Good day dear friends.
Here is an update on Del Brown. Del was finally released from the hospital yesterday, weak, but no longer suffering from fever. Please continue to pray for his complete recovery.
Here is a prayer request: Emily Lawrence (daughter of Theresa and Steve Lawrence) was admitted into the hospital at CTMC, Monday evening, with a possible infection, in her right leg. Please keep her and her parents in your prayers.
Sadly, the father of Harriett Olson, Charles L. Olson, died on Sunday. Please keep Harriett and her family in your prayers.
Here is our text from Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
I've related the importance of salt in cooking. If you leave out an ingredient of any meal that requires cooking, it cannot be salt, because salt is what gives the entire entree its flavor. Salt for the Jews at the time of Jesus was for flavor, for preservation, and for insulation. Apply these three to the Christian faith and you see what Jesus meant when he said WE were salt: Our positiveness of life as lived through Christ should add flavor to life. Our rootedness in Christ should allow us to share with others the preservation of that which is good for God in the world. And our faith should help us when we feel everything is falling around us.
As for light, that is pretty self-explanatory. Light defeats darkness. To live in Christ is to live in light and that defeats the darkness.
PRAYER: Loving God, we thank you for all You have shared with us to make us who we are. Let us indeed be salt and light for the world through Jesus in Whose name we pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
Here is an update on Del Brown. Del was finally released from the hospital yesterday, weak, but no longer suffering from fever. Please continue to pray for his complete recovery.
Here is a prayer request: Emily Lawrence (daughter of Theresa and Steve Lawrence) was admitted into the hospital at CTMC, Monday evening, with a possible infection, in her right leg. Please keep her and her parents in your prayers.
Sadly, the father of Harriett Olson, Charles L. Olson, died on Sunday. Please keep Harriett and her family in your prayers.
Here is our text from Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
I've related the importance of salt in cooking. If you leave out an ingredient of any meal that requires cooking, it cannot be salt, because salt is what gives the entire entree its flavor. Salt for the Jews at the time of Jesus was for flavor, for preservation, and for insulation. Apply these three to the Christian faith and you see what Jesus meant when he said WE were salt: Our positiveness of life as lived through Christ should add flavor to life. Our rootedness in Christ should allow us to share with others the preservation of that which is good for God in the world. And our faith should help us when we feel everything is falling around us.
As for light, that is pretty self-explanatory. Light defeats darkness. To live in Christ is to live in light and that defeats the darkness.
PRAYER: Loving God, we thank you for all You have shared with us to make us who we are. Let us indeed be salt and light for the world through Jesus in Whose name we pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
