some thoughts

Wayne Floyd: I'm like a fine wine. I need about 35 years to reach perfection. The lady that gets Wayne Floyd? She'll get the complete package.

Terrell Sanders: You mean 'complete wreckage'.

Wayne Floyd: Nah. 255 pounds of pure love. All you need to make marriage work is a little bit of romance, and that comes from right here.

[outlines his heart]

Terrell Sanders: That's easy to say when you've never been married. It's a lot harder than you think, man.

Wayne Floyd: One day I'm going to walk in with a tanned beauty on my arm. I'll show you how easy it can be.

Terrell Sanders: Man, the only thing you'll come in here with hanging from your arm is a bucket of chicken.

Caleb Holt: Yeah, well, Catherine's not buying any of it.

John Holt: And why do you think that is?

Caleb Holt: She doesn't love me. She doesn't even like me. Dad, she just about ignored everything I've done.

John Holt: Are you reading everything on each page?

Caleb Holt: You mean the Bible verses at the bottom? I'm not, Dad. I told you, that is not what I need.

John Holt: Then what do you need?

Caleb Holt: I need Catherine to wake up to the fact that we're about to get an ugly divorce. And I'm trying to prevent that. But I cannot do it by myself.

John Holt: That may be true. But I think you need more than that.

Caleb Holt: Dad, if you're gonna tell me I need Jesus, please don't. I don't need a crutch to get through life.

John Holt: Son, Jesus is much more than a crutch. He's become the most significant part of our lives.

Caleb Holt: Dad, why do you keep saying that? The most significant part... How is that?

John Holt: When I realized who I was, and who He was, I realized my need for Him. I needed His forgiveness and salvation.

Caleb Holt: See, I don't understand. Why do I need His salvation? What? Am I gonna be thrown into hell? For what? 'Cause I got divorced?

John Holt: No. Because you violated His standards.

Caleb Holt: What? 'Thou shall not kill'? Dad, I help people. I am a good person.

John Holt: According to you. But God doesn't judge by your standards. He uses His.

Caleb Holt: And what are His?

John Holt: Well, truth, love...

Caleb Holt: OK. I'm honest.

John Holt: Faithfulness...

Caleb Holt: I care about people. I am those things.

John Holt: Sometimes. But have you loved God? The one who gave you life? His standards are so high, He considers hatred to be murder, and lust to be adultery.

Caleb Holt: Dad, what about all the good I've done?

John Holt: Son, saving someone from a fire doesn't make you right with God. You've broken His commandments. And one day, you'll answer to Him for that.