The Beatitudes are finished now, but I thought I would continue on with the rest of Jesus' sermon which is called The Sermon on the Mount.
"You are the salt of the world; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men." Matthew 5:13
Salt makes food taste good; it also preserves food.
I take this to mean we should be a blessing to the world as salt is to food. We should be useful and a help to the world. We should taste good - be a friendly, nice person that people like to be around. Perhaps we could make the sharing of our life and our faith salty and tasty!
What if we are not salty Christians? Jesus says then our lives have no worth. A serious thing to say.
"The salt used in this country is a chemical compound - chloride of sodium - and if the saltness were lost, or it were to lose its savor, there would be nothing remaining. It enters into the very nature of the substance. In eastern countries, however, the salt used was impure, or mingled with vegetable or earthy substances, so that it might lose the whole of its saltness, and a considerable quantity of earthy matter remain. This was good for nothing, except that it was used to place in paths, or walks, as we use gravel." http://bible.cc/matthew/5-13.htm
Paul said, "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4:6
May God fill us with salt. May he make us attractive to all people we meet. May our lives be beautiful, flavorful and enduring.
