Give thanks for the life and witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 4 February 1906

Today is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's birthday (4 February 1906).  His deep commitment to faith and justice is a source of constant inspiration and challenge.  I give thanks for his life and witness.

…when evil meets no opposition and encounters no obstacle but only patient endurance, its sting is drawn, and at last it meets an opponent which is more than its match. Of course this can only happen when the last ounce of resistance is abandoned, and the renunciation of revenge is complete. Then evil cannot find its mark, it can breed no further evil, and is left barren.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (via a-pilgrims-diary)