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| Season grace with salt. |
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Col 4:5-7
Salt can be a very good thing. When I grew up being salty meant being unmovable in a rugged sort of way. Being a bit salty was not a bad thing.
Salt is good in the appropriate amount for the occasion. Our bodies need a certain amount of salt (sodium) to function properly. A lot of salt is needed to move a pesky ant hill. Not so much salt is needed to flavor food. Salt poured on a wound might sting; but, it helps in the healing process. Salt can be a good thing.
It does not hurt to be a little salty. Always full of only grace, with no salt (admonition to confess)added, is no grace at all, as my former mentor and teacher, Dr. Karl Keljo, often reminded me. Being a bit salty is a good thing. But, just as grace and more grace and only grace can do damage; so can being overly salty.
May God grant us the wisdom to know how much salt we should or should not use to season our conversations with others.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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