This might be one of the lowest moments of my preaching career, but here we go. I have seen the

notebook and I actually kind of like it. I know. I'm sorry. That's not who I'm supposed to be,

but it's just true. How many of you have seen the notebook before? Yeah, one of the best romantic movies

of all time. Just want to make sure you know this is not a Harris Creek stamp of approval.

This is not telling you to go watch it. There are some scenes in there that you probably shouldn't watch. But I do want to tell you about one scene in particular. If you haven't seen the movie before, I'm going to tell you all you need to know. There's this girl, her name's Allie. She was raised in a wealthy family, came with resources, grew up with resources, and she fell in love with a guy named Noah.

Noah did not grow up with resources. So they start dating, and they fall in love, but

Ali is pressured to break up with Noah because this isn't supposed to happen. She's not

supposed to date a guy like him, so eventually they do break up. And this love is stopped from

happening, and then Ali goes and meets this other guy, a wealthier guy who's fine. Like, he's just, he's fine. He's not like all that good. He's not all that bad. He's just fine. And they start dating and it's whatever. But it's not like the love she had with Noah. And I think she's engaged to this guy, but then one day she happens to run into Noah again. And the sparks fly immediately. Like they're having a blast. It's so clear that they're in love once again. And there's this really famous scene where they're on a kayak, or they're on a canoe in the middle of a lake, and they're smiling, the sun is shining, and then all of a sudden there's this downpour and they're just laughing and absolutely in love. And then Noah paddles all the way to the shore, docks the canoe, and then the scene changes from they're happy to all of a sudden Allie is really upset. She gets off the canoe, runs onto the land, looks back at Noah and says,

why didn't you write me?

Why?

It wasn't over for me.

I waited for you.

Why didn't you write me?

And then Noah goes, I wrote you 365 letters.

I wrote you every day for a year. And she said, and she said,

you did. And then, then they, they sin. And, uh, yeah. So, don't watch that part.

So skip that part and then go to the next scene.

Because the next scene, you're like, what are we doing this morning?

The next scene, Allie's with her mom and her mom's car, and they're talking about, okay, who should I marry?

Should I marry this bland, rich guy or this Noah guy who I really love? And they're

talking about it, discussing it. And then they get out of the car. And then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, one more thing. She gets out of the car, goes to the trunk, opens up the trunk, and pulls out the 365 letters.

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