Be the Salt!!!

Last Friday I was in the hospital

early in the morning

to watch over my mom

and I started painting

on a chair and on my lap.

 Here is a picture of my

workspace changed in the Waterlogue app,

which I now use to document

ordinary moments in my day.

 

This morning I read from Psalm 132:

"Let us enter into His dwelling..."

 When we enter into God's home,

what do we do?

When we are faced with His love,

His majesty, His goodness?

We praise Him!

We worship Him!

We fall on our knees!

It is so amazing that God loves us so much,

that He allows us access into His home,

into His very heart!!!

 "Within my heart I treasure your promise..." 

Psalm 119:11 

When I was pregnant with Josh, 

I was anxious. 

Maybe because I was 38 years old, 

and my first time, and reading too much

about what can go wrong. 

But I distinctly felt God reassure me and say, 

"When you hold your baby in your arms, 

you will know how much I love you." 

 I kept that promise in my heart and claimed it. 

And sure enough, when I 

finally held Josh in my arms, 

I was flooded with gratefulness 

and my heart welled up in praise. 

There are so many promises 

in God's Word we can claim. 

I try to take time each day 

to dwell in God's faithfulness 

and bask in His love. 

No safer place to be!

 

 "You are the salt of the earth. 

But if salt loses it's taste, 

with what can it be seasoned? 

It is no longer good for anything 

but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." 

Mt 5:13-16. 

You and me, with all our gifts and talents, 

are salt, flavoring, preservative here on earth. 

Salt is very necessary, even in our bodies. 

It regulates our water content. 

How does salt lose it's flavor? 

LOTS of water! 

Sometimes we lose our effectiveness as Christians 

because of trials, busyness, distractions. 

 We can get tired, give up and think 

what's the use of praying, reading the Bible? 

Nothing changes! 

Then we need to step back and 

let God give us back our vision, 

to see ourselves the way God sees us. 

Without our vision, 

our purpose on earth, as salt,

 we are "not good for anything"‼️ 

What use is a beautiful home, 

high paying job, good grades in school,

 the best bag in the world, if we are not 'salt', 

hope and encouragement, 

 a nurturer of life in a dying world?

If we are able to see ourselves as God sees us,

when we are able to enter into His heart,

we will be more effective.

We will be the "salt" 

God has called us to be!

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Blessings,

Patsy