"But the most valuable things you'll get from Him are the reality that the abundant life mentioned in the Gospel is best shared life-on-life and that seeing potential in teenagers is crucial."
"Just remember that when you work with teenagers later that a high schooler can be in love and what it means to take their trials and tribulations seriously."
"You'll blow it enough to make you realize you can't really fight temptation on your own. But don't be too hard on yourself about that because it'll teach you an awful lot about God's mercy and grace and forgiveness...and a big fat dose of humility. They'll also teach you to value relationships and friendships outside the church because it'll provide a backdrop against which you can see the works of Christ in your own life...and to get to know people and try to understand them...to love everybody, whether or not their theology lines up with yours."
"the big events and people are all in there. They will help you figure out who you are in light of who Christ wants you to be by exposing the cracks in your character and showing you how decietfully wicked your heart is...and then Christ will spackle them and make them better than new. Just know that you aren't in a position to make deals with the God of the Universe. He calls all the shots, kid."
"Wisdom is knowing what time it is."
"Our lives are outward manifestations of inward realities."
--Brent McKinney

(yeah. brent, thanks for those.)