Some Things Just Need Salt

One of the health problems that my extended family seems to have a lion's share of is high blood pressure--and that includes me. And it's no surprise that the first rule of getting control of your blood pressure is to reduce the sodium in your diet.  That's not a huge issue for me--I quit salting food at the table years ago, and I'm conservative in how much I use to season when I'm cooking. BUT--there are just some things that just need salt, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Let's start with a breakfast food that really has an art about preparing--grits. There is really no way around it--those grits need salt while they are cooking, not after the fact! It's so much easier to get them just right when you add the salt to the cooking liquid before the grits, so it can be deliciously absorbed into the grain. Try it sometime--there really is a difference! Cooks north of the Mason Dixon line and most chain restaurants, pay attention!

Another food item that just needs salt is potatoes. Getting hold of a bite of mashed potatoes without salt--you just might as well eat library paste! Again--put some salt in that water before you cook those babies. Baked potatoes are a different story--and I won't even address that offense upon the world that is the instant potato--you just can't save that.

There's something else, or rather someplace else, that just needs salt--and is begging for it every second of the day--and that's our world. Those who call themselves followers of Christ have a command to be the salt of the earth. It's our job, our CALLING, to season the world with the precious love of Jesus through our words, our actions, our REACTIONS, and our faithfulness to the family of believers that is our church. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that our world is dreadfully unseasoned. If every person who calls themselves "Christian" lived it to the fullest, we would see a radical change in our world. But, sadly, our impact has been weakened by those who have made the decision not to be the salt of the earth. Some will take offense with this and insist that have not done anything to hurt the church--but by their very silence toward what they see and hear every day, by passing by because it doesn't fit into their schedule, or they just don't want to be involved--they have made their statement.

Some things just need salt.  Our ever-darkening world needs the salt of the new life in Christ that we have to offer--salt that cleanses, purifies, and preserves! So what's it going to be for you--are you going to help season the world, or let your salt go to waste?  That's what I'm musing about today.......