hope Archives - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ

Tools and truth for healing false thoughts and beliefs

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 20, 2017 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, Latter-day Saints Believe in God, Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 5 |

One of the things I didn’t understand for the first 40 years of my life (I call those my 40...

Obedience — Start where you are #ldsconf Odyssey

by Michelle | Jun 1, 2016 | General Conference Odyssey, What We Believe | 0 |

I’m behind, as usual, but here is my #ldsconf General Conference Odyssey post for this week....

Resources for those affected by addiction (their own or that of a loved one)

by Women Seeking Christ | Jan 9, 2013 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, Latter-day Saints Believe in God, Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 2 |

Two of our most recent comments have been from people affected by addiction, and so this post is for them and for others who are silently struggling, wondering what to do. Whether you are the one struggling yourself with...

Sexual Addiction Recovery: There is Hope!

by Women Seeking Christ | Aug 31, 2012 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, What We Believe | 2 |

Do you know someone who struggles with addiction? Do you struggle with addiction yourself? Don’t let shame drive your response to your loved one, or to yourself. Healing is possible. There is hope. If you are a loved one...

“Jesus Christ is the Way”

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 7, 2012 | Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 0 |

A woman talks about her experiences struggling with divorce, drug addiction (she was involved in drug dealing as well). She became weary of life, even just wanting to be done. For 27 years she was in so much pain. She cried out...

Mormons and Depression / Mental Illness / Anti-depressant Use

by Women Seeking Christ | Jan 8, 2012 | Articles and Talks, Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live | 7 |

~by Michelle After gathering many responses to the recent question from one of our readers, I thought it would be useful to address one of the topics that came up in some of the comments: depression (and/or the use of...

Why do Mormons seem so happy?

by Women Seeking Christ | Jan 4, 2012 | The Plan of Salvation, What We Believe | 49 |

We received the following question from Len a couple of weeks ago: I’m Jewish, and I know this might seem like a weird question, but I can’t stop thinking about it: Why do all of the Mormons that I know seem so happy? So...

A New Year, A Fresh Start

by Jen H. | Jan 8, 2011 | How We Live | 0 |

“Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.” –Elder Russell M. Nelson, 2000 There is something fantastic and...

Mormon Messages Video: “Look Not Behind Thee”

by Women Seeking Christ | Jan 1, 2011 | What We Believe | 0 |

This Mormon Messages video has a great message for the new year. It doesn’t matter what the past has been like; because of the Savior, Jesus Christ, we can move forward in our lives with hope and faith. This message of...

A Mormon Woman reflects on the Blessings of the Temple

by Heidi | Nov 7, 2010 | Articles and Talks | 0 |

by Heidi~ As a busy wife and mother, I often feel as if I am besieged by dozens of voices calling me to venture off in hundreds of directions. Then there is the voice on top of all the rest, the one that questions which voice...

Mormon Woman Writes about Struggle with Depression in Poem: “Descending”

by Women Seeking Christ | Oct 15, 2010 | How We Live | 1 |

~by Marsha Steed Keller Sometimes we do it all. Sometimes we think we can do it all, and sometimes the ‘all’ falls into a pile of broken dreams, shattered promises and difficulties at our feet. Once I had it all, and then one...

When Bad Things Happen to Good People: One woman’s journey to overcome the effects of abuse and addiction

by Women Seeking Christ | May 18, 2010 | Conversion Stories, Who We Are | 0 |

~by Candace I know this is the true Church of our Savior Jesus Christ and that we are led by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson. My story: My life challenges started at a very early age. I was eight years old when I was first...