I crave more information about her from the brethren. Not talking about her doesn’t feel sacred, it feels stifling.
Unless personal revelation is somehow a phony experience, I’ve (unasked) experienced direct revelation from my divine mother in heaven, during a prayer to Heavenly Father and in thought process of Jesus Christ. She came through, clearly, motherly, kind and understanding, without cause or inclination.
A relationship with the Divine Mother has been foundational and faith-saving in my spirituality as an adult.
One thing I have noticed in the Church is some people love to speculate and come up with unusual ideas regarding Heavenly Mother, and then if people question them they accuse them of being closed-minded and sexist. It makes it hard to even have a conversation about the topic.
I’ve always wondered why this beautiful subject has always been so hush-hush. If we’re to be a peculiar people then let’s be peculiar for who we really are.
I feel like there is a huge absence in her presence. I don’t know what it means other than it feels wrong. It makes me have resentment toward men. It doesn’t necessarily make me angry at the Church because I feel like she is absent from every church. So then I put my blame and anger on men in general. As I was reading the first vision account recently, I felt dumbfounded that she wasn’t there. What is this supposed to mean to me? As a result, it’s the closest I’ve ever come to really doubting that it actually happened. Why wouldn’t she be there? My husband got upset with me when I posed this question to him. The burden of her absence grows on me. In the last year I’ve also started to wonder about how I don’t have a model of my gender, about how I should be; what I should become, what I should pattern my life after. Which seems more odd to me when taken in context with how important gender roles seem to be in the Church.
Never thought about it. Feel like her lack of identity is similar to how poorly women are treated by men in general. No voice. No role.
When experiencing female suffering, especially the pains of childbirth and pregnancy, I felt as though Heavenly Mother was my guiding companion. There is something about creating new life that brings me closer to her personally. This testifies to me that she had a great hand in the creation. She feels loving, warm, clever, humble, and patient to me. I have pondered about the sacrifice it would have been to send her only begotten son to Earth, and that we too often forget to think of her and her and thank her.
On the subject of Heavenly Mother as on other topics that are not discussed much by prophets, I prefer not to speculate. I don’t know why prophets haven’t talked more about Heavenly Mother. I figure I will learn more about Her in the next life. I feel uncomfortable when church members create their own sense of Heavenly Mother and talk about their ideas as if they are doctrinal. I like to stick to the canon for my understanding of gospel doctrine.
I recently received a priesthood blessing from my husband to kick off the new year. The purpose of my asking for the blessing was to receive counsel and strength in relation to some of the goals I had set for 2021. Randomly, towards the end of the blessing, my husband got really quiet for a long time. When he started speaking again he started describing my heavenly mother, how much she loves me, and how many of the qualities I have come from her. As soon as he started speaking about heavenly mother I felt an overwhelming love, unlike anything I had ever felt. My husband felt it too and started crying the moment he spoke of heavenly mother. Since that experience I have really been thinking about heavenly mother and her role.
I have heard her voice (as thoughts, not audible) and it is different and distinct from Heavenly Father's.
I surely would love to know more about her. I sometimes feel she shares the same attributes as that of the Holy Ghost.
The Restoration doctrine of the existence of a mother in heaven originates in the teachings of Joseph Smith and his immediate successors on plural marriage, which entail an embodied Father in Heaven married plurally to numerous celestial wives. Though I believe in and celebrate the teaching that I have a mother in heaven, I believe that mine is one among many mothers exalted in their relationship to our Heavenly Father who is likewise exalted through his relationship with them.
I feel there is a lot of mystery surrounding the existence of our Heavenly Mother. One of the reasons that I believe contributes to that is that there may be more than one Heavenly Mother. God the Father has many wives. That is a disturbing prospect to me and one I don't like thinking about. One of my fears regarding Heavenly mother is the possibility that we don’t speak of her because she is one of many “wives” populating earth. The idea of polygamy being an eternal truth is terrifying and the way we treat the idea of Heavenly mother tends to feed this fear of being required to participate in heavenly polygamy.
A lack of knowledge about Heavenly Mother to me means a lack of knowledge about my divine potential and destiny, and I'm not okay with that.
