Preserved

Being the salt, Good News, Jesus, Witnessing 2 Minutes

As a preservative, salt dries food out. Salt draws water out of food and dehydrates it. Historically, it has been used to prolong the shelf life of food, enabling ancient civilizations to thrive. From the times of the Egyptians who used salt to embalm mummies, to the Romans who became known for their salt trade routes, the importance of salt cannot be understated.

Strongly linked to various cultures and economies, salt played a critical role in shaping societies. It was so valuable that it was sometimes exchanged for gold and was even used as a form of currency. The phrase “worth your salt” originates from the Roman practice of paying soldiers in salt, highlighting its significance in daily life.

All living things need water and cannot grow or thrive without it. Why is this important?

I had a conversation with a man the other day where he started into how he had been wronged and that is still makes him mad to this day. In doing the math in my head, I determined that 59 years ago, when he was a boy delivering newspapers, his father stole his newspaper money away from him. And the other little boy who he saw delivering newspapers, had his mom driving him in her car while he made his deliveries. The man had to do his by foot, or on his bike.

The anger that was in his voice was palatable. He reminded me of Lot’s wife. The angel told them not to look back, but she was so caught up in her previous life, she could not move forward to safety, but looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt. She was permanently preserved in her old life by looking back, and could not move forward, literally.

Getting caught up in offense is just like this. You are so put out by what someone has said or done to you that you keep reliving it over and over again. Then like salt, it sucks the life force out of you until you see everything through the filter of offense. Someone makes a joke, and you take offense. They say no, it was only meant as a joke, but you took it personally, as directed toward you. Pretty soon you are a pillar of salt, unable to have any sort of joyful life.

That’s where Jesus as the Living Water can help! He can refresh you, help you drop all that garbage so you can be the salt, not be a pillar of salt, dehydrated and preserved in offense.

Life is too short and there is enough ugly out there. We don’t need to add to it. We need to let it go, move forward and be the salt to others around us, in a good way. Frankly I don’t want to be a dry angry person that no one wants to be around because of all of my complaining. I want to be refreshing and full of life, the life Jesus provides.

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21 thoughts on “Preserved”

  1. “…she was permanently preserved in her old life…” That is a brilliant illustration. May need to steal it at some point.

    On another note: “My Name is Salt” is a film on Amazon Prime. An amazing look at the salt “farmers” in India.

    Blessings

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  2. Good post Cindi. The pain of the past can be disabling emotionally and spiritually; it is the work of the devil, shackling us as prisoners of the pain. But praise God for His Son, our Lord and Saviour, redeeming us and bringing us into His Light. In Him we can be good salt for those around us. God bless you today sister 🙏

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  4. I was stationed in Germany during my time in the army. There was a US military retreat area in Berchtesgaden, and my wife and I went there twice, once when my parents visited and once on a church retreat, visiting Salzburg, Austria each time. It was amazing to see a huge castle on the hill, built to protect the stores of salt from the nearby mines. My wife and I were fascinated by that. Thanks for the reminder.

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  6. How true! I’ve held on to hurt before, and it was to my own detriment. Finally, my wife said, “David, you keep saying the same thing over and over, brooding over something that happened months ago. Let it go!”
    I didn’t realize the trap I was in. It was like a skipping record! I did let it go that day, and I’m glad I did. God is the best judge, anyway—of me as well.
    Great post, Sister Super-C You are definitely “worth your salt “ as a blogger.

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  8. It’s true of groups of people too. I forget the exact details, but somewhere in Europe people are still fighting over things that happened in the 1400’s. 😢

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  9. Great post Cindi. We can so easily become trapped in pain and offence without realising it. Thanks for your salty post. Where I live in the UK in the Midlands is near a town called Droitwich which became rich and famous for its salt deposits especially in the Roman occupation. The river’s name was derived from “Sal” for salt and it was literally translated as “the river that throws up salt” !

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