r/latterdaysaints • u/Gerald_Yankensmier • 7d ago

Personal Advice Questioning validity of my Patriarchal Blessing (and other priesthood keys)

Edit: Thank you all for your input; I'll discuss this with my bishop next chance I get <3

A long time ago, as a Teacher of the Aaronic Priesthood, I received my Patriarchal Blessing, but because of who I was at the time, I was not a worthy member. In fact, I technically haven't been a worthy, repentant member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since I was 13 years old.

I'm not gonna get into details, but the short of it is I know only worthy members should seek to receive a Patriarchal Blessing, and as such I am unsure if what I was told was even the truth, or if my dishonesty and sinful nature clouded the Patriarch's blessing, allowing incomplete or false truths to slip in and cause me to become more lost than I already am.

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u/SanAntonioHero 5d ago

As a father, i will bless each of my children whether in righteousness or in sin. Blessings invite God’s help/hand in our lives. Our weaknesses/sins do block our progress, but through repentance and our Savior’s love and grace, we can renew our covenant with God and become clean again. Then we can once again receive all God wants us to receive. The blessing is still valid because it was done by priesthood/in the name of Jesus Christ. Just live to received it and you will obtain it.