Salt or too much of it is harmful
Salt makes people thirsty.
Salt is a seasoning. It adds flavour.
Salt is an antiseptic; it has a healing quality.
Salt also prevents decay; it is a preservative.
Salt has an important work to do, but it does it inconspicuously. It is not effective unless it is applied.
God poured out Himself, for mankind, in love, by sending His Son to become the Saviour of the world. Jesus poured out Himself, for the world, by dying on the cross. We are not effective for our Lord unless we pour ourselves out in service, for those in need of Jesus.
The next time we find ourselves adding salt to our food, let's pause and think just how willing we have been to share the love of Christ with others. A little? A lot? None at all? If we lose the desire to "salt the earth", then we are useless to Him, and we fail to represent Christ.
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavour? Can you make it useful again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
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