I haven’t read the book or seen the movie, so it’s fascinating watching the comments.
What do we really have when we take Christ out of the equation? There might be success; there might be tragedy; there might be something in between — but there’s only one way to add lasting meaning. That’s to add in what part Christ played in that person’s life.
Every life is an object lesson about eternal destination.
In a recently aired interview, I think by Tom Brokaw, Zamperini was asked how long it took for him to be able to forgive his prison tormenters. Louis liked up with his guileless bright blue eyes and said it was instantaneous—the moment he gave his heart to Jesus Christ at the Billy Graham rally.
Louis lived the next seventy years based on that commitment to Christ. It’s a shame the movie shortchanged that part of the story.
I hope you will read the book. You won’t regret it.