Salt is good...

Mark 9:49-50 ESV

Jesus is with a group of adults, with a small child wrapped in his arms.

He's been telling them how to be great, by loving the small, the vulnerable, and he's been very clear about the seriousness of trapping, using, abusing the small and vulnerable for our purposes. 

And then he gives the way forward: to be salt.

Salt is a preserver.

Salt is a healer.

Salt gives flavour.

Jesus calls us to be life preservers with one another.

How does that look for you? For me?

What does bringing healing look like where you and I live?

Is my touch healing or hurtful, are my words healing? What I say, what I post, is it healing, life preserving?

And then there's flavour! Salt brings out the flavour in others, the goodness, the differences and enjoys them. No matter what the flavour is, if there was only one, life would become very bland very quickly.

Salt looks for the flavour that others bring, looks for the goodness, and celebrates drawing it out.

How can we do that this week? 

Preserve life.

Bring healing.

Celebrate flavour.

#besalt

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