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Jessica: A Mother’s Story: Learning to Love My Life Even When I Hated It
As a thoughtful mother, Jessica’s honest perspective about the difficulty of raising children teaches a unique lesson about how faith can be nurtured by situations that stretch us in unexpected ways. Jessica is the mother of six young children and she isn’t afraid to admit that this experience has challenged her testimony in intense ways. Even though she loves being a mother, this love did not come to her naturally or easily. She shares how she has taught herself to allow her love of motherhood and her understanding of her relationship with her Heavenly Parents to evolve.
Further reading in Faith Is Not Blind:
“Simply knowing something will not sanctify us; it won’t make us capable of being in God’s presence. And our sanctifying experiences won’t always be rational. By its very nature, faith ultimately takes beyond the boundaries of reason. So if we condition our faith on rationality, we might shrink back from a sanctifying experiences—and thus not discover what the experience could teach.”
(Faith Is Not Blind, Chapter 7 “Beyond Balance,” p. 57)
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