How to Strengthen My Own Spirituality

Most all churches of all affiliatons have groups, that meet, womens groups, moms groups, bible studies and so on. Call around in your area. I know going back to church this past summer added a lot of clarity to my life. It seems to have helped my kids as well. I never knew how powerful and enlightening it could be. Just sitting there and meditating on my feelings and allowing things to come to me was incredible! Good luck on your search. Find a LDS around your area and just call them.

I understand what you're feeling! It can be hard to be a SAHM and also have a calling in your ward that works with the kids! I have been in Primary or Nursery for the entire time I have been a mother!
Where do you live? Maybe it would be a fun idea to get together with some other moms and have a study group or Gospel discussion group while the kids play? I would be totally up for that if you are in the SLC area!!
Continue to pray for peace and strength. Look for ways to serve others, and also try and develop a gospel study/scripture reading schedule of your own! The Lord will bless you for your efforts! It's hard to be a SAHM, and He knows how you are feeling!

Lots of times if you request it, the pastor will tape the sermon for you so you can listen to it later! That's what my husband and I have to do!

S., children's church pastor Assembly of God!!!

You know I just got called to be in the Primary and was sad to leave the Relif Society.. but in our ward they have like 4 different people in the Nursery and they take turns like 2 in and 2 out.. see if they can call more people to switch it out every week..

I would hope that your ward RS has many groups. We have a walking group, card swap, scrapbook group, playgroup, even a group of women who swap babysitting to go to the temple. Some of these groups meet weekly, some monthy, others less often than that. I know how you feel. I have struggled with this ever since I married my husband, then having children just made it more difficult. I have been in the nursery or primary ever since I became a mom. Even before that I wa always called to something that kept me from going to RS. So really, when I do go I feel a little out of place. My husband is a memeber, but he feels tat we shouldn't have to do anything more than go to church and obey the 10 commandments, and even some of those are no big deal to him. I go to the temple when ever I can convince my hubby to let me do so. I used to go weekly. I suggest you try to go at least once a month, I am sure it woul be a big help, if you aren't alreay doing so. Also, make sure you are having FHE, scripture study and prayers. It is so hard to remember to do these things with my kids, and then when I do , they are wild and crazy the whole time. But I still do it for my own benefits, and to teach them. Another thing that has helped me is books, music, and movies. I have started to read The Work And The Glory. This has given me a love of church history and has actually helped me to feel the spirit more. And even though christian rock stations don't play LDS music, they do play some awesome stuff. I often listen to it, and it has helped me also. t took awhile to get used to, but it has really helped. I have heard from many of the older generations that this is a difficult task to accomplish, but to hang in there, because it is worth the struggle. Good luck.

i too was called to become a pre-school teacher for our religious education program and i was kinda angry about it and looking for other people to fill the position. with mno luck and liking the teaching process. that kids wrer looking up to me and listening about god and actually learning a few things.
for me church was my time to recharge for the week. church--re--parents group. now by the time i get out of my classroom everyone is gone and there is no one to talk to. i pray a lot and talk to god about everything so i fell like thing get off my shoulders too. i also want to start medataing to hear the holy spirit. .

it would be a good idea for you to talk tot he other teachers and see if they too feel at a loss and maybe they would want to start a group with you. good luick and god bless

I totally understand how you feel, I've been nursery leader three times, and what was worse was being the Primary Secretary. I had two active toddler at the time so I rarely got to listen to sacrament meeting, and there was always so much going on that I rarely got to go to sharing time either. I was really struggling, so I talked to my dad about it. He simply just told me that I needed to study more on my own at that time. And it was true.
I hope you are reading scriptures everyday, you can get study guides at an LDS book store. You can also read articles out of the Ensign. I keep my current Conference issue around and read articles over and over again.
Do you have a visiting teaching assignment and do your visiting and home teachers come to you? If they don't, you should talk to your RS President and tell her you need the spiritual upliftment. Also, going to the temple regularly is a very good way to feel spiritually uplifted. (If you are not endowed you can do baptisms) Maybe you could trade babysitting with a sister in your ward. I am sure there are other sisters who feel the way you do. Or ones that at least understand what you are going through and would love to be of service. I think everyone gets the opportunity sometime in their life to be a nursery leader.
I hope this helps.

Find out where the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses is at and get a bible study started and you will be will on your way to having all of the spiritual food you would need to live in these last days from marriage, child rearing, hygiene and association. It is the only way.

Man don't I understand! I am not sure yet myself what it is that the lord is trying to teach us mothers with children by calling us to nursery when in my eyes Sunday is outlet to get adult time. I have three under three and have been put in nursery, and the younger kids in primary...I have to admit I was really bitter for a while cause I promised I would never turn down a calling so I didn't but I realized that sometimes the lord wants us to go back to the basics...maybe the lessons in nursery are what we are supposed to be hearing to remind us through the week with our children. The biggest help for me though was when I made a real effort to get up every morning and read the BofM..I actaully took a challege to read it in 40 days and my husband and I made it in 36, but the outline It had made you focus on so much more and really really helped me out I would love to send it to you if you would like to try it. I even found I was a better mom through the week cause of all the other things it has you focus on. Good luck with everything and thank you for the reminder myself...sometimes it is nice to know that other mothers feel the same and it motivates you to do more about it yourself so thanks. Have a great week.