the down and out

From reading the chapters, Bonhoeffer portrayed the desciples as the one that have nothing nor want nothing. There sole purpose is to follow Jesus and does as told. They have no regard for possesions and their own beliefs and feelings. It must be really hard to being one of Jesus' desciple. You must really be convicted and wholy believe in Jesus and Christianity. It all about the end and the afterlife in which they long for. The time on earth is just temporal and had no real foundations. It is just a way for the desciples to practice their descipleship and oneness with God. And in the next chapter, the blessed ones are just salt and light. I like how he describes how salt helps preserves things and keep things good but once salt loses it's flavor then it is useless. I guess it reminds you not to burn out and over extend yourself....i hope i am understanding the authors points.