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Dietrich Bonhoeffer before his death in the
Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1945
Friday's Faith
God does not fill the gap . . .
Nothing can make up for the absence
of someone we love. . . . It is nonsense
to say that God fills the gap; God
doesn't fill it but on the contrary, God
keeps it empty and so helps us keep
alive our former communion with
each other, even at the cost of pain. . . .
The dearer and richer our memories,
the more difficult the separation. But
gratitude changes the pangs of memory
into a tranquil joy. The beauties of the
past are borne, not as a thorn in the
flesh, but as a precious gift in themselves.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Picture Dietrich Bonhoeffer - http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/bonhoeffer/
