Motherhood is a mystery of the soul, represented in the relation between a mother and child but signifying, too, something even more fundamental. There is a spirit of reverence. Who can probe a mother’s love? Who can comprehend in its entirety the lofty role of a mother? With her perfect trust in God, she welcomes gladly the smile of her son, and the hug of a daughter. Regardless of culture or country, all people make mistakes in mothering. However, by continually communicating God’s love, miracles can happen, wrongs can be righted. Never give up. Never let your spirit be downtrodden. There are women raising their children alone, and they must remember that she and the Lord constitute a majority. As your arms encircle your little ones, God’s arms are there, too. Feel secure, for God’s arms are lengthened out toward everyone eternally. Let your arms be an extension of the Savior’s, in providing love, and security for all his children. Put your trust in God and teach your children to do the same. Allow God’s loving arms to provide an enchanting lure when yours are not around. For children have depth and soul, teach your children to walk toward God’s arms, and they always have a sense of being at home wherever they are. God’s love is profoundly alluring. #RandolphHarris 1 of 5

Parents know how easy it is for their children to be attracted to people and activities that are dangerous and that threaten to lead their children into dark places. To the child, antisocial behavior can be fascinating, while to the parent such a thing could destroy all their efforts to give the child a sense of values and a decent path in life. The child’s susceptibility to negative people and places may be a dangerous but sometimes unavoidable way of soul-making. However, people can turn from evil and yield to their better natures when mother is remembered. Mothers produce power, tenderness, compassion, and generate exemplar. We, too, can be blessed if we follow this example. Children must remain loyal to their mother, while at the same time going through a transformative experience. The mother’s love for her children demands a deep compassion, which allows her to protect her children whom she knows might be exposed to unfortunate circumstances, and how much is expected from each of us whose soul, tempted by dangerous lures, will need our own maternal attachment and caring. The mother’s soul demonstrates genuine love and she lives up to the truths so patiently taught. #RandolphHarris 2 of 5

All mothering, whether in a family or within an individual, is made up of both affectionate caring and sometimes bitter emotional pain. In both emotions, the mother is close to the child, allowing the child, even as she feels her pain and anger, to become an individual through exposure to experience and to fate. Miraculous strength, mighty power—mother’s love and love for mother will be met and triumph. Understand that sometimes things that look dangerous from a mortal point of view may be beneficial from a greater perspective. Motherhood is about nurturing not only in human ways, but also in divine ways. Immortality is part of the soul’s ever-present depth. Mothering involves not only physical survival and achievement—it is also concerned with guiding a child to his or her unknown depths and the mystery of fate. Our emotions are this original feeling flowing through us as the Universe individualizes itself in us. Emotions and feelings are things of thought because they cannot function without consciousness, and the movement of consciousness is thought. The emotions affect the physical body, and the mind can be destructive or constructive according to the way it is used. Mothering can be greater in scope than any human maternal care could ever be. Without mother’s the human race would be threatened by extinction. #RandolphHarris 3 of 5

Mother Nature is also important because she gives us food and the materials for clothing; she is the goddess of survival needs and of pleasures of the natural World. Mother’s can provide for their children a beauty beyond what is natural, as they teach us what we might accomplish in our lives and what they are expressing. However, common issues with mothers can be that they may be so concerned with the welfare of their children, or so completely taken up by the role of mother, that they find it difficult to allow their children to become individuals, different from themselves. Nonetheless, we all need to find a way to become individuals, by finding our own depths and even our own darkness, without cutting ourselves off from the maternal guidance within ourselves that keeps us in life and in community because it concerns our very survival, both physical and psychological. The mother has an eternal place of honor with their children. May each of us treasure this truth; one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why? Because thee two are sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one. There is a feeling of the divine presence and the emotion of infinite love. #RandolphHarris 4 of 5

What would happen if we could convert the energy of fear to faith, the energy of doubt and uncertainty into a feeling of belonging to the Universe and being safe in it? Would not the original artist himself go forth into a new creation through us? Wise counseling from a mother leads from mother to the child, and brings an individual self-awareness. It can take us back through all our emotions to the place where we were when we were an infant before any Worldly troubles started. A profound notion of motherhood embraces the great capacity to love her children and still honor God, who has his own designs and requirements. God gave us all moral agency and the opportunity to learn while on Earth, and he has work for us to do. To accomplish this work, we have an individual responsibility to seek learning. They key to our future; our bright ray of hope can be found in education. Education will open doors of opportunity. As we follow the Lord’s admonition to seek and learn, even by study and also by faith, we gain not only knowledge from our study, but added light as we learn by faith. We desire to prosper not only in wealth, but also in all aspects of our lives. God answers all prayers that come from a place of spiritual purity. “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you (Exodus 20.12).” #RandolphHarris 5 of 5