Back in the 1990s of an interview that was conducted with an American actress about her numerous marriages.

And here's what she said. She said, why should I be embarrassed about all of my marriages?

All of my friends are running around, having dozens of affairs,

and never get married. At least I marry my affairs. Well, the thing is that she's not alone

in her desperate search for true love, sometimes in the wrong places.

There are hurting people all around us who are constantly searching for true love in their life.

They firmly believe, and they really are convinced, that it is the next man or the next woman

that going to give them that elusive fulfillment, that elusive satisfaction.

And if you listen to the media very carefully, you would think that this is a new phenomena

that really has only happened as a result of our fast-moving

technological society. Not true. That desperation for fulfillment is as old as the Garden of Eden.

But 2,000 years ago, Jesus had an encounter with a woman who was not unlike this American actress.

The truth is, these men and women who are in desperate search, they are living next door to us.

They are in the office down the hall from you. They are in our social

clubs. They are in the college dorms. These folks, while on the outside, may look like they're having a

great time. On the outside, they may look like they've got it all together.

But deep down, they have inner longing for fulfillment. Deep down, they live their lives

in quiet desperation. Deep down, they ache for the peace of mind that only Jesus can give them.

Deep down, they are in emotional and spiritual

pain. Deep down, they are empty. And the way Jesus reached out to this woman should be a model

for all of us in reaching out as we move out in love for others. We have begun a series of messages

on moving out, moving out of our comfort zone, and be in tune to the hurt and the needs of

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