Covenant Women in Partnership with God
Open talk in Gospel LibraryContents
Before Reading
Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:
- What is the divine call to service that each daughter of God has received?
- What roles might women be called to serve in, and how can they prepare for these roles?
- What does it mean to partner with God in these roles?
- How does President Eyring use the example of his wife to illustrate the principles he discusses?
Topics
Understanding Your Divine Call to Service
President Eyring explains that each daughter of God has received a divine call to service. This call began when they were placed into mortality and continues through their lives. It is a call to serve others for Him, and it is suited perfectly to each individual.
Yes, every daughter of God listening to my voice has received a call from the Lord Jesus Christ.
The covenant daughters and sons of God, however, all share one important and joyful call. It is to serve others for Him.
- What is the divine call to service that each daughter of God has received?
- How does this call to service manifest in our lives?
- How have you felt your divine call to service in your life?
- How can you better align your life with this divine call?
Preparing for Your Roles in Life
President Eyring discusses the importance of preparing for the roles we are called to serve in, such as mother, leader, and ministering sister. He emphasizes that this preparation requires faith, love, and a willingness to serve.
You will be wise to bend every effort to prepare now with the end in mind.
Those appear to be very different ministering assignments. Yet they all require the preparation of a powerful, loving heart, a fearless faith that the Lord gives no command save He prepares a way, and a desire to go and do for Him.
- What roles might we be called to serve in?
- What does it mean to prepare for these roles?
- What roles are you currently serving in, and how did you prepare for them?
- What roles might you be called to serve in the future, and how can you prepare for them now?
Partnering with God in Your Roles
President Eyring emphasizes the importance of partnering with God in the roles we are called to serve in. He explains that this partnership involves molding living clay to the shape of our hopes, in alignment with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
As nearly as I can discern, my wife, Kathleen, has followed that charge, given to our Father’s daughters. The key appears to me to be the words “she molds living clay to the shape of her hopes … in partnership with God.”
Becoming a covenant woman in partnership with God is how great and good daughters of God have always mothered, led, and ministered, serving in whatever way and place He has prepared for them.
- What does it mean to partner with God in our roles?
- How does this partnership manifest in our lives?
- How have you partnered with God in your roles?
- How can you better partner with God in your future roles?
The Role of Motherhood
President Eyring discusses the divine role of motherhood, using his wife Kathleen as an example. He explains that motherhood involves molding living clay to the shape of our hopes, in partnership with God.
To date, she has accepted the call to be a mothering influence on more than a hundred direct family members and hundreds more whom she has adopted into her mother heart.
You remember President Nelson’s perfect description of a woman’s divine mission—including her mission of mothering: “As mother, teacher, or nurturing Saint, she molds living clay to the shape of her hopes. In partnership with God, her divine mission is to help spirits live and souls be lifted. This is the measure of her creation.”
- What is the divine role of motherhood?
- How does this role manifest in our lives?
- How have you experienced the role of motherhood, either as a mother yourself or through the influence of other mothers in your life?
- How can you better fulfill the divine role of motherhood in your life?
The Promise of Joy in Your Journey
President Eyring promises that we will find joy in our journey to our heavenly home as we return to Him as covenant-keeping daughters of God. He testifies of God's love and the truthfulness of the gospel.
I promise that you will find joy in your journey to your heavenly home as you return to Him as a covenant-keeping daughter of God.
I testify that God the Father lives and He loves you. He will answer your prayers. His Beloved Son leads, in every detail, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- What is the promise that President Eyring makes to us?
- What does it mean to return to God as a covenant-keeping daughter of God?
- How have you experienced joy in your journey to your heavenly home?
- How can you better return to God as a covenant-keeping daughter of God?
