Rock Salt and Lava Lamps – Closing Thoughts

Greetings Dear Reader,

When Jesus told us we are to be salt and light it was no small thing.  All human life is dependent upon salt for sustenance.  In Genesis the first act of creation is light.  What it means for me is my focus.

I must assure that I sustain life.  I must illuminate and preserve.  It is in the steps of humility and love that my effectiveness lies.  I can provide warmth and guidance if I do so in the proper way. 

We bear the light of Christ.  We are to bring cleansing, flavor, and healing as salt.  We are to preserve and protect.  I can only follow Christ if I do these things.  I can only be certain that I am following if I work to be salt and light.

I must not lose my savor.  I must not hide my light.  I must do whatever it takes to be the salt and light Christ requires of me.  The other thing that I must carry is that Christ’s statements about this imply that this is my state of being.   They do not tell me to become light and salt.  They tell me that I am light and salt.  I am the salt of the earth.  I am the light of the world.  I need to assure that I act like it.  I need to be what I already am.  Anything else is foolish pretense. 

Bearers of the Light – Michael Card

The Light we must bear

Is the Light we must share

Is the Light that illumines the darkness

The promises kept

Give us strength to accept

This burden of bearing the Light

He will walk beside us

A strong friend, Barnabas

He will be that sure shoulder to lean on

The promise we share

Is our burdens to bear

And our Light tells the darkness to be gone

He will come after me

A young Timothy

Looking for someone to guide him

I will kindle his Light

Make him strong for the fight

I will promise to be there beside him

And so we must claim

By His powerful Name

The Promise the Bible has spoken

We must understand

That a cord of three strands

Cannot be easily broken

The great need of a all

A true mentor, a Paul

Who has traveled the road that's before us

He has made good the pledge

To tale the Light on ahead

We can follow his footsteps before us

The Light we must bear

Is the Light we must share

Is the Light that illumines the darkness

The promises kept give us strength to accept

This burden of bearing the Light

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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