This part about hope from The Shawshank redemption is one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWUfFwoe8ko&feature=related
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Yes, lizzytheone, hope. My friend of 38 years , who has a wife now of 15 years, and two boys, is
who I hold out hope for coming to a genuine personal knowledge of Christ, I pray that often, not judging, only God knows my friend's heart, but, yes, hope is something inside me that I will never let go, for so many things, including one day seeing my Saviour face to face and he saying, 'Edward, you showed much tough love to bring others to both a knowing and a saving knowledge of Christ, your reward shall be this,' and 'this' I will not be able to contain the joy inside me upon seeing and that feeling will never let go.
I could say one more stirring moment, but if you read julieannie's thread on 'OH, I will just list this stirring moment, too, many know it from other threads said, but in 'Titánica' there is a scene where Jack and Rose are swimming out to a bedframe in the frigid Atlantic sea and Rose gets on the frame. Jack tries to get on to, but the frame begins to sink, so, Jack gets down into the water, holding onto the frame.
Well, time goes on and Jack is talking nonstop and notices Rose is not responding. For she, lizzy, has fallen asleep in these chilling conditions.
Jack: Rose ! Rose ! Wake up, Rose.
Rose: huh, what, jack? (Grogg, half-asleep)
Jack is shivering now.
Jack: R-r-rose , y-y-you must never let yourself go to sleep here.
Rose: Jack, I am sooo cold, tired.
Jack: I-I-I (shivering) know you are going to do great things in life, have a whole bunch of beautiful kids, a nice husband, and, all kinds of things. You must promise me you will never let yourself go to sleep. Never let go, Rose.
Rose: I promise, Jack, I will never let go.
Jack: O-o-o-k, good. (Really shivering now), I will hold your hand.
Rose starts talkin' a mile a minute now, singing, too...
Rose: I want to have 10 kids , Jack, you and I , and, a big house with a white picket fence and animals. What about you, Jack?
Rose stops talking , singing, and realizes Jack is not with an answer. Jack's hand is limp when she goes to raise it. Jack has let go.
Rose: No. Jack!!! No!!!
Rose clutches Jack's hand and then lets it go and Jack sinks into the sea.
Rose is again on the frame, lying, sureky hypothermia setting in, and, she hears a whistler. A rescue boat is making one last pass through the waters. Dead bodies are floating everywhere and the boat is afar from Rose and as it gets farther from her.
She screams 'here,' but it comes out very feeble. So she musters all the strength inside her and gives a hearty yell. Rescued.
I say this because it is indeed one of the most stirring moments in film, but it also speaks of God, who will NEVER let go of you, guys and gals, YOU mat let go of him, but He will never let go of you, RockyO, lizzy, julieannie, KayM, seeKingTruth, liam, ritt, catty, and, everyone else, including , of course, me too
