Not to Arkansas

I have sent resumes to several churches and have been waiting to see where the Lord might lead. One church that I was very interested in was in Hope, Arkansas (yep, the hometown of Bill Clinton!). This church has a passion for the teaching of God's Word and reaching their community for Christ. But I received word from them today that their church was not what the Lord had for me. We are thanking God for this answer about future ministry. Although it was closer to Joylene and Jeff in Georgia, it was not really that close to family which is what we are asking God for.

Reflecting on our present church situation, some older people had told others that they were going to leave the church if I didn't resign--I came across this humorous illustration that I thought about using in my sermon on Sunday, but didn't:
"A wise old pastor told how some people get mad at the church and decide they will hurt the church by leaving. He explained that they were wrong in thinking that their leaving would hurt the church. The tree is never hurt when an old dried-up apple falls to the ground."

And here is a saying I thought about putting on the church sign out front: "Hot heads and cool hearts equal an empty church."
Got any more good sayings?