Episode 81 is a follow-up from episode 80’s discussion on how a mother’s weakness can bless her children. Listen to hear my personal insights gathered from personal experiences, scriptures and talks about how to view your weaknesses in a positive light.

Episode Summary

In my last episode, I aired an interview with Kristen Walker Smith. Kristen shared how our weaknesses as mothers can actually bless our children.

I loved Kristen’s thoughts on weakness, so much so, that I decided to do some personal study on the topic of weakness.

In this episode, I share a few stories from my own life about seeing weaknesses in a positive light.

You’ll hear what happened when I polled my own kids about what they thought my weaknesses are. My 18-year-old son’s comments totally surprised me!

I talk about some weak spots in parenting when my kids were little and how my husband and I course corrected.

I also share viewing weakness in a positive light from the perspective of being a daughter.

The scriptures are full of examples of people who learned that weakness is a positive thing. I share scriptures that illustrate how God uses weakness for our benefit.

I found a talk and an article that were very enlightening to me. You’ll hear about a talk I read by Neal A. Maxwell (link below) that helped to remind me that having weakness is totally normal.

I also share an Ensign article that sheds light on how weakness is not a sin and actually draws us closer to God (link below).

Through my interview with Kristen and my study of weakness I have learned that I can view weakness in a positive light. Weakness has a purpose and through the Savior’s grace our weaknesses become strengths.

Episode Links

Notwithstanding My Weakness talk by Elder Neal A. Maxwell, October 1976 General Conference It Isn’t a Sin to Be Weak article by Wendy Ulrich, Ensign, April 2015 Ether 12:27 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Listen to Related Episodes

SMM 034: Why I Am Grateful For the Hardest Time in My Life || Darla Trendler SMM 080: Why Your Weaknesses are Blessing Your Children|| Kristen Walker Smith

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