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A celestial marriage takes both a husband and a wife. From what you said it doesn't sound like you had a righteous and willing partner wanting to be and remain sealed to you. But regardless of what happened in the past, rest assured that there is great cause for hope in all blessings!! It is not too late. Even if you don't find and marry someone in this life, it's not too late. The plan of salvation allows for all blessings to the faithful! This is one of the great truths of the restoration. Jesus Christ is your hope!! As you seek Jesus, all blessings remain available to you because of Him. Here are some quotes from a recent Liahona article ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2023/06/06-acting-in-faith-while-hoping-for-marriage-8-ideas-for-adults-who-are-single?lang=eng ) The Lord intends to bless you with a celestial marriage and exaltation. Have faith and hope in Jesus's power and ability to provide all blessings to the faithful, even if you don't understand the how. Live according to that faith. Here's one last quote: === Edit to add this from Revelation 21:2-4

In this case both. Teaching is good. But that doesn't preclude punishment. It's interesting that Korihor brought on his own punishments (he asked for a sign and he acknowledged "I brought this great curse upon me"). Later he chose to go be with the wicked Zoramites where he was killed. I think another question to ask is, "Did Korihor knowingly do anything wrong or was it innocent ignorance?" Alma 30:53 says At the beginning he knew it wasn't true, but he taught it anyway. (The word "insomuch" can mean "to such an extent that".) He was told to teach a lie, and he resisted the truth and taught it and continued until his success caused him to start to believe. What were his motivations? Perhaps he enjoyed persuading people, or perhaps he enjoyed the notoriety he gained. Or perhaps it was something even more sinister. Korihor admitted in vs 52 "I always knew that there was a God". Even after being taught and acknowledging his wrongs Alma says to him So it wasn't a simple misunderstanding. And, he wasn't changed. If Korihor had the chance, he'd revert to teaching falsehoods again.

Or maybe it was "you're done" without the "for now" because they were to feel complete and content and treat their 3 that way. If the Lord also told them "for now" things wouldn't feel the same, which might influence their relationships and appreciation for their current state. With that feeling, they didn't need to wonder or worry if they'd have another baby. They could be content. The spacing was good and perhaps necessary for their children. If they wanted or expected another child for a couple of years there likely would have been stress and heartache until the baby finally arrived. Many parents and many who long to be parents have felt that hardship. It's nice they didn't have to go through that. After a season of being a family of 5, it became time to advance to another stage of life and you were blessed with another. Congrats!

I've been interviewed dozens of times and in many places, and I've never heard of an interviewer doing this. That's weird. And in my mind, it's out of line. The handbook (section 25.1.1) says:

@NeedleinA This is late, but my area (in the South) also had a significant number of members choosing to not renew recommends. Executive secretaries and ward clerks sent reminders and tried to schedule appointments and a surprising (to me) number of people still chose not to renew their recommends. As I browsed through this thread I didn't notice any mention of Elder Rasband's Oct 2020 general conference talk, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/16rasband?lang=eng. He said: He also reminded us of Howard W. Hunter teaching that we should hold and be worthy of a recommend even if we don't have access to a temple. He shared: Aside from reminding members and trying to schedule appointments, another approach we took was to remind them of the Lord's teachings using this talk by Elder Rasband. But I'm not sure it had much affect.