To be worth one's SALT

Salt and Light- two essential things needed to survive in the ancient world and are still part and parcel for survival in our present world. I am struck on the analogy of salt in today’s Gospel.

Jesus tells us that we are the salt of the earth and losing our saltiness would make us only good to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. To gauge our “saltiness”, I found it good to compare what salt can do, vis-à-vis, what we can do.

Like salt that adds flavor to the food we eat, we do not lose our saltiness if we can make the mundane lives of the people around us better;

Like salt that has curative properties, we do not lose our saltiness if we can heal people as well as relationships;

Like salt that has preservative properties, we do not lose our saltiness if we can prevent corruption;

Like salt that was used for trading and commerce, we do not lose our saltiness if we can be a medium of goodwill;

Like the little quantity of salt that is used to fertilize an acidic land, we do not lose our saltiness if we can make our country fruitful in our little way;

Like salt that is used for cleansing and beautification, we do not lose our saltiness if we could be part of the solution for change and improvement.

We are the salt of the earth. Let us bear in mind that it does not matter whether we are more salty than the others but whether we have been put to good use.

 After all, saltiness, to be worthy, is meant to be experience.

Matthew 5:13-16 

Salt and Light

    ¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

   ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.