Sheri L. Dew

“Regardless of your marital status, your age, or the language you speak, you are a beloved spirit daughter of Heavenly Father who is destined to play a critical part in the onward movement of the gospel kingdom.”

“It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.”

“There isn't anyone who wants to see me married more than I do.”

“Being steadfast and immovable with our heels in tar on the Lord's side of the line is the only strategy that works long-term against Lucifer.”

“The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone.”

“It is no accident that faith in Jesus Christ - not only believing in Him but believing Him - is the first principle of the gospel.”

“Relief Society can help us turn away from the world, for its express purpose is to help sisters and their families come unto Christ.”

“I have 17 nieces and nephews, who are a pure delight. We have hiked and biked and fasted and prayed together.”

“Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.”

“Our Father knew exactly what He was doing when He created us. He made us enough alike to love each other, but enough different that we would need to unite our strengths and stewardships to create a whole.”

“The Holy Ghost is the minister and messenger of the Father and the Son, and He testifies of both Their glorious, global reality and Their connection to us personally.”

“Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us.”

“For reasons known to the Lord, some women are required to wait to have children. This delay is not easy for any righteous woman. But the Lord's timetable for each of us does not negate our nature.”

“If we don't do as well as we know how and we are prepared to do, it'll be largely because we act and make choices as though we're going to stay here, as though this life is all there is, when that is not the case.”

“Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate.”

“Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil.”

“We are all farmers tending a little part of the Lord's vineyard.”

“Most significantly, the fullness of the priesthood contained in the highest ordinances of the house of the Lord can be received only by a man and woman together.”

“If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.”

“I was raised on a farm in Kansas where we lived next door to my Grandma Dew, and I was her shadow. We went everywhere together - to the bank, the doctor, the Early Bird Garden Club, and to an endless procession of Church meetings.”