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The Bridegroom

  You know the Temple is my place of refuge. For all those years when our marriage wasn't doing well, God would fill my cup there.  I'd go to the Temple frustrated, hurt or exhausted and God would comfort my heart and I would walk out the doors stronger than I entered.  I feel known by God inside the Temple.  I don't have to explain myself, justify myself or defend myself.  I just need to show up where I am and He see's me.  For years I'd hear the word JOY spoken over and over and it was so frustrating to me.  JOY was not a word I would use to describe our marriage.  It was HARD!  I didn't see what was in front of me all along. I missed the entire point of the Temple.  Jesus' Atonement. Jesus was crucified by his own people, in His own land.  The words home and f amily could apply. It's the people who love us the most who can hurt us the most, right?  Marriage is a breading ground for a crucification.  We have the potent...