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"Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist.We can be sure of its presence by tasting the water.
Likewise, the indwelling Christ, though unseen, will be made evident to others from the love which He imparts to us."
Sadhu Sundar Sing
My husband always makes a survey of the dinner table before we bow for prayer. And I know what he is looking for...salt. If by some slip, I have forgotten to put it within his reach or even more unthinkable have not even put it on the table, he rises before we pray to retrieve the salt.(Please note that is a somewhat tongue in cheek statement, but also true.) It is that invisible flavor of life that so many of us crave and miss so much if it isn't there. Sometimes we don't even know what's missing, but the food just doesn't "taste right". We all know someone whose presence brings a glow to the environment...the club meeting goes better, the luncheon group is happier, the church board meeting is pleasant. That is the dissolved salt of Christ's love in the environment they live in. My prayer today is that Christ's love is made evident to others when they get a taste of my life.
Sometimes we don't even know what's missing, but the food just doesn't "taste right".
ReplyDeleteThat's totally true! I feel that way sometimes when I meet people who say they're Christians.
Then other times I meet people and there's something there that really "tastes right" even before they tell me they're Christian. God's spirit is really evident.
Camy