“Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust” (Psalm 16:1  NKJV)

What is breakfast without bacon?  The salty meat dripping with delectable cholesterol is one of the most sublime joys of our bad eating habits.  It makes casseroles, eggs, burgers, and sandwiches better.  And it really lasts.  You can keep a slab of bacon in the fridge forever, and it never seems to spoil.  It is even so resistant to spoilage that cowboys carried it in their saddlebags across the scorching desert!  Why?  Bacon has an ingredient that adds to the taste and preserves it- Salt.

Jesus called His people “The Salt of the Earth.”  The Church is supposed to provide this sin-filled world the same blessings that salt provides our breakfast- we preserve and flavor the world.  We preserve the world by offering hope.  As long as Christians are here evangelizing, there is hope that God will hold back his hand of judgment so that more might believe.  Have you ever noticed that the most distasteful dishes can be endured with enough salt?  This is why God can “stomach” this world with all the sin and misery- WE make it palatable to Him.

Is the world a bad place?  Does it seem to be getting worse?  There can be no doubt.  But imagine how it would be without the SALT of Christian lives to PRESERVE and FLAVOR!

Kerry