The Gospel Page #7

I hear you talking. Now, be for real,

will you be at the airport or what?

- I'll be there.

- I said, you... Hello?

Hey. Look, I'm sorry for just...

You got company, huh? That's...

My bad.

David, wait. Wait.

Look, I like you. I do.

And I want nothing more

than for you to be happy.

It's just that right now, I think I'm more

of a convenient distraction.

A convenient distraction.

I'll remember to program that into my

phone, all right, next to your number.

I'm not saying

you're not being sincere.

It's just that

you're all over the place.

- And I want you to have time...

- Look, listen to me.

You have a shot at making things

work with the father of your child.

Who could be mad at that?

All right?

Why are you sitting in the dark?

I may have been in the dark

all this time and I just didn't know it.

About what?

About the church.

About David, about everything.

You don't have to worry

about David.

After what I found out, he's not gonna

be a thorn in your side anymore.

You're responsible

for people seeing that?

I have to protect the church, Frank.

In the process,

what have we become?

What?

Are you?

Are you putting this all on me?

You're my wife, church's legal

counsel and David's cousin.

Who else am I supposed

to put this on?

Don't you get

self-righteous with me, Frank.

I'm serious. You know,

I can deal with the arrogance.

I can deal with the ego,

I can deal with the insensitivity

but I won't stomach hypocrisy.

- Now, hold on, Charlene!

No, you let me talk!

You can talk when I'm finished.

This thing between us doesn't have

anything to do with David or church.

It has everything to do

with you wanting a family

and me not being able

to give you one.

- I didn't say any of that.

- You say it all the time!

Every day you say it! The way you

look at me, the way you touch me.

I'm tired of being made to feel like

half a woman

because I can't give you a child.

- Well, you know what?

You might not feel that way if you gave

your man something to look forward to!

I didn't mean that.

I didn't mean it.

You're amazing.

You quote Scripture

like nobody I know.

You know the Bible

backward and forward.

And you still...

You have no clue.

No clue.

You need Jesus, Frank.

- Charlene.

- You need Jesus.

Charlene.

Attention, passengers, this will be

the final call for flight 201

now boarding at gate 56B.

Excuse me, pastor. It's almost time.

All right.

All right.

I don't really know what to say.

Wish you were here.

You were never there.

All right? I needed you.

I need you now.

As I take this to a close

and reflect on the message.

Living through the eye of the storm.

This particular message

is one that's close to my heart

if I can be transparent

for a moment.

Okay, God.

What do you want from me?

I don't understand.

Why are you doing this again?

Now, I've been living in the

eye of the storm for some time now.

Can we talk about it?

Can we talk about it?

Like many of y'all,

mine was self-imposed.

Now, I could flee or fight.

There ain't no change.

Or I can call on my friends.

They ain't around.

And it's at that moment

that God has you exactly

where he wants you to be.

Dependent on him.

That's right.

Am I supposed to learn something

from this?

Are you listening to me?

Do you hear me?

Do you hear me?

You know, I can think about

how difficult it was for me to let go

of my will, you know, my ego,

and allow God to run things.

Your pastor's not perfect.

I'm flawed.

I'm flawed.

But with God's blessing and direction,

you know

I will see my way

through the storm

and have clear skies

on the other side! Amen?

That's when I can look back

and let my testimony

be a beacon to help someone else

out of the storm too.

- You know?

- Amen.

Yeah.

Okay, I won't run anymore

Lord.

Amen.

Amen.

As the choir begins to sing,

there are some of you

who are going through

your own storms.

Can we talk about it?

Won't you come on down?

Won't you come?

Amen.

Don't allow those situations

in your life

to keep you from having

a relationship with God.

No, you need to know him.

You know, many of us talk about,

"I'll get to know God tomorrow."

Tomorrow is a promise

that you can have salvation today.

Now, won't you come?

Won't you come on down, brother?

Come on down.

Won't you come?

Won't you come, sister?

Come on down, sister.

God loves you. God be praised.

God be praised!

Won't you come?

Come.

There is no perfect church.

If there's a perfect church, it stopped

being perfect when we walked in.

But there is a perfect God.

Won't you come, brother?

Amen.

When I was little, my father read me

the story of a young man

who decided to leave home

and strike out on his own.

He was determined to live life

on his own terms.

And although he knew

right from wrong

it seemed so much better

to do things his own way.

Soon, that road got rough.

He spent all his money

and was doing all sorts of things

to survive.

Eventually, he hit rock bottom.

At that point

he realizes that he had

placed himself in that situation.

And he prayed about it

and returned home.

Now, upon his arrival, his father

prepared a huge feast in celebration.

When his other son inquired

about this, the father told him:

"My son has learned the error

of his ways and he's returned. "

It is my belief that upon that day

of returning to that spiritual place

I will be greeted

by the Almighty Father

and he too will smile upon me

and say:

"Welcome home.

Welcome home. "

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