The scene starts out with Jacob and his brother sitting there talking to the film makers. In the interview process the young men filming the interview asks Jacob about his situation.
Jacob starts to talk about his lack of food, clothes, blankets, safety, etc. etc. etc. The boy Jacob's acceptance at the beginning of the scene is unsettling. There is a steely look in his eyes as he explains how he is nothing, how he has no food, blankets, clothing, etc. He and his brother are just two, they are insignificant.
"I love you, but now I miss you. So, it is better when we meet. But we are not going to meet... We may meet in Heaven, you see. So, it is better, I will not talk much." Jacob says when explaining how he deals with his brother's death. They were three, now they're two. "I will start something because if I saw my brother once again... I don't..." Jacob trails off into tears covering his face.
This particular scene was so entirely unsettling. As the the person filming whispers, "It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay." It's so damn hard to see Jacob go from accepting his own fate and then becoming undone with his brother's fate. As if, Jacob's life is nothing.
I've been studying the last week of Jesus' life this week. Shockingly enough, the Church is currently studying the last week of Jesus' life. It happens to be Passion Week. There is this scene where Jesus during the last supper tells his friends: "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. ... I now call you friends."
Jacob's love for his brother reminds me of Jesus love for me.
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invisible children!
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