I have a question that’s important to me. I think I might have sinned and I’m really sorry. I didn’t know about Mormon beliefs. I’ve met a work friend who told me about your beliefs, and I’m impressed. Your beliefs are beautiful to me. I’m a married woman, very young, since I’m only 24. Now I have a baby that’s six. I’ve always believed in eternal love. Currently, as I mentioned, I’m married, and my husband was unfaithful to me. I’ve never felt like I could forgive him; I’m a very loyal woman. Now that I’ve heard about your church through my friend, who’s Mormon, I feel like you believe a lot of the same things I believe and defend. I’ve decided to join your church, principally because my friend said he believes in eternal love. However, this has awakened feelings in me that I don’t want to grow. I know they’re not correct. Now I believe I’m capable of loving God and respecting Him in ways I never could before. I like my Mormon friend and would like with all my heart to find someone who loves me for all eternity. I want to get married to someone who can give me a perfect family like the one I always dreamed about. I’d like my son to get to know and follow these same beliefs for his whole life. My questions is, what should I do?
Hi friend. I'm happy that you're interested in joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I've been a member of this church all my life, and it has been the greatest blessing of my life. It's wonderful to have a strong relationship with Jesus Christ, and the church has helped me build that relationship. I'm so grateful to be a member of this wonderful organization, and I'm excited that you've decided to join too.
It's excellent, also, that you want your child to grow up with these same beliefs. The influence this church had on me during my childhood years was crucial. It helped me become the person I am today. I'm certainly not perfect, but I am a better person than I would have been because of Christ's teachings in my life.
I'm very sorry to learn that your husband was unfaithful to you. Infidelity can be very difficult to overcome in a marriage. Assuming your husband has decided now to be faithful, the best solution, in my opinion, is to continue to work on your marriage, especially because the two of you have a child together. Joining the LDS church can bring a lot of changes into people's lives. Perhaps you could help your husband become interested in the church as well. Together, you could chat with the bishop (like a pastor or priest in other churches). Perhaps he'd be able to help you with the challenges you face.
You certainly should not give up on your dream of having an eternal love, an eternal marriage! With proper preparation, repentance, and forgiveness, you and your husband could one day be married in one of God's temples, so your family can be together forever. This is one of the greatest blessings God can give his children.
It's excellent, also, that you want your child to grow up with these same beliefs. The influence this church had on me during my childhood years was crucial. It helped me become the person I am today. I'm certainly not perfect, but I am a better person than I would have been because of Christ's teachings in my life.
I'm very sorry to learn that your husband was unfaithful to you. Infidelity can be very difficult to overcome in a marriage. Assuming your husband has decided now to be faithful, the best solution, in my opinion, is to continue to work on your marriage, especially because the two of you have a child together. Joining the LDS church can bring a lot of changes into people's lives. Perhaps you could help your husband become interested in the church as well. Together, you could chat with the bishop (like a pastor or priest in other churches). Perhaps he'd be able to help you with the challenges you face.
You certainly should not give up on your dream of having an eternal love, an eternal marriage! With proper preparation, repentance, and forgiveness, you and your husband could one day be married in one of God's temples, so your family can be together forever. This is one of the greatest blessings God can give his children.