I would like to read an authoritative, i.e. from the prophet, statement about how the Lord will repair all the damage done by serious sin, the kind that destroys eternal families. I have numerous LDS friends, some raised in devout homes, who married and divorced multiple times before being diagnosed with mental illness. Even on the best medication we have available they have continued to marry and divorce, just not as frequently. They have numerous children, sometimes with numerous spouses and sometimes with men they never married. The children would like to be with their father's, something not possible according to our current interpretation of dealings, where the woman must choose one husband of her many. I see so much despair in these situations and no answers except all will be well. Joseph Smith did not leave the parents of deceased children to mourn without hope. Why are we?
JoeySeptember 24, 2018
A thought - my husband was mentally ill and not responsible. I can assign blame.
A thoughtSeptember 20, 2018
@Joey, you talk about someone committing adultery with your spouse as if that's not a two-way street. You can't put 100% of the responsibility on that other person if your spouse was a willing participant. I am truly sorry for the loss you feel but it's misplaced blame if you think it's all because of the other man.
JoeySeptember 19, 2018
If you murder my family member, I can forgive you. Because my loss ends in the eternities. But if you commit adultery with my spouse and destroy my marriage, my loss lasts forever. Those mistakes are the hardest to forgive and truly impossible to erase.
MarySeptember 19, 2018
For some, it is not that mistakes but their consequences that cannot be fixed. Divorce can divide children and parents for eternity. One can forgive, but how do you really forgive that which cannot be restored, even in eternity?
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CharlieSeptember 26, 2018
I would like to read an authoritative, i.e. from the prophet, statement about how the Lord will repair all the damage done by serious sin, the kind that destroys eternal families. I have numerous LDS friends, some raised in devout homes, who married and divorced multiple times before being diagnosed with mental illness. Even on the best medication we have available they have continued to marry and divorce, just not as frequently. They have numerous children, sometimes with numerous spouses and sometimes with men they never married. The children would like to be with their father's, something not possible according to our current interpretation of dealings, where the woman must choose one husband of her many. I see so much despair in these situations and no answers except all will be well. Joseph Smith did not leave the parents of deceased children to mourn without hope. Why are we?
JoeySeptember 24, 2018
A thought - my husband was mentally ill and not responsible. I can assign blame.
A thoughtSeptember 20, 2018
@Joey, you talk about someone committing adultery with your spouse as if that's not a two-way street. You can't put 100% of the responsibility on that other person if your spouse was a willing participant. I am truly sorry for the loss you feel but it's misplaced blame if you think it's all because of the other man.
JoeySeptember 19, 2018
If you murder my family member, I can forgive you. Because my loss ends in the eternities. But if you commit adultery with my spouse and destroy my marriage, my loss lasts forever. Those mistakes are the hardest to forgive and truly impossible to erase.
MarySeptember 19, 2018
For some, it is not that mistakes but their consequences that cannot be fixed. Divorce can divide children and parents for eternity. One can forgive, but how do you really forgive that which cannot be restored, even in eternity?
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