You Are The Salt Of The Earth

 SALT – we use it every day.  Lots of cities and counties are already sprinkling salt or pouring those little streams of briny solution on roads to keep driving as safe as possible in the snowy season.

 Salt enhances the flavour of the foods we eat.  When something is just “missing” from what we are tasting, often a pinch of salt will make all the difference.  It’s not the flavour of salt that we want but the enhancing of the taste of the thing we are eating which improves when we apply salt to it. 

 Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage. (Matthew 5:13 MSG)

God’s desire for His people is that our lives and our character reflect His goodness. As we interact with God and reflect His qualities to those in the community where we live, the area will be seasoned with love and kindness. It’s not about us being noticed or our reputation being built up. It’s about living to bless others whose lives are enriched with the blessing, simply because we’ve been part of their life today.

 The challenge to this way of living is that it often comes from our victory over difficult circumstances that we have had to rise above and therefore our attitude towards others has been made more compassionate.  Let’s learn from St. Francis of Assisi, who wrote the following prayer, as he sought to put this principle of Jesus into action in his life.

Prayer:  Lord make Me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness joy. O Divine master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved. as to love. For it's in giving that we receive, and it's in pardoning that we are pardoned and it's in dying that we are born to eternal life.  Amen

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