"The Prophet Joseph Smith declared—and he never taught more comforting doctrine—that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold. Either in this life or the life to come, they will return. They will have to pay their debt to justice; they will suffer for their sins; and may tread a thorny path; but if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving father’s heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain. Pray for your careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with your faith. Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God"1
We are not promised all that our children will choose to live the way we intend to live, they have their agency. But as my husband and I made the choice to marry in the LDS temple for time and all eternity we secured our posterity, so that they cannot be lost, but will be saved by virtue of the covenant we have made within the temple.
1.Alan J. Hawkins and David C. Dollahite and Thomas W. Draper,
ed., “Successful Marriages and Families: Proclamation Principles and Research
Perspectives”, Chapter 16
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