The doctrinal concept of a Heavenly Mother is one of the most personally impactful aspects of my faith. I feel a connection to Her that is separate and distinct from Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Although there are strange cultural practices regarding Heavenly Mother even within the culture of the LDS faith I feel confident that the culture surrounding this unique and beautiful piece of doctrine will change to welcome female representations of divinity I feel a desire to know her better and wish we were provided with an avenue for approaching a relationship with Her. I think not discussing her does us (as women) and Her a disservice.
Heavenly Mother is absolutely essential to my beliefs as a woman. If she does not exist in a fully divine partnership with heavenly Father, I do not accept the gospel and plan of salvation because it would not be relevant to me. It is through her I am finding my way to Christ and the Father after much doubt and pain. I believe it is VITAL to fully acknowledge in the church that God is the title for Mother and Father together and that they are equal partners and participants in everything. Wherever we mention the Father, we must mention the Mother. No true gender equality in the church will ever be reached without acknowledging this truth.
Denying Heavenly Mother denies the fundamental aspect of my identity.
I don’t think of my earthly parents as being the best examples of kindness and love so I imagine Heavenly Father as Mr. Rogers and Heavenly Mother as Dolly Parton. It helps me see them as parents who really unconditionally love me and want me to be happy and cheer me on.
I use the term “God” to refer to an all-inclusive deity who represents all genders. While I think the concept of a Heavenly Mother is useful and I use it in my family and with my children to disrupt the patriarchal notion of God in my faith tradition, I don’t subscribe to the idea of a hetero couple being all that God is. God is above the construct of gender. God represents all variations of humans. I think of them not as agender as some Christians but all genders. I also prefer using the term “God” when praying in public so I can pray to a feminine deity without scrutiny. I haven’t uttered the words “Heavenly Father” in years. Sometimes I use “Heavenly Parents” in conversation but mostly just “God.”
The heteronormativity of a Heavenly Mother and a Heavenly Father concern me.
I am no longer LDS but the doctrine of Heavenly Mother (I just call her Mom) is incredibly sacred to me. I have never felt truly at home as a woman in any religious sphere which is why I’m not currently closely associated with any, but the divinity and role of women in this life and in eternity remains the issue I yearn most to understand.
I have always believed that God chose not to mention heavenly mother in his revelations to prophets because he didn’t want others to take her name in vain, or dishonor her as he foresaw them dishonoring him. He didn’t want to keep her “secret,” just sacred so that the world wouldn’t think of her as something they could just throw around conversation lightly. I think the church could maybe talk about her more but there isn’t much to study on her. I don’t think the church wants something as divine as our heavenly mother to be interpreted incorrectly or speculated about.
We worship and pray to Heavenly Father, and only Heavenly Father, anything else is apostasy.
The only reason I still believe in any sort of divinity is because of the Divine Feminine. When I felt like God the Father had stopped answering my prayers and I stopped talking to him, my Heavenly Mother found me and reopened that pathway to communication with the Divine.
The Heavenly Mother doctrine is one of the major attractions of the LDS Church for me.
The only discussion is in a hymn.
I wish I felt safe talking about Her in church and with family, some of my most beautiful experiences have been in communication with Her. When we make Her unwelcome, I feel unwelcome too.
As a female convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the teaching of a Heavenly Mother has been so special in my conversion. As the world tries to dictate what it means to be female, I take comfort in the fact that I have a Heavenly Mother whose image I was created in. I am part of the reflection of a divine feminine nature, made in Her likeness. That knowledge helps me to understand my own worth even more because now I know that I have two divine parents that love me and guide me.
The doctrine of heavenly mother is one of the main things that keeps me in the LDS church. Her existence is proof to me that the patriarchal system practiced by the church is not the celestial structure of the heavens, and we will be shocked by the equality and value placed on both genders when we finally meet our eternal parents again.
I love my Heavenly Mother. Believing in her has saved my ability to continue as a member of my church. Knowing I have a mother in Heaven affirms to me my place in the plan of salvation. All my hopes for healing and restoration in my faith hinge on the belief I have in Heavenly Mother.
