This spontaneous film collaboration of movement and poetry with my dear & gifted friend
@mathildelaprte 1.5yrs ago in Switzerland has finally made its way to your eyes and ears. We hope this project blesses you uniquely wherever you’re at in life ✨ My thoughts behind this piece have only deepened with time, in every chapter since shooting, but the truth remains..
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
II Corinthians 12:9
This journey of surrender to God whose ways are higher, who is truth, goodness and love, is often complex to explain. In the world there is contradiction, two things that oppose each other.. whereas, with God, two things can co-exist paradoxically, creating this “duality.”
For example: I’m constantly learning deeper, how true strength doesn’t lie in one’s own ability to “do” but rather, in one’s ability to surrender and depend on God in weakness. We don’t need to have it all figured out because God already does and wants us to lean on all that He already is. It’s embedded in our design.
On the other hand, there is a kind of duality where you can experience the depth of grief and overwhelming emotions in life’s trials, yet supernaturally feel a quiet peace in your spirit by the grace of God alone.
Incredible joy and immense grief can somehow both mark the same chapter in your life. Or there’s the assurance that there is a season for all things… “a time to tear and a time to mend… a time to mourn and a time to dance… a time to be silent and a time to speak…” (Ecclesiastes 3). Life itself holds much of this duality in tension. Yet, with an open heart and surrender, God’s revelation and wisdom provide answers to the deep burning questions inside our souls in time if we trust Him and seek Him (who IS love, truth, goodness, purity, etc) above all else. Everything else will get sorted out and follow (Matthew 6:33). First, the heart must be willing, earnest in seeking💚🌱
Directed, filmed & edited by
@mathildelaprte , written by me.