Inspiring Experiences That Build Faith by Thomas S. Monson

Author:Thomas S. Monson [Monson, Thomas S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Inspiration, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 1994-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

A Mother's Hands

When I was president of the Canadian Mission, the family of one noble missionary son lived in the harsh climate of Star Valley, Wyoming. Summer there is brief and warm, while winter is long and cold. When a fine son of nineteen said farewell to home and family, he knew on whom the burden of work would fall. Father was ill and limited. To mother came the task of milking by hand the small dairy herd that sustained the family.

During the time of my service in Canada, I attended a seminar for all mission presidents held in Salt Lake City. My wife and I were privileged to devote an evening to meeting the parents of those missionaries who served with us. Some parents were wealthy and handsomely attired, while others were less affluent, of modest means and rather shy; but all were proud of their special missionary and prayed and sacrificed for his welfare.

Of all the parents whom I met that evening, the best remembered was that mother from Star Valley. As she took my hand in hers, I felt the large callouses that revealed the manual labor she daily performed. Almost apologetically, she attempted to excuse her rough hands, her wind-whipped face. She whispered, "Tell our son Spencer that we love him, that we're proud of him, and that we pray daily for him."

She, who with that same hand clasped in the hand of God had walked bravely into the valley of the shadow of death to bring to this mortal life her son, had indelibly impressed my life. A mother's labor had sanctified a son's service.

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