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Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.

Well, one time when I was in college, some buddies of mine and I decided to spend

spring break in San Miguel de Yende, a little town about an hour and a half north of Mexico

City. And so we drove down to Nuevo Laredo

on the Texas-Mexico border, jumped on a bus

that drove through the night, and we woke up

in this little artist colony. And I remember we checked into our hotel and that night we got up on the roof of our

hotel and it connected to La Petokia, this massive neo-Gothic cathedral that dominated the skyline in the center of the city.

And so I'll never forget, sitting on that rooftop of this gorgeous church, listening to

there was a men's choir downstairs that was singing hymns in Latin, and

as they began to sing these beautiful hymns, looking out over this gorgeous architecture,

over this colorful artistic city, as the sun set and exploded into color. I remember the first time I felt

like there was so much beauty it made my heartache. And I remember as a young man

going this is unbelievable.

And I instinctively thought, man, I wish I had someone

to share this with.

And I was there with my buddy Ricardo.

But I remember as I felt that, was like that's not what I meant like Rick's a good

dude but I remember thinking I want to share life with somebody I want to be with a woman I can walk with through life and I

remember for me I had never like assumed I would get married because that felt like

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