Running on Empty Dreams Page #6

I'm talkin' about today.

I want you to open with me in your Bibles

to James 5 and 16.

That's James, chapter 5, verse 16.

It says, "Therefore, confess your sins

"to one another, and pray for one another,

"that you may be healed."

Aw, come on. Can I get an Amen?

Amen.

Aw, yes.

You see, the prayer of the

righteous is powerful

and effective.

Aw, ya'll don't know what

I'm talkin' about today.

You see, we all want things from God.

Oh, we do, but are we

prepared to receive them?

Stay with me now.

You see, God's not trying to condemn you.

God wants to heal you, heal your wounds.

Be they emotional or physical,

but you see, God looks at the heart.

Do you have a heart to do right?

Hey, thanks for the ride.

Sure, no problem.

It's easy to get caught up, huh?

Soon as you had that thought in your head

and you weren't willing to let it go,

it was only a matter of time.

A matter of time before what?

Oh, I don't know.

F***ing your little girlfriend, maybe.

You know, it's not even like that.

Oh, come on.

Who do you think you're talkin' to?

It's exactly like that.

Hey, I know you love her.

F***, Jane is pretty.

I see what you see in her.

No you don't.

How do you think I felt about Carla?

I don't know. How did you feel?

We built this tree

house without a roof.

Man, in the summertimes,

we'd go down there,

and we would stare at the stars all night.

Sounds nice.

Yeah. Sometimes,

sometimes I can still feel

her lying next to me.

Wait, okay, you're

totally confusing me.

So you're telling me you

love somebody that much,

but you're willing to walk away.

You don't even give it a second thought?

You think it was easy

for me to just walk away?

I f***in' loved that girl!

But I loved God too.

I had to make a choice.

You see, Syd, something is

always gotta be given up.

When you think about the

incredible sacrifices

that Jesus Christ made

for humanity, for us,

the sacrifices that we have to make for Him

are like nothing.

I gotta save as many people as I can.

Save them from what?

You know what?

I've played by every

f***ing rule in that book,

and you're telling me that God

is a god that wants us to be miserable

so that we can show Him our love?

I'm saying you have a choice to make.

What the f*** are you gonna do?

I made my choice!

Yeah, the wrong one.

You know what?

That's the sh*t I don't like.

Yeah, oh, free will, no condemnation.

Free will?

There's only one will in the church,

and that's God's or you go to hell.

I didn't say it was gonna be easy.

Ugh!

You think I like men?

You think I wanna f***in' be with a man?

Hell, no!

I made the choice to be by myself

for the rest of my life.

That's the kind of sh*t

I'm talking about giving up, Sydney.

Well, that sucks.

Well, f***in' grow up.

Why didn't you tell me it was you?

Because I,

I wanted you to fall in

love with me on your own.

You know? With just plain Jane.

With all my ugly sides, you know?

Not some girl that you're indebted to,

or you think you owe.

It's the same way I wanted

to fall for you, if I did.

I just, without force,

so I had to wait for us to meet naturally,

so I knew for sure.

I write in this shirt.

This is my favorite shirt.

Yeah, that?

You're going to have to

ask your husband about

because he had this really crazy

Edward Scissorhand thing

going on the other day.

I'm sorry. I should've told you.

It's okay.

Oh, don't let him take it!

Come here.

Gimme the ball!

Sydney.

Can you help Tony with his lay-ups?

He just takes jump shots in games.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, can you go sit over there

and play with John for a minute?

Mom, I wanna play with you and Tony.

Just for a minute,

sweetheart, okay?

Then you can come back and play, I promise.

I don't wanna play with John.

He just sits there.

I wanna play basketball.

Come here.

Hey, what is this attitude about?

I don't have time for this.

You're my mom, not his.

Oh, I can't help anyone else?

You know what? I think

you need to go sit down

next to Jane and John,

and think about thow to be a nicer person.

But, Mom.

Don't 'But, Mom.' Go!

I mean it!

Hey, when you become

a big famous astronaut,

I want you to come back and

tell me what it's like

to float through the air.

Why would I be floating?

You'll see.

Mommy, are you gonna marry Jane?

I don't know.

Do you want me to marry Jane?

No. I want you to be with Daddy.

He's a good daddy.

Can I join my family?

Daddy!

Hey, buddy.

Corey, what are you doing here?

I thought I'd find you here.

I brought some sandwiches

and some water in there.

I'm not leaving here without Matt.

My son needs his father.

Oh, really?

And what are you gonna do with him

when you're gone every single week, huh?

Sydney, I quit.

And now, and now we can do this.

You and me and Matt, you said so yourself.

We make sense.

Do you really

wanna be with somebody

who's not in love with you?

Is that fair to you or to me, huh?

I remember our dreams, Corey, I do.

But that's all they were.

They were just dreams.

They were illusions that couldn't have been

further from the truth, and you know it.

What would make you

want to be with another woman?

Where did I fail you as a man?

You didn't fail me, Corey.

You didn't do anything.

God, you're handsome,

you're smart, you're loyal.

You are every woman's fantasy.

You're just not-

Don't, don't, don't, don't.

This is not how this was supposed to end.

Oh, yeah?

Then how's it supposed to end, Corey, huh?

How about you tell me?

You wanna know?

I'll f***ing show you.

Matt, let's go! We're going home!

Stop it!

I am not going to play

tug of war with our son!

You think you're just going to get

everything you want?

You think I'm just going to sit back while,

while you're with her in front of my son?

Right next door to me?

Are you done?

I'm done when I say I'm done.

I can't make myself

be in love with you, okay?

I tried for five years, but

I can't do it anymore.

I don't want this plastic life, okay?

I want the real thing,

why can't you get that?

Stop! Corey, don't do this, please.

Corey, stop!

Please, stop. Don't do this.

Oh, God!

Hey.

What are you doing?

How did you know this is so what I needed?

Mmm, 'cause I just know.

Oh, you just know?

Yeah.

What do you know?

Remember when you told me

there was one thing that

Jimmy couldn't give you?

Mm-hmm.

I know what that one thing is now.

So, I got a new idea for a screenplay.

You do?

Mm-hmm.

What is it?

This.

I mean this whole situation.

It's like a movie, you know?

Really? This?

Yeah.

Hmm. Who do you think would play me?

Somebody beautiful.

Aww.

I'm really excited about it.

Yeah. Is that what

tonight was all about?

No. Tonight was about you.

The screenplay thing was

just icing on the cake.

You haven't written

anything in a while.

I know.

That's one of the things I

wanted to talk to you about.

I want to go up to Sedona in the

mountains, just for a week.

Yeah?

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