My goal in creating this blog back in 2006 was to share more of what God is doing through us as two or three gathered. When we gather to help one another, whether in a home or in the community, good energy grows and miracles begin to happen. God said He would be there to help us, especially when we gather for good.
When I first started, I didn’t have time to gather others into this effort. I was in the trenches with daily life and my family. I simply wrote. I wrote about what I was doing and what I felt God was helping me to do. It was all I could do at the time, one post at a time, one day at a time.
And I wrote a lot.
But I have learned something in the last 30 years: my way isn’t always the right way–unless I am aligned with God and His power is working through me–and then it has been the right way for me and my family in our circumstances. So I don’t need to post all 1200+ essays that I wrote back then. My way isn’t the only true way. God’s way is. And I’m only seeing His way from my limited perspective, like a blind woman feeling that elephant that we all talk about.
I need your perspective to help me learn!
God knows this. He knows each of us better than we know ourselves. Why? He made us. He spent thousands–millions?–of years with us before we ever got here. So He can tailor His help to our needs because He knows us and loves us so well.
This I have learned: that having God as my partner in learning and loving and teaching and leading my family makes all the difference. When I am connected to God, that’s where the beautiful work happens. When His grace is flowing through me or through another family member to me, good things happen in my family: relationships improve. Peace grows. Love grows. Good memories grow. Lives change. My life changes–for good!
I have also seen God at work in this exact same way in my neighborhood. And in my children’s schools. And at church. In my town.
We were born to be peacemakers.
I’m not alone in this experience! You are also out there, whether you are Christian or Jewish or Mulism or Hindu or unsure of what you believe. As mothers, we care about peace! We care about unity. We don’t like fighting in our home or in our hometown. We don’t like anyone to get hurt. We are trying to get along with our spouses and help our children learn how to get along. We want to be the change in our generation so that previous abuses passed on end with us. We want to live harmoniously with our neighbors. The feeling that confirms the importance of peace compassionately resonates deep in our soul with the truth that learning to get along is the key to peace. It is what makes a strong foundation upon which future generations will build. It is what makes a strong nation and a kind world.
Our world is headed in the opposite direction. Our world is becoming more and more contentious and unkind, angry and broken. Many of our communities and family relationships are following that trend. But we are women. We are mothers! We know Who can help us change this trend, and we have decided to make a difference. We will not stand idly by! And when we don’t know what to do, we know that God can tell us what to do. And when we can’t hear God speaking to us, or we are unsure we have heard correctly, we ask each other for help until we do #HearHim. Our strength lies in unity, across religious differences. We know how to link arms and how to hold hands. We do this everyday. We know how to trust God. We know how to say sorry. We know how to sacrifice for others. We know how to forgive. We know how to work together. And when we don’t know how, we ask.
Peace is together.
Together, we can learn and teach peace.
I want to hear from you, how you are gathering together, how you are learning and creating peace. I will share what I am learning about 5 principles that help me access God’s power. And I am preparing this website as a place where you can share and where we can learn from God through each other how to make peace: a peaceful nest and launching off place!
I want to hear how these 5 principles help you grow peace in your family.
Here we go! We will gather ourselves to God, one woman at a time, loving one spouse or one child or one sibling one neighbor at a time, in unison and harmony with the other women around us. We will gather with those who care. I care. I believe you do, too. Peace is within our grasp. Let’s do this!
🔗 This little symbol will be next to links to sources that inspire me. “Peacemakers Needed” is a message that has been life-changing for me and for our family the last 6 months. It was an answer to prayer. Today (September 9, 2023) is the author’s 99th birthday! Happy Birthday, President Nelson! 🥳