Blessing a child

[falafel]

As soon as I can get to Niku's house to pick up the microphone and other equipment.


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Get your kids out of the pool and get them over to Niku's to muck that mother-ucker out of his house!

[Lost Student]

Did the switch for all three kids. So far everything in all of their blessings have come true.

[smokymountainrain]

Wait, why wouldn't you do the switch?

DH is wrong - at least as it pertains to this non-switcher

Why would you do the switch? you are addressing Heavenly Father, why change in the middle? you don't do that any other time you are addressing Heavenly Father.

[creekster]

DH is wrong - at least as it pertains to this non-switcher

Why would you do the switch? you are addressing Heavenly Father, why change in the middle? you don't do that any other time you are addressing Heavenly Father.

SO maybe we should start blessings by addressing the child by birth order and gender (if known and assigned) and then give a blessing. No swithc and everyone is happy!

I just don't think it is that big of a deal.

[smokymountainrain]

SO maybe we should start blessings by addressing the child by birth order and gender (if known and assigned) and then give a blessing. No swithc and everyone is happy!

I just don't think it is that big of a deal.

of course its not - the entire discussion is more a joke than anything.

[Applejack]

I don't get the switch hate. Once they have a name, you give them a regular priesthood blessing.


Yeah things are a little different because you have to give them a name, but after they have a name it is just like any other blessing.

How did people get such weird views of baby blessings?

I assume you all think the baby should be in white like a christening. How many of you went in all white to get your patriarchal blessing?

HaHa! God doesn't care about the color of our clothes! I agree that requiring all-white clothes for anything would be wrong.

[old_gregg]

HaHa! God doesn't care about the color of our clothes! I agree that requiring all-white clothes for anything would be wrong.

god hates painters

[Scott R Nelson]

When my youngest grandchild was blessed earlier this year, his father started out by calling him by name, before giving him that name. He eventually stumbled through the rest of the steps of the blessing. I'm trying to figure out how this fits in with the switch.

When I blessed my kids, it was a prayer to our Heavenly Father and any blessings were asked for in that prayer rather than pronounced directly. That's how I happen to feel that it should be done.


The story in the original posting sounds rather awkward. Sounds like something that might happen in Utah where sometimes they tend to forget the higher principles and concentrate on the letter of the law.

[Jeff Lebowski]

The story in the original posting sounds rather awkward. Sounds like something that might happen in Utah where sometimes they tend to forget the higher principles and concentrate on the letter of the law.

Lol. Ok, Scott.

[smokymountainrain]

When my youngest grandchild was blessed earlier this year, his father started out by calling him by name, before giving him that name. He eventually stumbled through the rest of the steps of the blessing. I'm trying to figure out how this fits in with the switch.

When I blessed my kids, it was a prayer to our Heavenly Father and any blessings were asked for in that prayer rather than pronounced directly. That's how I happen to feel that it should be done.


The story in the original posting sounds rather awkward. Sounds like something that might happen in Utah where sometimes they tend to forget the higher principles and concentrate on the letter of the law.

[Pelado]

This thread reminds me of a quote...something about the philosophies of men mingled with scriptures.

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[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Why would you do the switch? you are addressing Heavenly Father, why change in the middle? you don't do that any other time you are addressing Heavenly Father.

For some reason this reminded me of a recent challenge between a friend and I at church. If asked to give a prayer in Sac meeting we had to either use 5 adjectives before HF or find a way to ask HF to bless himself with something. We started this challenge in early 2017 and then as if by divine intervention neither of us were asked to pray, until a glorious sabbath morning 2-3 weeks ago. I went 5 adjectives you wouldn't believe how much more powerful the spirit was at our meeting that day, it almost felt like a ward in Zion. For reals.

[creekster]

For some reason this reminded me of a recent challenge between a friend and I at church. If asked to give a prayer in Sac meeting we had to either use 5 adjectives before HF or find a way to ask HF to bless himself with something. We started this challenge in early 2017 and then as if by divine intervention neither of us were asked to pray, until a glorious sabbath morning 2-3 weeks ago. I went 5 adjectives you wouldn't believe how much more powerful the spirit was at our meeting that day, it almost felt like a ward in Zion. For reals.

WHich five? Here is my try:

dear, gracious, eternal, loving, patient.

[Omaha 680]

DH is wrong - at least as it pertains to this non-switcher

Why would you do the switch? you are addressing Heavenly Father, why change in the middle? you don't do that any other time you are addressing Heavenly Father.

This is why my family growing up was anti switch and why avoiding the switch feels more natural to me. But I am a couple decades past the point where it bothered me in the slightest to be done the other way. The switch is actually pretty much the only way it is done any more; it is very rare I hear an non switch blessing.

Also for their blessings we dressed my daughter was in a pink tutu and my son in a the lime green jumper I was blessed in.

[CJF]

How can you give a name and a blessing without switching? It's a two part process. Man, we are a peculiar people.