Are We Being Salt?

Last night we went to a cookout with our children's pastor and another family from our church. I really enjoyed talking and getting to know them and their children. Jeremy and the other men went in the other room at one point and started playing WII. That is the first time Jeremy has played and he loved it. He played the boxing game and Morgan, a fourth grader, beat him. I got a kick out of watching them play!

Today we had a great Sunday school lesson. This is only my second week of going to this class and I have already learned so much and enjoy everyone in the class. The teacher and several others from the class took us out to lunch today. We had a great time talking and getting to know them a little better too!

The lesson was about SALT and how being salt is our responsibility in the world. First we learned what the function of salt was: "Salt is a preservative, it is rubbed into meat to prevent decay...our purpose is to stop corruption and to be different. Salt is used to season. Salt provides savor and keeps food from being bland. We are to demonstrate the true meaning of life." At the beginning she gave us all pretzels to eat, which are very salty and make you thirsty. Salt increases the need for liquids. "Our lives should cause others to long (thirst) to know the Lord. Being salt must become the biggest thing in our whole life!"

"If any man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke of the Spirit whom those who believed in Him were to receive..." John 7:37-39

We learned that sometimes we are like the salt that has to be grind ed to come out of the shaker. We go through difficult things in our life, we learn, grow and then are ready to come out of the salt shaker and season the world!

"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men."