Convert Sealing


RachaelM88
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I am a very recent convert. 12 weeks today actually! I have gone through so many changes since my baptism and confirmation and I've learned a lot, but I have a question I haven't been able to find an answer to. Quick story as to why I am asking/posting this... I know about sealing and children being sealed to their parents or spouses being sealed to each other, but what about converts like me who are 1st generation and have no blood family to be sealed to or may not get a chance to marry? My YSA ward is dealing with a tragic accident right now and it has been getting me to think more about this topic of sealings... can I as a young single adult convert be sealed to an LDS family if they were given that option/opportunity and wanting to do that sealing?

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Yes, that I understand... the two people I see as my LDS parents are married and sealed to each other. My blood family lives no where near me and doesn't care to either and we no longer talk which is why I am asking this question. These two know that I see them this way as well and I was at least able to invite them to my Patriarchal Blessing so I already share a special bond with them.

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Hi Rachael -

When the parent/child sealing ritual was originally revealed, it was called adoption and it was frequently done as you suggest--formalizing emotional, rather than biological, relationships. In the 1890s President Wilford Woodruff instructed that the Church should focus on ritually sealing biological parents and children, and that is where the focus remains today.

For the time being, the Church will probably have you seek a sealing to your biological parents (if necessary, waiting until they have passed away and then doing it posthumously). If, in the eternities, they are not in a situation where that sealing ordinance can be honored--or if other circumstances make it desirable for you to be sealed to other "parents"--we can trust that that can be dealt with in the Lord's due time and in a manner that will be satisfactory to all of the parties involved.

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  • 5 months later...

I bit of background if you are still reading this thread Rachael. How old are you? I ask as if you are of 'adoption age', then you could be adopted by them and sealed. If nm ot, the great thing about the gospel is that we are never sealed to people that we do this want to be with for eternity; example, if sealed to parents, spouse, etc. and then divorced or some other circumstance, the original sealing won't mean that you're stuck with that person. I think in the eternities there will be a lot of 'shuffling' around and everyone will end up where and with who they want. During the millenia as I understand it, there will be a lot of work being done as well, making all of our mistakes right.

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