my Heavenly home was my Savior, Jesus Christ. When I was growing up, I was taught we didn’t talk about Her because She was too sacred. Well, no, it just hadn’t been revealed. However, truly, this now bothered me. Why don’t we know about our Heavenly Mother? Why if we preach about eternal families and that we can live with our loved ones for all eternity do we not speak about our Heavenly Mother? Is it because men who run the church want to shun us and keep us in our rightful place, below our husbands? What a fool I was to think that the loud voices of this world, who claim social justice for all, might actually have something legitimate to make me upset and weaken my faith in God. Still, why would a loving God keep knowledge of my Heavenly Mother from me? Why? As I pondered this question, I turned to who I do know, who I do have a relationship with and prayed for answers. Those answers came. Not the answers that the loud voices want to hear, but the voice of a loving Heavenly Father, who will answer a humbled, pleading, faithful daughter. As I listened to the voices of those in authority to speak from God this weekend at General Conference and listening for the spirit to reveal to myself truth and light, I learned a few things. One of which is that Heavenly Father hears us and cares about us as women and individuals, just as He does every other child of His. I know this because there was a session for women that spoke, in answer, to this very concern. Reaffirming what we already know, which is not much, but assuring us that the family is most important and ordained of God. Just think, to say that much hasn’t been revealed about a Heavenly mother, would suggest 2 things. First, that revelation is real and not just made up depending on what the world has a problem with at the moment. How easy it could have been to make up something to appease the women of the church at any time in the last 200 years. Second, that it is the women who are challenged by the cunning of the devil most at this point and  time. As I think specifically of the women I know, in droves,  who are struggling with their faith and leaving the church, I see it now more than ever. WE ARE NEEDED! Our faith is needed! Faith to move mountains! Faith to prepare the world for the coming of our Savior to return to the earth and rule and reign in righteousness. It is happening and satan is going after the very heart of what this church stands for. How dare satan say the family isn’t important in this church! How dare he persuade us to pass over the many doctrines that have been revealed and taught and make us think it must not be true because of little mention of Heavenly Mother! And how dare I fall for it! Oh, how perfect and wonderful is our Heavenly Father for not giving us every bit of knowledge that we may prove ourselves and our faith, that it may grow into the faith needed to prepare the earth and its people for the cleansing and healing to take place. No, women don’t have the authority to do some things as men can, but we do have access to the priesthood, even the power of God! No, we don’t know all about our Heavenly Mother, but we do have one! We have a direct line to our Heavenly Father and any and every time we pray to Him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, He will respond! If you desire to know our Heavenly Mother, ask to feel close to Her! Ask for strength and understanding. As for me? The spirit has borne witness to me that as Jesus Christ is one in the Father, also is our Mother one in the Father. And we must strive to be one in the same. I hope and pray for the strength of the women of the world in any church to come and stay close to God. Praying always, making and keeping sacred covenants that will help us and strengthen our faith, even faith to move mountains! Faith to stand up for the truth and stand against the lies satan will try to spread! They will only get harder and harder to discern if we do not have God’s spirit always with us. Study, serve, pray, and listen. Love all and teach truth and repentance and that we can only be saved because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He knows the way, He is the way!