Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 11. If you are looking for a gift to inspire a woman in your life, LDS Living recommends the new book Made For This.
Made For This is a collection of talks by women for women. The messages powerfully remind us that we were divinely created for this life and for these circumstances. Like Mordecai reminded Esther in the Old Testament, “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14).
Give the women in your life the gift of an inspiring read with talks by beloved Latter-day Saint women like Sheri Dew, Kate Holbrook, Melissa Inouye, Patricia T. Holland, and more.
Here are two of our favorite quotes from the book:
- The late Patricia T. Holland wrote: “I believe we can find our steady footing and stilling of the soul by turning away from physical preoccupations, superwoman accomplishments, and endless popularity contests, and returning instead to the wholeness of our soul, that unity in our very being that balances the demanding and inevitable diversity of life.”
Sheri Dew reminds us, “You were recommended to help run the last leg of the relay that began with Adam and Eve because your premortal spiritual valor indicated you would have the courage and the determination to face the world at its worst, to do combat with the evil one during his heyday, and, in spite of it all, to be fearless in building the kingdom of God.
“You simply must understand this, because you were born to lead by virtue of who you are, the covenants you have made, and the fact that you are here now in the eleventh hour. You were born to lead, and, in the words of Isaiah, you were born for glory (see Isaiah 62:2–3).”
Made for This is available at all Deseret Book stores and DeseretBook.com.
‘Made for This’
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