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What do you make of them? A few parts a very vague and conld be pretty much for every one and a few spots amazingly accurate. I don’t think it’s magical but I can’t discount it 100 0/0 either. I have seen some that offer very little but a few other that have many things that have really helped people I know. Most of the folklore I think is a bunch of hogwash. Thinking about mine; a lot of generalities and a lot of guilt. You are promised this as long as you do that. And one word in particular might be spelled wrong, bear. If it were spelled bare the meaning of the phrase changes completely to be more in line with the scripture it seems to be taken from.
One my daughters had her blessing from a new patriarch. He said she would study lots of different subjects in college, even stating which subjects. She is the only one that didn’t go to college but there is still time left I guess.
Here is another thread about Patriarchal Blessings from three years ago: http://forum.staylds.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=812&hilit=patriarchal+blessing There are some really interesting and . . . spot-on . . . things in mine and my wife’s – things that I only can see as inspired. I’m not talking about broad brushes or even specific statements, but more about tiny little details in the wording here and there.
I don’t see them as immutable prophecy, and I certainly don’t see them as infallible revelation or even always as inspired, but I know of enough things like I mentioned in various blessings to believe some of them contain elements of tapping into something outside one’s self that I consider to be revelation.
I really like the concept and principle behind them, no matter the amount of revelation they might or might not include.
I’m sure there might be more examples, but my mom is the only person I know who is mentioned by name in someone else’s PB. The reference is striking – and it’s not my dad’s PB, just in case someone wondered.
Since I consider it personal I won’t mention too much specific about mine. I think they benefit from confidentiality even when they say the same things. I love having a personal scripture. Suffice to say it combines cool with boring.
No prize for guessing my tribe.
A lot of mine is fulfiled already. Most of it could apply to many forum members.
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A lot of mine is fulfiled already. Most of it could apply to many forum members.
This.
I like the concept…astrology has always been fascinating to me. I think if they are used and taken in moderation they are benign. But there is a potential of harm to some of the more fanatic devout folks.
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My patriarch was excommunicated 5 or 6 years after i got mine 😮 The idea of something personal, rather than general, is a nice one. Shame it’s used as a director for a standard path through the church, perhaps. I was told I would be guided in choosing my profession and got into med school with a 10th percentile score in science. I was also told I would marry my true companion “one of the daughter’s of Israel. Just before our silver anniversary she told me that there was nothing in the past twenty five years worth celebrating and by year twenty seven we were divorced. There was a line in there about being warned against danger and I do remember a feeling that I needed to be careful just before I stuck myself with a needle from a gay patient. I guess two out of three isn’t bad. GBSmith wrote:I was told I would be guided in choosing my profession and got into med school with a 10th percentile score in science. I was also told I would marry my true companion “one of the daughter’s of Israel. Just before our silver anniversary she told me that there was nothing in the past twenty five years worth celebrating and by year twenty seven we were divorced. There was a line in there about being warned against danger and I do remember a feeling that I needed to be careful just before I stuck myself with a needle from a gay patient. I guess two out of three isn’t bad.
Ouch!
GBSmith wrote:I was told I would be guided in choosing my profession and got into med school with a 10th percentile score in science. I was also told I would marry my true companion “one of the daughter’s of Israel. Just before our silver anniversary she told me that there was nothing in the past twenty five years worth celebrating and by year twenty seven we were divorced. There was a line in there about being warned against danger and I do remember a feeling that I needed to be careful just before I stuck myself with a needle from a gay patient. I guess two out of three isn’t bad.
Wow. That is not a good story. Sorry to hear it. I hope things are going better now. What about HIV? Were you lucky?
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cwald wrote:GBSmith wrote:I was told I would be guided in choosing my profession and got into med school with a 10th percentile score in science. I was also told I would marry my true companion “one of the daughter’s of Israel. Just before our silver anniversary she told me that there was nothing in the past twenty five years worth celebrating and by year twenty seven we were divorced. There was a line in there about being warned against danger and I do remember a feeling that I needed to be careful just before I stuck myself with a needle from a gay patient. I guess two out of three isn’t bad.
Wow. That is not a good story. Sorry to hear it. I hope things are going better now. What about HIV? Were you lucky?
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When he said needle and gay patient I made the instant assumption that gay+sick must = HIV. Maybe the guy just had meningitis.
Better safe than sorry gay or not. mackay11 wrote:cwald wrote:GBSmith wrote:I was told I would be guided in choosing my profession and got into med school with a 10th percentile score in science. I was also told I would marry my true companion “one of the daughter’s of Israel. Just before our silver anniversary she told me that there was nothing in the past twenty five years worth celebrating and by year twenty seven we were divorced. There was a line in there about being warned against danger and I do remember a feeling that I needed to be careful just before I stuck myself with a needle from a gay patient. I guess two out of three isn’t bad.
Wow. That is not a good story. Sorry to hear it. I hope things are going better now. What about HIV? Were you lucky?
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When he said needle and gay patient I made the instant assumption that gay+sick must = HIV. Maybe the guy just had meningitis.
Good point. I misread it.
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I lucked out on the needle stick but it was a long 2 days until labs came back. It was weird though, just before I stuck myself I heard this voice say, “you’re going to stick yourself”. I guess I need to get the spiritual wax our of my ears, as I use to tell my deacons quorum back in the day.
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