My earthly mother is emotionally abusive. I started in a journey in 2020 to get to know my perfect heavenly mother in hopes that it would help ease my pain and fill a void. I’m far from where I want to be in my relationship with my heavenly mother, but I feel powerful when I read about her
I used to think Heavenly Mother would be the quintessential source of love, comfort and peace. I think this was in part because my mother was physically and verbally abusive throughout my childhood. I was scared of my mother and I thought Heavenly Mother would be that safe place my earthly mother wasn't. However, my adult years and experiences as a mother have led me to think of Heavenly Mother as an incredibly courageous being. I have often pictured my return to Heavenly Father at the end of this mortal test and the safe embrace He will meet me with. I've only pictured how sweet it will be to return to Heavenly Mother a handful of times, but it does seem extra sweet to imagine my return to them both.
Although it makes sense logically, it is not in the scriptures. Focus on what God actually tells us, He gives us line upon line.
As a male that is extremely close with his earthly mother, I believe very strongly in a feminine divine. Something that has been important to me is stressing the importance of Heavenly Mother being the Mother of all of God's children, sons, and daughters. To be honest, I sometimes feel that the relationship between humans and Mother in Heaven has focused primarily on women. This is an important and good thing, and I would never deemphasize it. However, with my own identity, of course, I personally focus on that Mother-son relationship.
As my children have grown and left home, creating families of their own, I love having them call to tell me what they are doing, how they are feeling, etc. It has created an aching to do the same with my Heavenly Mother. What if my children only called and spoke to their father and all I could do was listen in but not ask questions or speak with them? So far it is just daughters who have left home. There are things they need to talk to me, as their mother, about specifically. I feel that same longing to speak directly to my Heavenly Mother and ask her certain questions.
I think about and talk with my wife about this quite a bit. I feel like there is a significant hole in both our theology and in my relationship with God because we know so little about Heavenly Mother and we are not encouraged to have a relationship with her.
I fully believe in our heavenly mother's existence. Her exclusion from our gospel discussions do all of us, female and male a huge disservice. I have struggled to understand my full divine nature and eternal role. As a mother I want my daughters and son to know more about Her for their own progression. We are missing a big piece of the gospel here.
It would be so wonderful to feel validated and encouraged to pursue a relationship with our heavenly mother. Unfortunately, since She is discussed so rarely it almost feels wrong to seek her out. We aren’t taught doctrine that it isn’t alright to try to learn more about her, but since She is hardly mentioned by prophets, it doesn’t feel exactly okay either. In my small forays into trying to get closer to Her, I have felt deeply and strongly that she is there just as much as the Father. It would be beautiful to see their relationship portrayed as a true partnership, which I am sure it is, instead of her as a sidelined and hidden figure. It would be a wonderful way to model healthy relationships in our church that is so centered on family.
My treatment as a woman in the church directly influences how hopeful I feel I can be about my role in the eternities.
It seems absurd that the church doesn’t talk about heavenly mother yet the church claims to have no sexism. By excluding Heavenly Mother, it automatically eliminates the role and importance of women. And focuses more on men than women.
I’ve wondered if our Heavenly Mother is somehow intimately connected with earth. This would support why people are so connected to the idea of Mother Earth, while never giving a thought to the concept of “Father Earth.” This might also explain why she is not thought of as being present in the heavens as much as she is thought of being a part of the earth. This is also supported by the concept of Heavenly Mother sometimes mentioned among Hebrew scholars (sometimes called Ashira with various spellings) and is usually represented as a tree, bush or similar, again connected to the earth. There seems to be a lot connecting her with the earth.
I like to think that my Heavenly Mother is on conference call when I pray. I also like to think that she is strong, smart, brave, has a sense of humor, and could completely handle people misusing her name. I also like to think that when I say God it is Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother combined, they are one.
One year ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. My process of grieving, healing and coping with my new life has greatly involved my Heavenly Mother. I have felt her, confirmed the reality that she made me and my body, and I have coped with my diagnosis by seeking refuge in nature, where I have seen her direct and feminine influence in the trees, flowers, seashells and more. She is real. I know she is, and she is what I can one day become!
I’ve always felt she had created the beauty on earth I feel connected to her through nature.
