In the Book of Mormon we read about 2,000 exemplary young men
who were exceedingly valiant, courageous, and strong. “Yea, they
were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to
keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him”
(Alma 53:21). These faithful young men paid tribute to their
mothers. They said, “Our mothers knew it” (Alma 56:48). I would
suspect that the mothers of Captain Moroni, Mosiah, Mormon, and
other great leaders also knew. The responsibility mothers have
today has never required more vigilance. More than at any time
in the history of the world, we need mothers who know. Children
are being born into a world where they “wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).1 However,
mothers need not fear. When mothers know who they are and who
God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great
power and influence for go