James Weldon Johnson: Quotes about God

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“And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 1.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man!”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 10.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“This Great God,
Like a mammy bending over her baby,
Kneeled down in the dust
Toiling over a lump of clay
Till He shaped it in His own image.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 11.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“So God stepped over to the edge of the world
And He spat out the seven seas;
He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
And the waters above the earth came down,
The cooling waters came down.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 6.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Prodigal Son.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 7.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)