Best twenty dollars we have spent all week.

Jon and I braved the Friday night crowds to see Amazing Grace. In fact, Jon ate a movie theater hot dog for dinner (Note to self-- Pick Up Stix is not fast Chinese food like Panda).

I encourage any and all of you to see this film. (And we are pretty sure it is real film, a fact which warms the cockles of my Jonathan's heart)

I am not going to go into detail about things at this point. I have too much on my heart this evening. Suffice to say, my prayer is to find what it is which wrecks me.

Finally, I leave you with this:

My memory is nearly gone;
but I remember two things;
That I am a great sinner, and
that Christ is a great Saviour.

John Newton (1725-1807)
English minister and hymn writer


Amen.

Comments

Susan said…
I so want to see this film!! I need to make time to do it...I can tell by all the blogging reviews that are coming in...

Great quote.

:-) Susan
2/25/2007 10:33:00 AM
Rachelle said…
Amen, Kelly. Hope I get to see the movie soon. Glad to hear it affected you so.
2/25/2007 12:19:00 PM
jillskict said…
We saw this as well on Friday and we LOVED it! It had sold out in TWO theaters and at the end the whole audience clapped, I LOVE that when that happens in a good movie. I also loved looking around when the lights came up and seeing such a diverse crowd. We got there 20 minutes before show time and had to sit in the second row to the front. I do believe we will go see it again and I think that if it would have been released sooner we would have seen it up for awards last night. A truly wonderful film!
2/26/2007 01:57:00 PM
jillskict said…
Oh and the quote that you posted, after the John Newton character said that in the movie, the whole audience in our theater went AMEN!
2/26/2007 01:58:00 PM
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