Healing from Spiritual Betrayal and Finding Love Again with Sarah Bingham

What happens when you do everything "right", you pray, you wait for a "yes" from the Lord, you marry in the temple, and it still ends in divorce?

In this moving episode of Temple Bound, host Will Humphreys sits down with Sarah Bingham to discuss the raw and often unspoken reality of temple marriages that fail. Sarah shares her journey from "journaling to her future husband" at age eight to the devastating fallout of an eight-year marriage that left her shaking her fist at God.

Sarah opens up about the "Prodigal Son's Brother Syndrome", the pain of watching those who made poor choices seemingly get "celebrated" while you struggle to survive. She discusses how she reconciled the concept of eternal agency with temple covenants and how a literal hike toward forgiveness led to a miraculous softening of hearts.

Whether you are currently navigating a divorce, struggling with "cloudy days" of trauma, or trying to rebuild your trust in God’s plan, Sarah’s story is a powerful testament that through Christ, what is broken can indeed be mended.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The Conflict of the "Yes": How to handle the confusion when a marriage you felt prompted by God to enter doesn’t last.
• Agency vs. Covenants: Why God respects the agency of individuals even within the bounds of a temple sealing.
• The Healing Power of Nature: Sarah’s unique "forgiveness hikes" and finding God on the mountaintops when the temple felt too painful.
• The Miracle of Co-Parenting: How Sarah went from years of "ugly" legal battles to a peaceful, blended family dynamic that includes her ex-husband.
• Mish Mo Creations: Sarah’s new mission to start "missionary moments" through scripture-inspired apparel.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Shack (Movie/Book): A resource Sarah used to understand the forgiveness process.
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: A discussion on healing from trauma and how the body remembers the past.
• Mish Mo Creations: Check out Sarah’s line of intentional, scripture-based clothing https://bodysoulmaintenance.com/products/short-sleeve-unisex-t-shirt-1?
• Quotes by: President Russell M. Nelson, Elder Dale G. Renlund, and Sister Kristin M. Yee.

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