🪶 When the Mothers Stand Up, Peace Follows What Japanese History and the Nemenhah Mothers Have in Common
🪶 When the Mothers Stand Up, Peace Follows
What Japanese History and the Nemenhah Mothers Have in Common
Hello friends.
I want to share something beautiful today…
something that came together in my mind like two rivers meeting —
Japan on one side,
the Nemenhah Records on the other.
And right in the middle…
a truth I think Heaven has been whispering for a long time.
🌸 1. The Woman Who Helped Save Japan
My wife is Japanese.
She grew up with stories of Sena,
a woman whose influence shaped one of the greatest eras of peace in human history.
After centuries of warfare, betrayal, and bloodshed,
Japan suddenly experienced more than 250 years of peace —
the Edo period.
People sometimes give all the credit to men like Tokugawa Ieyasu.
But behind the scenes,
there were women:
• mothers
• wives
• counselors
• peacemakers
• stabilizers
• negotiators
Women who taught leaders to restrain their wrath.
Women who forged bonds between families.
Women who shifted warriors into administrators.
Women who quieted storms that could have consumed the nation.
Peace came because the women shaped the hearts of the men.
And when my wife speaks of it…
I feel the Spirit confirm it.
🪶 2. The Mothers of the Nemenhah
Then I turn to the Nemenhah Records,
and I see the exact same pattern:
Whenever peace is born,
whenever Zion rises,
whenever the people dwell in harmony—
It is because the Council of Mothers is honored.
The Nemenhah say:
“Women are the bearers of peace.”
“The mothers choose the stewards.”
“No man governs without the voice of the mothers.”
“When the mothers are heard, the land rests.”
In their history:
👉 War ends through mothers
👉 Refuge begins through mothers
👉 Leaders are selected by mothers
👉 The Covenant Way is preserved by mothers
The Nemenhah never separate peace from women.
And heaven has never done so either.
🔥 3. The Ainu — A Bridge of Old Memory
My wife once said,
“The Ainu people look like Indians.”
And she’s right.
It surprises people today,
but ancient Japan was not one single ethnic group.
The Ainu resemble:
• the northern tribes of the Americas
• the Aleutians
• the Siberian peoples
• even some features of Western tribes
Is this proof of migration from Hagoth’s ships?
We can’t say that.
But does it matter?
Because the deeper truth is this:
Wherever the Spirit of Peace is working,
He teaches the same pattern —
through the hearts of mothers.
Bloodlines are interesting.
But the Spirit is the real connection.
🌤️ 4. Peace Has a Mother’s Voice
Look at any civilization where lasting peace appeared:
Esther in Persia
Abigail in Israel
Deborah under the palms
Mary and the early church
Abish among the Lamanites
The mothers of the stripling warriors
The Nemenhah Mothers
The Japanese women of the Edo restoration
In every case…
peace arrives in the wake of women who refuse to let hatred win.
Women who teach unity.
Women who restrain pride.
Women who soften men’s hearts.
Women who elevate community above conquest.
Women who live the way of the Peacemaker long before anyone calls it that.
This is not coincidence.
This is covenant.
🌏 5. Japan and the Nemenhah — Two Nations, One Pattern
So here’s the tender truth the Spirit gave me:
The Peacemaker works in every nation.
He raises mothers everywhere who carry His voice.
Japan did not become peaceful by accident.
And the Nemenhah did not discover peace by luck.
Both received the same heavenly whisper:
“Honor the women.
Listen to the mothers.
Build your houses on love, not power.”
This is why the two stories feel the same in your heart,
even though they happened thousands of miles apart.
Truth recognizes itself.
🌿 6. Why This Matters Today
Because we’re living in a world that is losing this way.
And yet — quietly —
there is another “little flock” rising,
just like Mohrhohnahyah saw.
A flock that sees:
• the humility of the Japanese
• the wisdom of the Nemenhah Mothers
• the teachings of the Book of Mormon
• the gentle pull toward peace instead of contention
A flock the Peacemaker is gathering from every nation,
every family line,
every tradition where hearts are soft enough to hear Him.
And if you listen closely…
the voice calling them
sounds a lot like the voice of a mother.
🌈 7. A Closing Thought for My Wife (and Yours, if you have one)
Your wife’s people have a history of peace.
Yours do too now.
And neither one is an accident.
Heaven plants the seeds.
Women nurture them.
Men learn to follow their example.
And the world becomes a little quieter.
A little safer.
A little more like Zion.
Because when the mothers stand up…
peace follows.
Every time.
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