A Message from Heidi
With preppers and homesteaders as a possible exception, 2020 should be the beginning of every woman’s superhero origin story. No matter who we thought we were in 2019, 2020 showed us our blind spots. Whether by toilet paper shortages, lockdowns and isolation, zoom school, financial stresses, political differences destroying life-long relationships and fracturing the United States, or by sickness and deaths, we were all undone by something.
Even when the day comes that we see an end to Covid 19 and lockdowns, we won’t be free. Inside America’s borders, we are living a contrived communication and information crisis, which reckons back to the Tower of Babel. We are broken into tribes according to our news sources, access to facts or "facts" and how we define certain words. Societies crumble when crucial labels such as violent/peaceful, patriotic/ justified, fascist/anti-fascist are twisted and weaponized.
The Book of Mormon teaches of a faithful people from the time of Babel who begged the Lord not to confound their language after the blasphemous tower fiasco. Instead, as with Noah and the flood, the Lord promised them an escape from the world-wide curse. They were told to gather supplies and build boats (barges) to start over in another land.
As I have prayed for answers to understand who I need to be and what I need to do because of empty store shelves, disease, funerals, isolation from family members, seemingly irreconcilable political differences in my country, and the Tower of Babel 2.0 crisis, I wasn’t given a construction plan for a barge. Instead, the words of J. Reuben Clark came as my answer:
Even when the day comes that we see an end to Covid 19 and lockdowns, we won’t be free. Inside America’s borders, we are living a contrived communication and information crisis, which reckons back to the Tower of Babel. We are broken into tribes according to our news sources, access to facts or "facts" and how we define certain words. Societies crumble when crucial labels such as violent/peaceful, patriotic/ justified, fascist/anti-fascist are twisted and weaponized.
The Book of Mormon teaches of a faithful people from the time of Babel who begged the Lord not to confound their language after the blasphemous tower fiasco. Instead, as with Noah and the flood, the Lord promised them an escape from the world-wide curse. They were told to gather supplies and build boats (barges) to start over in another land.
As I have prayed for answers to understand who I need to be and what I need to do because of empty store shelves, disease, funerals, isolation from family members, seemingly irreconcilable political differences in my country, and the Tower of Babel 2.0 crisis, I wasn’t given a construction plan for a barge. Instead, the words of J. Reuben Clark came as my answer:
The Lord was warning me that if I wanted to rise to the challenge, I better understand the true definition of a homemaker.
Once I earnestly sought to learn what homemaking is and what it is not, I finally got a glimpse of how homemakers can save this broken world. Real homemaking is a shockingly impactful. Real homemakers have skills that defy labels, limitations, and long-shot chances. Real homemakers see invisible opportunities and know how to open locked doors through earnest prayer.
Once I earnestly sought to learn what homemaking is and what it is not, I finally got a glimpse of how homemakers can save this broken world. Real homemaking is a shockingly impactful. Real homemakers have skills that defy labels, limitations, and long-shot chances. Real homemakers see invisible opportunities and know how to open locked doors through earnest prayer.