Bonhoeffer

*Bonhoeffer* If ever I had a role model it would be he For he is as bold as they came Preaching the gospel during the most turbulent times Undermining Hitler and the Gestapo He was a pastor He was a spy He lived to share his faith Burrowed deeply within the basements of the Roman Catholic Church He longed to set others free from the heresy With his wife and beautiful children always an elbows reach away He knew that his Savior would shelter them He is much like me with his brash attitude Laying out all the facts on the table Do you choose Jesus Christ? Or do you choose the world? Do you choose the ways of the establishment? Or do you choose eternal life? “You can’t have it both ways!” he would say As he sported his nice jacket and shiny shoes His father and mother knew there was something extra special about their son, Dietrich They knew there would be a mystery about his life after all He gave his life to serve the Lord He gave up all hope of ever getting out of his cell He preached his last sermon on the way to the gallows Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prophet Martyr One of the best reads of all time; “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” Book written by Eric Metaxas Poem based upon the biography of a heroic man I will be glad to meet in heaven one day. Gwendolen Rix 8-20-14