I wish we knew more about her. The idea that we don’t know about her because we are trying to protect her seems silly to me. Why would a divine being the protection from humans? I sometimes imagine and envision the day when the restoration will continue to restore truths about heavenly mother.
I think the idea that we don’t speak about Heavenly Mother to protect her because she’s too sacred is like the religious version of benevolent sexism. I’m pretty sure she can handle it.
I have often heard it said that avoiding references to a Heavenly Mother relates to either being too sacred, or that the Father is somehow protecting that sacredness from being profaned. I disagree completely with this notion. It is my personal feeling that we don’t hear it mentioned in scripture, etc. is because they are unified, as all parents should be, and that in LDS belief, godhood is only attained as a couple. Therefore, while we pray to the Father as He has instructed, the term “God” applies to them together, despite being individuals, and there is no distinction made.
When I pray, I pray to "God" instead of Heavenly Father. I consider God as Elohim, a plural noun, which includes my Heavenly Father and my Heavenly Mother. So I pray to both of my Heavenly parents daily.
I’ve recently given myself permission to include Heavenly Mother when I pray to the Father. I know it has not been shared to do so from General authorities, but I feel a longing to talk to her and I feel she listens anyway. It brings me great peace and joy to address Her along with the Father. I feel if She is not going to be taught about, I get to discover and learn about and establish a relationship with Her in the ways I see fit. There is no direction on this process from general leadership, but coming into my own sovereignty has allowed me to recognize that I get to do this in the most authentic way I know how for myself and for my children.
I believe that we must address prayers to Heavenly Father but that we can talk to Heavenly Mother in those prayers. President Hinckley specifically said not to pray to Her. Perhaps, as prayer is a priesthood ordinance, it must go through the priesthood holder, the Father, but I believe there is no way that Heavenly Mother isn’t participating. That would be contrary to the nature of motherhood in my opinion.
We are taught in the church that gender is a part of our eternal identity and purpose. As a woman, I feel like I'm missing my uniquely female divine role model. When I think about how little we as a church know about Heavenly Mother, I feel profound sadness. Lately I've been addressing my personal prayers simply to "God" (not "Heavenly Father"). I pray to God in a gender neutral way because praying exclusively to a Father stirs a sense of loss inside me. I feel profound yearning.
At 72 years old, I have heard priesthood leaders at my local level, general authorities, and apostles and prophets speak specifically about the nature of Heavenly Mother, her divine nature, her role as a god, or her characteristics as the divine feminine. I feel it is very curious that in our church there are myriads of blog posts, podcasts, IG accounts, that are led by women members who are actively speaking of Heavenly Mother and addressing the above concerns. One area that seems to be off limits to many of my women friends is praying directly to Heavenly Mother...there is a very real fear to not pray to her based on the instruction given several years ago by Prophet Gordon B Hinckley...I have yet to pray directly to her for that very reason...yet I ask the Father to tell her I love her and think about her very often...and that feels so awkward...these are my Heavenly Parents...seems like I should be praying to both of them simultaneously.
I believe in her and want a closer relationship with her. I hope that more revelation regarding her will come soon to Church leaders.
I’ve prayed to Heavenly Mother only once in my life. I was lying on the operating table, waiting to be delivered of the baby I wanted so desperately but would never be born--a miscarriage, one of four I’ve had, and then the D&C surgery. None of my pregnancies have made it. I knew that women have been excommunicated for that, for praying and for speaking to Her. But on that table, I was frightened, and I needed Her. I needed Her. I don’t know if it’s worse to have a silent Mother, or none at all, but I still need Her.
I desperately want Church leaders to talk more about Heavenly Mother. It is so discouraging how little they do.
Recently I’ve felt a closeness to Heavenly Mother as I’ve sought to feel our heavenly parents’ joy. In particular, I have had experiences that have given me insight into joys that we share. It’s remarkable to me that this is something I’m experiencing 37 years into my life. I can’t help but wonder at how transformational these experiences would have been in my younger years, especially with regard to my own divine nature and relating to our heavenly parents.
