Psalm 119:71–It was good
for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
After I mentioned a quote
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer last week I decided to take a closer look at who he was
and the significance of his life and ministry…
And if there was ever a
Christian who practiced what he preached, it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer; who was
born at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
He was a theologian adored
by evangelicals and liberals alike.
He rallied against the
"cheap grace" of the German church, Bonhoeffer heralded "costly
grace" — a grace that might cost a Christian their very life.
After Hitler rose to power
Bonhoeffer left his post at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and his new
fiancée…to return to Nazi Germany.
Bonhoeffer realized that
Hitler intended to use the German church for his own purposes, which he refused
to recognize since it had become an instrument for Hitler's policies.
Bonhoeffer became a counterintelligence
service agent; and a courier for communication with foreign organizations in
Sweden and Switzerland.
Bonhoeffer was already in
prison for smuggling Jews yet the Nazis implicated him in the assassination
plot.
Here a few of Bonhoeffer’s
quotes
1 A god who let us prove
his existence would be an idol.
2 The ultimate test of a
moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
3 One act of obedience is
better than one hundred sermons.
4 We must learn to regard
people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of
what they suffer.
5 Action springs not from
thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
6 God's truth judges
created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and
hatred.
7 Only he who believes is
obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
8 To endure the cross is
not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance
to Jesus Christ.
9 There is no way to peace
along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.
10 Silence in the face of
evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.
11 Being a Christian is
less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing
God's will.
12 When Christ calls a
man, he bids him come and die.
The German pastor was
executed by the Nazi regime at Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945,
just two weeks before the United States liberated the camp. When he died he
famously remarked to another prisoner, "This is the end — but for me, the
beginning."
SO, WITH THAT I WANT TO
REMIND YOU… LIFE HAPPENS LET’S ENJOY IT!
After reading the
remarkable courage and faith this man had, I stand humbled.
And pray that by the grace
of God I too would be able to face with courage and God’s strength all that may
lie in my path…
Pulled Chicken Barbecue Sandwiches with Coleslaw
1 pound skinless boneless
chicken breasts
1 ½ pounds skinless boneless
chicken thighs
1 medium onion diced
½ cup + 2 T white vinegar
½ cup honey
¼ cup tomato paste
2 t coconut aminos [or soy
sauce]
1 ½ T liquid smoke
2 t fish sauce
1 ½ t sea salt [or salt of your
choice]
1 t paprika
½ t allspice
¼ t pepper
Add all the ingredients into a crock-pot and cook on high
3 hours. I recommend cutting the chicken into smaller pieces first. After 3
hours, remove the chicken and shred with two forks, then return to the crock-pot
and continue cooking for 1 hour.
Coleslaw
2 cups cleaned and shredded cabbage
½ cup shredded carrots
(I
used a bag of cabbage & carrot coleslaw)
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 T diced red onion
1 T apple cider vinegar
1 t Dijon mustard
¼ t sea salt
Dash of pepper
Place all the coleslaw ingredients in a bowl and stir to
combine. Refrigerate.
Serve the chicken on Kaiser rolls with the coleslaw on top
or alongside. Enjoy!
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