Sheri L. Dew Quotes
No woman is a more vibrant instrument in the hands of the Lord than a woman of God who is thrilled to be who she is.
It is simply not for us to judge each other. The Lord has reserved that right for Himself, because only He knows our hearts and understands the varying circumstances and complexities of our lives.
The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.
As daughters of our Heavenly Father, and as daughters of Eve, we are all mothers and we have always been mothers. And we each have the responsibility to love and help lead the rising generation.
Our challenge is not getting the Lord to speak to us; our challenge is understanding what He has to say.
No amount of time in front of the mirror will make you as attractive as having the Holy Ghost with you.
The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. When we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren't just good but happy to be good, others will be drawn to us.
Speaking of our unkind labeling of each other with, "she is divorced, she used to be inactive, etc", asked, "Can't we get over this hardening of the categories?".
No woman who understands the gospel would ever think that any other work is more important or would ever say, "I am just a mother," for mothers heal the souls of men.
Few of us will reach our potential without the nurturing of both the mother who bore us and the mothers who bear with us.
We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.
There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.
Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?
No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.
Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.
I invite you to consider anew what you know and what you have; what you are here for and where you are going; and how you are going to do what you have come here to do. p 13
For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.
I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.
There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.
Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.
Happily, though we must each walk through life on our own, we don't have to do it alone.
The Savior empowers us with His grace, not because we've earned it, but because He loves us perfectly.
Why can't we resist the urge to second-guess and evaluate each other?...Sometimes I wonder if the final judgment will be a breeze compared with what we've put each other through here on earth. p 225
Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate.
Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.
The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.
I had a lot of friends who were boys. I played ball with them, but we didn't date. They didn't ask me that much because I wasn't cute enough or because I didn't drink or party.
Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.
Our responsibility is to learn to draw upon the power of the Atonement. Otherwise, we walk through mortality relying solely on our own strength.
The Savior isn't our last chance He is our only chance. Our only chance to overcome self-doubt and catch a vision of who we may become. Our only chance to repent and have our sins washed clean.