She is my mother. No one has the authority to tell me I cannot have a relationship with her or talk to her--at any time anywhere. I have attributes of her. She is intensely aware of me and rooting for my best interests. She greatly appreciates it when I think of her or speak to her. She longs to hold me again.
The topic of my Heavenly Mother is one I have been diligently searching for and pondering on for years now. Even though it seems to me that she has been redacted from scripture, doctrine, and history. This is not extremely unexpected as women’s voices and representation have been overlooked, undervalued, and squelched in most cultures and throughout written history. However, as I have pondered on my role as a woman particularly as a member of my faith, I have come to find that she has been here along. That her strength beauty and grace cannot be hidden quieted or unseen even if we mere mortals do not recognize her presence. That she is the mother of Christ, that she cried for her child when he died on the cross. That he must have looked to her for wisdom and grace during his time on this earth. That she is a powerful presence in the heavens. That she is not only a great partner to our Heavenly Father, but is his match and equal. That she reigns over the heavens and earth representing the best of us, with gentle kindness, firmness, and grace. She is the mother of Eve, Mary, Ester, Ruth, Emma, and I could go on. These great strong, and diligent women, she is their formidable mother. . . . Why wouldn’t we want to learn more about our Heavenly Mother?!? Of course she has been involved in everything from the creation, to the Atonement, to present day life. She is our mother and cares deeply about us. She also wants the very best for us and must rejoice in our successes and aches for us when we are in pain.
I’ve really struggled with why the church doesn’t teach us about Heavenly Mother. I’ve wondered if she wants to communicate with me, if she cares about me, if she knows me. It’s a really painful topic for me and I just don’t understand all the secrecy and the restriction not to pray to her (the President Hinckley quote).
Often when I have had a hard time in my marriage because of my husband’s addictions, I’ve felt it harder to want to pray to Heavenly Father—it was those low times I prayed to my Mother in Heaven. I’m not sure if it’s orthodox, but I sure felt Her (and my Father) holding me during those times.
As a woman who has been searching for the Divine Mother, I have been very frustrated to find that my faith, which does acknowledge Her existence, only seems to pay lip service to Her. I have had to seek out other religious texts to find Her. I feel I am being denied and cut off from my spiritual heritage by having Her effectively entirely removed from LDS theology.
I’m still exploring Her divine role in my life. It’s a new concept to unearth, in spite of the fact that I feel very secure and confident of Her existence and presence.
You can't be what you can't see. The Proclamations of the Family states that gender is eternal. LDS doctrine teaches that this purpose of mortality is to become divine. Heavenly Mother is my exemplar as a woman in the church. She needs to be visibly present in our narratives and worship. This is integral to becoming a divine feminine.
In my experience, lack of formal acknowledgement or teaching about a Mother in Heaven and her Divine Partnership has caused a lack of understanding of the divine importance of women, and the role we have here on earth and in the eternities. Failure to teach about an Exalted Mother implies the ability for women to progress and be exalted is non-existent. We simply disappear into nothingness.
I have a right to seek and receive revelation about my Heavenly Mother. I also wish our church leaders would seek, receive, and share revelation about our Heavenly Mother. There is a yearning among so many to know Her better!
I wish we would talk about her instead of just as a Mother. She seems to only be brought up in the context of having children. I want to know Her more as a sovereign Being.
I wish that we would have more conversations about Heavenly Mother and her other roles more often at church. I don't think she is solely a mother, but a creator just like Heavenly Father. What a great example she could be for those women who don't have children, can't have children, or choose not to be mothers for whatever reason. Women are much more than mothers.
I usually feel extremely alone in my community with my views of heavenly mother and that she should be a more central part of our worship. I find it disturbing that one of the most important relationships on earth is between mother and child and that we don't really have direct access to that divine relationship here on earth with our divine mother
I think about and talk with my wife about this quite a bit. I feel like there is a significant hole in both our theology and in my relationship with God because we know so little about Heavenly Mother and we are not encouraged to have a relationship with her.
Although I am a male, I feel that I have been more interested in knowing more about our Heavenly Mother than those I associate with (wife, family, friends), whether male or female. I feel that most people I talk to about our Heavenly Mother are content not knowing much about her.
