Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age and dreams are forever.

What if Prince Charming had never showed up? Would Snow White have slept in that glass coffin forever? Or would she have eventually woke up, spit out the apple, gotten a job, a health-care package and a baby from her local neighborhood sperm bank? I couldn't help but wonder... inside every confident, driven, single woman, is there a delicate, fragile princess just waiting to be saved?

In love relationships, there is a fine line between pleasure and pain. In fact, it's a common belief that a relationship without pain is a relationship not worth having. To some, pain implies growth. But how do we know when the growing pains stop, and the pain pains take over? Are we masochists or optimists if we continue to walk that fine line? When it comes to relationships, how do we know when enough is enough?

How Will You Be Remembered?

Matthew 26: 6 - 13
John 12: 1 - 8
In time of difficulty, don’t lose focus.  A lot of times, when we’re hurting, we think we’re alone.  We’re not.  Continue to be mindful of the presence of God.  Remember what the Lord has done.  It matters what we do with our life.  Things we think.  Words we say.  They matter. 
Matthew 25: 31 - 33
His sheep know His voice.
(Sermon Notes - Rev. Brad Stevens - Preached 3/9/08)

Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

I Don't Feel Like It!!!

Philippians 3:13-14
Philippians 4:19

We need to answer the call of God.  He knows where you are.  When He’s calling our name we need to answer.  If you’re too busy for God, you’re too busy.  We need to make time for God.  All the time belongs to Him.  How sad it would be if we didn’t answer the call of God and He didn’t call again.  Answer and say, “here I am!”  You have to press on.  You can’t say , “I don’t feel like it.”  Authority, power and victory is in the name of Jesus.  There is power in knowing Him!  When God does something, you can count on it!
(Sermon Notes - Rev. Joey Burns - Preached 3/9/08)

Did I ever really love him or was I addicted to the pain, the exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable?

The devil is bitter, angry, and depressed… and he’s trying to make you just like him

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart, but if it doesn't .. be content that it grew in yours

I always thought that there was this one perfect person for everybody in the world, you know, and when you found that person the rest of the world kind of magically faded away, and, you know, the two of you would just be inside this kind of protective bubble, but there is no bubble, I mean if there is you have to make it, I just think life is more than a series of moments, you know, we can make choices, and we can choose to protect the people we love, and that's what makes us who we are and those are the real memories

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breathe and reboot.

Welcome to the age of un-innocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's and no one has affairs to remember.

I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not quit, play the hand we've been dealt, and accessorize what we've got.

Maybe there are no right moments, right guys, right answers. Maybe sometimes you just have to say what's in your heart.

Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.

So just live, make mistakes and have wonderful times, but never ever second guess who you are, where you have been and most importantly where it is that you are going.

You shouldn't have to sacrifice who you are just because somebody else has a problem with it.