My genealogy instructor ( the one at church ) put it best, " Seal 'em all and cover your bases! Let them sort it out! I littel light hearted for such a serious subject, but I thought it to be good sound advice! Holly ---------- > From: JCBrooks@aol.com > To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HANDCART-L] Married for time only vs. Married for eterni > Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 11:11 AM > > In a message dated 98-06-15 10:06:56 EDT, tazzy@enol.com writes: > > << > You are right i every thing you said except that the rules have changed now a > woman > can now be sealed to more thatn one husband. In my case my grand mother was > sealed > to my grand fateher at the insistance of my mother and her sisters, but she > wanted > to be sealed to her 3rd husband whom she loved dearly and now is dead. So > now she > can go get sealed to him. I hope this is a helpful. > Jackie >> > > According the the General Handbook, this is incorrect......a LIVING woman may > be sealed to only one husband during her lifetime (unless a sealiang > cancellation occurs.). A DECEASED woman may be sealed to all of her husbands. > The reasoning is that we do not have the right to choose among a person's > spouses for them. Only one relationship will be truly eternal...ratified by > both marital parties and the Lord. > > If, in life, a woman is sealed, and then is divorced, she must obtain a > sealing cancellation before being sealed to another man. If she is widowed, > unless the sealing is cancelled, she may be married for time only. I > personally believe that the Lord will sort out all these relationships > (including marriages where people stuck together for the sake of the family > and weren't very happy) in the millenium and that his desire is for each of us > to have a happy eternal relationship.....that there will be time to make > adjustments before the judgement day. We will not be required to maintain > covenants that we cannot currently support. > > Michele Brooks >