The very reason the earth was created was so families could be formed and sealed to each other. Salvation is an individual matter, but exaltation is a family matter. No one can be exalted alone.
In the funeral services for Sister Pat Holland, wife of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. July 2023. As found in "The Sealing Power," by D. Todd Christofferson. General Conference October 2023
To you who have experienced the heartache of a divorce in your family or felt the agony of violated trust, please remember [that God’s pattern for families] begins again with you! One link in the chain of your generations may have been broken, but the other righteous links and what remains of the chain are nonetheless eternally important. You can add strength to your chain and perhaps even help to restore the broken links. That work will be accomplished one by one.
“A Welding Link” (worldwide devotional for young adults, Sept. 10, 2017), Gospel Library. As found in "The Sealing Power," by D. Todd Christofferson. General Conference October 2023
I have said many times that if nothing else came out of all of the sorrow and travail and pain of the restoration than the sealing power of the holy priesthood to bind together families forever, it would have been worth all that it has cost.
Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley (1997), 475–76. As found in "The Sealing Power," by D. Todd Christofferson. General Conference October 2023
The validity that the sealing power gives to priesthood ordinances includes, of course, vicarious ordinances performed in the place designated by the Lord—His temple. Here we see the majesty and sacredness of the sealing power—it makes individual salvation and family exaltation universally available to the children of God wherever and whenever they may have lived on the earth. No other theology or philosophy or authority can match such an all-inclusive opportunity. This sealing power is a perfect manifestation of the justice, mercy, and love of God.
"The Sealing Power," General Conference October 2023
We have a loving Heavenly Father who will see that we receive every blessing and every advantage that our own desires and choices allow. We also know that He will force no one into a sealing relationship against his or her will. The blessings of a sealed relationship are assured for all who keep their covenants but never by forcing a sealed relationship on another person who is unworthy or unwilling.
"Kingdoms of Glory," General Conference October 2023
