Temple Covenants...

I am up late pondering a comment Brent and I talk about tonight at the Temple. It is common for us to sit in the Celestial room for a few moments. We usually ask each other did we feel anything, recieve inspiration ect. Tonight Brent shared a thought about how he felt in regards to the example he needs to be to his children; grandchilden in continuing to keep and honor his covenants. I thought I would do some reading as I cannot sleep. It seems as if I have 101 things going on in my mind. The topic I chose to read about on the LDS.org page was

Blessing Our Families through Our Covenants
Kathleen H. Hughes from the Ensign » 2002 » November
In the Relief Society General Presidency
She states:
It’s important for us to realize that there is no one way that a righteous family looks. Some righteous families have two parents; but sometimes, through death or divorce, there is only one. Some righteous families have many children, and other families, at least for the moment, have none. Most members are single for part of their lives, but Elder Marvin J. Ashton taught us that “God and one are a family.” In some righteous families only the father works outside the home, and other times, both adults must work. So, though we may differ, what righteous families have in common are the covenants that they hold sacred.

Let us think of covenants relating to the laws of the gospel: tithing, church attendance, and the Word of Wisdom, for example. Brother and Sisters, I don’t need to tell you that if we keep these covenants, our families will be blessed. That’s not to say we’ll never suffer; but in the end, we know that there is a reward for keeping our promises.

Other covenants commit us to moral behaviors: both our ethics toward one another and standards of conduct related to our bodies. We need to teach our children ethical behaviors: honesty, respect, integrity, kindness in word and actions. We send our children into a world where these behaviors are declining, but we must teach them through word and, more importantly, example, the actions of decency and goodness.

“We cannot overemphasize the value of Temple marriage, the binding ties of the sealing ordinance, and the standards of worthiness required of them.
When parents keep the covenants they have made at the altar of the temple, their children will be forever bound to them.”

Now my thoughts:
Divorce is not a fun thing...so many people get hurt. However, I am thankful for the blessings from my Heavenly Father; who had a helping hand in my second marriage.
Upon the decision to marry; Brent and I both agreed that we wanted to enter marriage first with the blessing of going to the Temple. We both had a lot of opposition...some people openly stated that second marriages have a high rate of failure and perhaps we should hold off on the sealing part. We both agreed to move forward and ask for permission to get married in the Temple. I needed a cancellation of sealing from my first husband, Brent needed a temple clearance. This process is long, it involves interviews, letter writing to formal spouses ect. I took a lot of time writing my letter, I had great concerns and worries. My children also had some concerns as to what happens to the sealing as a family between my formal spouse and myself.

The answer came...it came from my Bishop, our Stake President, and in a letter from the First Presidency.

It said...Children born in the covenant or sealed to parents are assured the right and privilege of eternal parentage based upon their individual faithfulness and agency. If such children remain worthy, these birthright blessings remain secure in the event that the sealing if their parents as husband and wife is canceled. For each of us, the realization of eternal blessings is conditioned upon personal worthiness and individual agency. Such blessings, including our eternal family relationships, will be determined by our wise and loving Father after we have completed our mortl probation. Sign by the First Presidency March 14, 2007...

We were married April 14, 2007 in the Bountiful Temple.

I am thankful for that decision, I am thankful for great love the second time around. I make no excuses for divorce it is ugly. When we make Temple covnenant's we make them with the Lord...I beleive in honoring those covenants forever..all the days of my life and then more!!!