Letters to God Page #8

Synopsis: A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): David Nixon, Patrick Doughtie (co-director)
Production: Vivendi Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
PG
Year:
2010
110 min
$1,121,000
Website
1,839 Views


Thanks. I gotta go.

Good luck.

Follow me.

Okay, so we've got systems and protocols

and processes already set in place.

I've got it all mapped out.

I dedicate this mailbox to my best friend,

Tyler Doherty.

He taught us the true meaning of faith.

And his life was a letter to God.

(Applause and cheering)

(Tyler) "Dear God, I think we did it.

"You told me not to be afraid,

"and I wasn't.

"I just want everybody to believe.

"Love, Tyler."

Dear Mr. God

I'm writing You today

Because it seems like lately

I've forgotten how to pray

I know I don't

Need this pen

But everybody likes to get

A letter now and then

I'm sorry for not writing more

'Cause I need You

But it's hard to see

Why anyone as big as You

Needs anything from me

I know You're there

So, how You been?

I'm all right, but I can't lie

Sometimes I feel like giving in

You're all I've got

Dear Mr. God

Sometimes I wish You lived next door

So over coffee You could tell me

What You started all this for

I guess You saw

That sunrise yesterday

Thanks for the reminder

That You've never gone away

It gives me hope

Telling You what You already know

I need You

But it's hard to see

Why anyone as big as You

Needs anything from me

I know You're there

So, how You been?

I'm all right, but I can't lie

Sometimes I feel like giving in

(Guitar solo)

Dear Mr. God

Tell me, do You ever cry

If we forget to thank You

For the good things in our lives?

I know I can't

Always understand

Why You do the things You do

But I know in the end

I made it through

If I stand

Next to You

So, here I am

Dear Mr. God

I'm writing You today

Because it seems

like lately

I've forgotten how to pray

(Song ends)

( Addison Road:
Hope Now)

If everything comes down to love

Then just what am I afraid of?

When I call out Your name

Something inside awakes

In my soul

How quickly I forget

I'm Yours

I'm not my own

I've been carried by You

All my life

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free

When my life is like a storm

Rising waters

All I want is the shore

You say I'll be okay

And make it through the rain

You are

My shelter from the storm

Ohh

And everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free, yeah

Da-da-da

Da-da-da, da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da, da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da, da-da-da-da

I am not my own

I've been carried by You

All my life

And everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

So, when the world has broken me down

Yeah, Your love sets me free

And everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

So, when the world

has broken me down

Your love sets me free

You've become my heart's desire

I will sing Your praises higher

'Cause Your love sets me free

Your love sets me free

Your love

sets me free

Your love sets me free

Your love sets

me free

(Song ends)

( J.R. Richards:
A Beautiful End)

Fate

We say good-bye on this day

A potter's field angel lay

The sunlight fills from your grace

And so much love gives this place

The feel of warmth inside

I hear the words of your life

An angel gone

Moved on

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

A beautiful night to a...

Beautiful day

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

A beautiful soul

Gone this day

The flame

A candle burns in your stead

And roses line white and red

You rose up high above

When we felt a strength

Pass through us then

Your body failed your bones

But not the love of your soul

Your love

Goes on

And on

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

A beautiful night to a...

Beautiful day

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

A beautiful soul

Gone this day

Surrender

Rest here, angel, rest

Make us strong

And calm all the oceans

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

A beautiful night to a...

Beautiful day

It's a beautiful end to a...

Beautiful life

November said

Good-bye

Rest, angel, rest

Rest, angel, rest

(Song fades out)

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