My realization of a Heavenly Mother is completely new and recent to me and I’ve been raised active LDS in Utah my 27 years of life. I am just barely learning that my church believes in a Heavenly Mother, if I was taught this I have no memory of it. To talk about praying to a Heavenly Mother, talk about Her, etc. almost feels wrong, but it may be because it’s just foreign or that the only people I’ve heard Her talked of is progressive LDS women (which I’m not sure I agree with or want to agree with everything I’ve heard those same women talk about) or that the Prophet and church leaders don’t talk about Her much, so I’m not sure if it’s ok/appropriate or if it’s even kind of anti-LDS to go there. When I bring Her up to my husband as conversation, I get the vibe that it feels inappropriate or that he thinks I’m being progressive or feminist (it feels uncomfortable). I am hungry to learn more about Her but find myself completely unsure of whether or not it’s even appropriate. The only sources for learning about Her (beyond a few quotes, and LDS website definition page) are not sources I feel comfortable relying on. And if it is appropriate, then WHY haven’t I learned about Her before? What are the reasons? If my church believes in Her, why is our church a patriarchy (a term I’ve recently learned about)? I have to self-reflect now as to why this new idea makes me feel uncomfortable and uncertain, and where to go for more sound information.
I think and pray a lot to know more about Heavenly Mother. I have a hard time accepting other people’s statements about her existence or how she is “watching over us,” etc. when they are not a general authority. I feel like a lot of women say things about Heavenly Mother to make themselves feel better when in reality there is no actual doctrine to back it up. Some of my friends know I struggle with this and they will send me quotes from other influencers on Instagram, but again, I feel like these thoughts are just comforting words people tell themselves without anything to back them up. I long for there to be more statements made about Heavenly Mother from the prophet and apostles particularly.
It is literally LIFE CHANGING to realize we are children with a loving Heavenly Father AND Heavenly Mother. I have sought Her over the past six months and cringe that this new perspective and light could have been in my life earlier, but was considered taboo in my upbringing. Thinking of Her makes me a better wife and mother, prioritize those roles more, gives me a vision of who I am trying to become, and makes me more connected to my body and the Earth (symbols of Her). It brings me such joy to learn and think of Her.
I would love to learn more about her. I’m not sure how to express my feelings of how the church acts regarding Heavenly Mother. I don’t think they’re doing it in the most beneficial way they could, though. I think learning of Heavenly Mother and seeking a relationship with her could benefit each of us greatly. It would help women understand themselves so much better—their role, their value, their goals.
I want to know more! I’m made in Her image and as I’ve gone through periods of developing my relationship with Christ and Heavenly Father I would love to have the same encouragement in developing a relationship with Her. I don’t feel like anyone is against it but it’s not a part of Latter-day Saint vernacular and I think it’s completely appropriate. I want my sons to know Her and turn to Her as well and would love if that idea became more “mainstream.”
I believe in her but would like to feel more connected to her. I wish she was spoken of more in church settings. I have recently begun to feel, that if she doesn’t get spoken of or taught of, and if my path is to be similar to hers... am I going to be forgotten? Do I have purpose if she doesn’t?
I would like to learn more about our Heavenly Mother! I feel that the things I have learned in the temple have confirmed many things about my divine nature that would logically relate to our Heavenly Mother.
I would like to learn more about Heavenly Mother from sources like the First Presidency and the twelve Apostles. I try to learn on my own, but there are so many differing opinions on the subject, and it’s hard to know where to start and what is foundational truth.
I know we have a Mother in Heaven. I’m excited to remember more about Her and Father one day. I feel I am getting to know them better!
I just wish there was more information about her. Without understanding her role it is very difficult for me to embrace her as a full member of the godhead, however much I’d like to.
I feel sad that there is so little we really know about her. I feel like she is there, but so far away.
I don't know much about Heavenly Mother, but I would like to learn more.
I believe in Heavenly Mother. It makes me sad to think that she has basically been ignored by her children on Earth. I have tried to discuss this as a Relief Society teacher, but the general vibe is that since we don't know much about her that we shouldn't speculate as to what her role has been, is, or will be, so instead we should say nothing. I would love to normalize this topic and not have it be an add-in ("oh, and Heavenly Mother too"). I am glad that at least "Heavenly Parents" is being used more often.
