Love it.

But real PBs don't let you choose most of those things. Like baby blessings. They are marching orders.



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I got my patriarchal blessing just before I went on my mission at 22 yrs old. It said I would serve my mission in "one of the four corners of the world." I thought the world was round. I went to the Caribbean Islands.

My blessing said I would be a great leader among my fellow men, and I received it around the age of 17. I have yet to be elected President.

But I have to admit, the PDF that came up, was darn close to most patriarchal blessings I have seen.

I received my PB when I was 16. It was a very uncomfortable experience. The patriarch was odd and not at all friendly. The blessing itself was not comforting. One part told me not to be a "flame that consumed and destroyed." I was mostly a good girl so I took that as an insult. It also cautioned, "this, in spite of what has come before, and even because of what has come before." I had no idea what that meant but it seemed that something bad would happen and a lot did after that blessing. When the blessing was over with I about ran out of the Patriarch's house. I was so glad it was over with. I eventually tore up the "blessing." It was more like a cursing.

When I was set apart as a missionary in the MTC I was promised that "my children would call me blessed" and other nice things, none of which happened. No children. No eternal husband. I was a dedicated missionary and did my best. I came home and was a dedicated Mormon, not leaving till I was in my mid 30s. None of those damn promises came true.

One suspects that the patriarch had the hots for you and was trying to deflect the onus onto you.

Could be!!!

Don't give up hope!

It could all come true in the millennium.

Can anyone find the deseret translator? I loved that thing.

User error? GIGO? Never!

Danka!

I was told to read a particular section of of The Pearl of Great Price. That section doesn't exist. Tee hee!