Whoever wrote the summary for this film on IMDb said it wrong when s/he said the homeless woman was helped by the grace of another woman. It was by the Grace of God, though God used Angela to help her. Angela first sees Lauren situated on a sidewalk and coughing a lot. She goes and introduces herself to her and gives her cough drops, and the next morning takes her breakfast and also leaves Lauren her cell number. Next thing she is being called by the hospital where Lauren has been admitted. Turns out she has HIV and only 1-5 years to live.
Angela takes her home and gets to know her better and her tragic story of losing her family, a loving husband and two young children, in a freak accident. The rug was pulled out from under her, and she was left with an empty home and nothing but memories and grief. Thus began her downhill spiral, including being beaten and raped by a new boss. She was too proud to go back to her parents and had no one to turn to and just ended up on the streets and eventually doing drugs as well. She tells Angela her story, but is ashamed and disappears. Angela seeks her out and encourages her to face her past and learn to live with it and turn her life around. Angela is being a real friend, and takes her home with her again.
I think this is a helpful film in that is shows how we can help others without making them feel judged, using "honey rather than vinegar." And Angela is showing a great example of how to be a good Samaritan.
As a Christian I liked this film, but would have liked it much better had it not had the ending "in heaven" because I don't believe we really know how heaven is going to be.
It is clearly an independent film and low budget, but I think the acting is good.
Angela takes her home and gets to know her better and her tragic story of losing her family, a loving husband and two young children, in a freak accident. The rug was pulled out from under her, and she was left with an empty home and nothing but memories and grief. Thus began her downhill spiral, including being beaten and raped by a new boss. She was too proud to go back to her parents and had no one to turn to and just ended up on the streets and eventually doing drugs as well. She tells Angela her story, but is ashamed and disappears. Angela seeks her out and encourages her to face her past and learn to live with it and turn her life around. Angela is being a real friend, and takes her home with her again.
I think this is a helpful film in that is shows how we can help others without making them feel judged, using "honey rather than vinegar." And Angela is showing a great example of how to be a good Samaritan.
As a Christian I liked this film, but would have liked it much better had it not had the ending "in heaven" because I don't believe we really know how heaven is going to be.
It is clearly an independent film and low budget, but I think the acting is good.