I wish we spoke about her as frequently as we do Heavenly Father. So often we hear that the reason we don’t know more is because “we haven’t asked.” Well, ask. I’ve grown tired of waiting for church-wide revelation and have started trying to seek Her out and develop my own relationship with Her.
I want to have a good relationship with her but I don't right now. I don't know if she helps us directly or anything about her really. I feel like I'm assuming or imagining things if I act like I know more about her. I want to though. I want to general authorities to talk about her. I want to know what she does so that I can better understand my role. I want to specifically understand if she has any roles other than being a mother (not to underplay that), just so I can feel comforted/inspired in my other roles in life.
Oh how I wish I would have started developing a relationship sooner. I wish someone would have let me know sooner that She was there and that I could seek Her. I wish that my soul would have felt the yearning for Her love and I would have pursued a relationship before. I missed out on precious years with her. But I’m grateful to be starting now and I am grateful for the moments that I have felt Her.
On the subject of Heavenly Mother as on other topics that are not discussed much by prophets, I prefer not to speculate. I don’t know why prophets haven’t talked more about Heavenly Mother. I figure I will learn more about Her in the next life. I feel uncomfortable when church members create their own sense of Heavenly Mother and talk about their ideas as if they are doctrinal. I like to stick to the canon for my understanding of gospel doctrine.
Really not sure what to believe about Heavenly Mother. I know many people would like to know more about her but I don’t think that’s a big priority for male leaders of the church. Nor are many women’s issues.
To me it’s always made sense that we have a Heavenly Mother. I wish we knew more about Her, but I believe She will be one of the ‘great and marvelous’ things yet to be revealed.
I’m also soooo disappointed that the YW theme changed to include Her but then rarely talk about Her again. I’ve had to work through a lot of anger issues about this!! I JUST WANT DIRECT ACCESS TO MY MOM!!!!!!
I sometimes wonder: If our religion is founded on revelation why is there not more known about a Heavenly Mother, why is she not part of the temple ceremonies, and why are we left guessing about her? I don't mean those as critical accusations against the church or her leaders, just as thoughtful observations. At times the idea of a Heavenly Mother feels like a made up construct to help reconcile our belief in eternal families and eternal progression. It's a difficult part of my personal belief. I've not really ever longed for my Heavenly Mother, in part because I wasn't taught much about her role in my life. When I imagine and choose to believe that she is real I feel less comforted and more frustrated to think I have no way to form a relationship with her. If I am to become a goddess or queen in heaven (a crazy and beautiful thing to believe in the first place), it feels that women have a harder time "visualizing" what that might ever look like. Will we aspire to such lofty heights only to be shut out from relationships with our eternal spirit children, sidelined as an afterthought? It's an exhausting and devastating thought. One I need further personal revelation about...
I wish someone would give a talk about Heavenly Mother in General Conference. This would mean so much! After all SHE is our role model and we need to feel her reality in the lives of men and women.
I long for the day when more is revealed about our Heavenly Mother. I would like to reverence and worship Her. Though I am afraid to do so because it seems to be discouraged in the Church. But that thought makes reason stare. I reverence womanhood and therefore it makes sense to me that we could and should express as much respect and gratitude to Her as we do to Father in Heaven. I will follow the prophet in all things but if he asked me what I thought, this is what I would tell him. I believe the time is getting close to when She will be a bigger part of our worship.
I believe strongly that II Nephi 28:29 applies to us as a church in regard to our Heavenly Mother. We have been just as we were with the Book of Mormon, as spoken by God in D&C 84:54-57. If anything plain and precious has been taken away, it is the truth of our divine Mother and the equal divinity and capacity to govern in women and men.
It’s hard to have a relationship or an emotional connection to someone you know nothing about.
I love thinking about Heavenly mother and look forward to understanding and knowing her better. However, I am concerned that she is being used to forward the cause of feminism. I am uncomfortable with discussing her as a church unless our prophet and apostles have given the information as doctrine. I think it’s possible to receive personal revelation about heavenly Mother for ourselves but that should be very personal and not something discussed in church settings as doctrine.
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