SALT

Salt. I’ve discovered that not all salts are created equal. Different salts have different saltiness.

This particular salt is my secret weapon. 

I don’t really like to cook and I’ve only recently been OK with admitting this. I subconsciously thought that to be a good woman I must also be a good cook, but these two things do not correlate. 

I cook because I love my family. I cook because I want to keep my family alive. They need to eat to live, I need to cook so they can eat. 

Salt. Have you ever thought about how people can be like salt? They can add to the richness of the experience of life for those around them. 

“You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth.” (Matt 5:14)

And those flavors should be appealing to others. (Not judgmental, not overbearing, not hypocritical...)

So how do we do this?

I think in large part it’s expressed in how we love.

“Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.” (Matt 5:14)

Now, I might not be the best cook, but I can get the job done and people seem to enjoy it plenty. This is mostly because I’ve learned that when I use this particular kind of salt (Celtic Sea Salt) that just about anything I make taste a whole lot better! Turns out that quality ingredients matter. 

Similarly, I think whatever it is we’re trying to do, if we lead with love - if we do it with love - motivated by love, it will accomplish much. It can add to the beauty of this world that is malnourished for true beauty. 

When we love well it illuminates the vibrancy of the God colors all around us.

And that is exciting! That’s the way I want to live, a way I want to learn how to love better! I want this kind of love to permeate everything I do.

If we each loved with more intentionality how might that influence the world around us with a more robust goodness? 

Today you have the power and the invitation to be salt and light to those around you by loving well.