Amazing Grace

I really want to see the movie "Amazing Grace". I've heard it is a great move and I know a little bit about the subject of the movie, so I'll share what I know with you and maybe you'll want to see it too:

William Wilberforce was a decadent young aristocrat who was elected to the House of Lords at age 21 in the latter part of the 1700s. After his conversion process, he became sickened by his old life and wanted to do something for eternity, like leave politics and devote himself to God. He went to meet John Newton (the writer of the hymn Amazing Grace, who was a former slave trader) who encouraged him to stay in politics and fight for the abolition of the slave trade.

It's an amazing and inspiring story. He had many, many setbacks, but each time he just got back up and reintroduced another bill for the abolition of the slave trade. It was a 20 year battle and even after that, the "war" was only half over because slavery itself was still legal (versus the importation of slaves).

Wilberforce is the kind of Christian I want to be. He was one whose eyes were so firmly fixed on Christ that he could faithfully do Christ's work day in and day out regardless of the success or lack of it. I'm sure he got discouraged, but because his real focus was in the right place, he persevered and finished well. And God eventually gave him success in the eyes of the world as well.