Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday is for Words (& sometimes pictures): Dorthea Lange and Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dorthea Lange
Rural rehabilitation settlement. Tulare County, CA
November 1938


I Cannot Do This Alone

O God, early in the morning I cry to you.
Help me to pray
And to concentrate my thoughts on you;
I cannot do this alone.

In me there is darkness,
But with you there is light;
I am lonely, but you do not leave me;
I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;
I am restless, but with you there is peace.
In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;
I do not understand your ways,
But you know the way for me...

Restore me to liberty,
And enable me to live now
That I may answer before you and before men.
Lord, whatever this day may bring,
Your name be praised.
Amen.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)
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