Redemption::Pursuit of Happyness

We will be looking at the redemption that appears in the film Pursuit of Happyness. The link that you see is a youtube link to the climatic scene of redemption from the film.

Will Smith plays the real life Chris Gardner who suffers long and hard and through some coincidences, hard work and faith he finds redemption. This is the scene where it all pays off.

We study Ruth Chapter 2 this week. This instance of of redemption in Pursuit of Happyness has much more to do with hard work than faith, but the notions are still the similar. A chance encounter between Ruth and Boaz parallels a chance encounter between Gardner and his future boss that occurs in the back of a limo and involves a Rubik's Cube.

At the time of the two encounters both Ruth and Gardner are down and out and come empty handed and in great need. The redeemer in both cases extends grace. You can come to North Church this week at 6:00 to see the clip and hear the story of Ruth as she encounters Boaz.