The Influence of a Righteous Woman!

It is so easy to feel a little overwhelmed during this Christmas Season. I find myself feeling like I am spread so thin and have so much I want to accomplish and BE....I find myself comparing my weaknesses to others strengths. With that said, I know those feelings come from Satan. He really doesn't want us to progress or help anyone around us. So, tonight I went to www.lds.org to look for some guidance and peace and found this quote by Elder Dieter F. Utchdorf.

"As you live up to this mission, in whatever life circumstance you find
yourself—as a wife, as a mother, as a single mother, as a divorced woman, as a widowed or a single woman—the Lord our God will open up responsibilities and blessings far beyond your ability to imagine.

May I invite you to rise to the great potential within you. But don’t reach beyond your capacity. Don’t set goals beyond your capacity to achieve. Don’t feel guilty or dwell on thoughts of failure. Don’t compare yourself with others. Do the best you can, and the Lord will provide the rest. Have faith and confidence in Him, and you will see miracles happen in your life and the lives of your loved ones. The virtue of your own life will be a light to those who sit in darkness, because you are a living witness of the fulness of the gospel (see D&C 45:28). Wherever you have been planted on this beautiful but often troubled earth of ours, you can be the one to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees” (D&C 81:5).

My dear sisters, as you live your daily life with all its blessings and challenges, let me assure you that the Lord loves you. He knows you. He listens to your prayers, and He answers those prayers, wherever on this world you may be. He wants you to succeed in this life and in eternity."