Mama Berry Blog

I feel as though miracles are a regular part of my life. Maybe the older I get, the better I'm getting at recognizing them. Or maybe the older I get, the more my interpretation of 'miracle' has changed. Most likely, it's a mixture of the two. Whatever it is, it's a tremendous blessing to be able see the hand of the Lord so active in the small, the daily, and the life shattering events of my life. Thanks to the New Testament, we have multiple accounts of the miracles performed during the mortal ministry of the Savior. There are those who argue that miracles of that magnitude don't occur today. But it's been my experience that they do. And I have every reason to believe they will continue. When I think of the Savior turning water into wine, I think of the simplicity of miracles. This wasn't a mountain moving, life or death type of thing. This was a, 'Oh no! We've run out of wine at the marriage celebration, what do we do!?' type of thing. C...

The other day I was reading a talk by Sister Julie B. Beck. She said,  'One of the questions that I get frequently is, “Is it okay if I work outside of my home?” You have to know that as an international, global, Relief Society president, that question isn’t always appropriate in all of the world’s countries. There are many, many places where if our women don’t work, they don’t eat. So of course they have to work. The question of whether or not to work is the wrong question. The question is, “Am I aligned with the Lord’s vision of me and what He needs me to become and the roles and responsibilities He gave me in heaven that are not negotiable? Am I aligned with that, or am I trying to escape my duties?” Those are the kinds of things we need to understand. Our Heavenly Father loves His daughters, and because He loves us and the reward at the end is so glorious, we do not get a pass from the responsibilities we were given. We cannot give them away. They are our sacred duties and...