Not Without You – Part 2 – Salt & Light

I love Mexican food. I could eat Mexican food at every meal, including breakfast. I love the flavors of green chilies, cilantro and fresh onion. I love salty tortilla chips and home-made salsa. I’m getting hungry right now as I write.

One day, I thought I’d try some low sodium products, thinking it would be a healthy alternative.  It may be healthier, but it was so bland, boring and flavorless—that I threw it away.   

One of my favorite passages is Matthew 5:13-16, “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. You are the light of the world. Like a city on the hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.”

I think Jesus said this because he really desires and calls each and every follower of his to be salt to those around us. Salt gives flavor, it preserves and it creates thirst. Light exposes reality and shows us the path to follow. So, as a family or married couple—are you salt and light to those around you? Do people see Christ in you, in your marriage and in your family? Are you creating a thirst for Christ among those in your neighborhood?