This reminded me of an experience I had a few years ago.  My mother's father had a previous marriage that last a short time until she left him for another man.  I found information on this woman but did not feel inclined to do her ordinances because of what she had done do my grandfather.  A dear friend kindly reminded me that it was not my job to judge, but to provide opportunities for my ancestors to receive the blessings of the gospel. It took a few years, but through more research I discovered this woman's parents and was able to get her sealed to her family.   Families Are Forever Carol Riner Everett ________________________________ From: Karen Tippets <sahara346@gmail.com> To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Second marriages As I've understood it, our job is not to judge another person's willingness, righteousness, or whatever when their name comes across our family tree needing Temple work.  Do all applicable work and let the Lord decide who goes where, who's worthy of what, and they will have their personal input as well, based on what they are entitled to after judgement. We may not know or understand the things that made them choose to do as they did in mortality, but the Lord does.  There are people that I may not choose to spend eternity with given what I know/understand about their lives, but I know in my life that sometimes circumstances I find myself in skews my judgement at times and I later decide that another choice might have been a better one.  If I can see that in my own life, I can certainly figure out that a lot of my ancestors probably went through some similar choices.  I'm the first of my family in the Church, and that alone has changed a lot of my choices.  Certainly without the gospel as a guide, people may not always make choices as wisely, and given what I know of history, there are probably many times in ancestral lives that they had to choose between what was actually the lesser of two evils in their view just to survive. Karen On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:54 AM, <JCBrooks@aol.com> wrote: > The general rule is:  seal children to their natural parents and seal  a > woman or a man to all husbands/wives after they are deceased.    Basically > it > puts in place all possible scenarios.  Everyone gets sealing  blessings. > The Lord and the individuals decide, with full information  which we do not > have on earth, who will ultimately go with who.  No sealing  is permanent > without that ratification by the Holy Spirit of Promise. > > I believe that the ordinance of sealing children to parents is not totally > understood.  Clearly, we are not eternally children in parental homes if we >  are married and having families as adults.  Rather, it must pertain to a > linking of generations and a right to relationships in some manner as well > as  identification as a child/person of the covenant. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 6/8/2013 11:01:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > donbjc@comcast.net writes: > > I was  told that a woman can be sealed to two husbands if she has children > with both.  As in my case my mother and father were sealed after death, but > before death  they were divorced and she was sealed to another man that she > had 2 children  with. I was given a name of my grand uncles wife, by Family > Search to do the  work, but in researching I found the name they had her > under was her married  name with her first husband and they had 3 > children, and > she had no children  with my grand uncle, also in the research I found her > maiden name, her parents  and found their work and hers was done. The only > thing missing is the sealing  to her husband and children. So I will have > that done, but not seal her to my  grand uncle who has a first wife and > children to be sealed to. > Is that how  others understand the system? > Thanks for any enlightenment, > Betty Jo  Colbert > Citrus Heights Stake, CA > > ----- Original Message  ----- > From: "Karen Tippets" <sahara346@gmail.com> > To:  lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2013 8:15:36 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Second marriages > > My understanding is that  she can be sealed to both husbands only if she is > deceased herself. > > Karen > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or  UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please  send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word  'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the  message > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one! 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