Pure salt

"You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless." Matthew 5:13 NLT

Sure. We all know that our bodies need salt and that salt is an essential electrolyte that plays a key role in normal nerve and muscle function. But, according to the experts at Runner's World Magazine, runners, especially those who are prone to lose excessive amounts (check for white spots on your clothing and salty sweat) or who are downing water throughout their run, need to make sure they're getting enough of it. "If you’re too low, you run the risk of hyponatremia, which can lead to headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, muscle cramps, and it’s dangerous unless treated,” says Cheryl Scigousky, USA Triathlon certified coach and director of programming at Runners High Studio in Chicago. 

And you know, lack of salt is not only detrimental to the physical health of a person, it's detrimental to the spiritual health of our world. You see, when Jesus said, "You are the salt of the earth," he meant that we, as representatives of the Kingdom, were to enhance and protect the world we live in. After all, pure and undiluted salt serves as a food seasoning, a cleanser, a thirst stimulator, and a preservative. Pure salt can, however, when mixed or blended with other ingredients, lose its flavor and effectiveness. And "what good is salt if it has lost its flavor?" Plain and simple, it's no good... to anyone. And neither are we when we are so mixed or blended into the world that we are no longer capable of flavoring anything? And even though we might still look a lot like salt when we do this, you can be sure that our testimony will be "thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless." 

So may you and I strive to stay pure in a world where Truth is purposely diluted. Because it's only when we do that, my friend, that our testimony will be effective, flavorful and capable of bringing about any change in the world. And isn't that the purpose of salt? 

Heavenly Father, help us to remain pure, unwilling to be like the world, that we would retain our saltiness and have an effect on others looking for the "seasoning" they so desperately need. Most of all, help us to remember that salt does no good just sitting around or left in a shaker. It must be sprinkled. Use us Lord. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!!!

Speaking louder than before - Jeremy Camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_OekSYAJY

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