Can you pass the salt, please?

Salt.


Thought about it much? It's quite the additive! People put salt on lots of things: meat, potatoes, nacho chips, watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers. A co-worker of mine even puts salt on his celery!


But salt, in and of itself, doesn't really have any flavor. In fact, the purpose of salt is to enhance the residual flavor of the food. It's like an assist in basketball...you don't get credit for the basket, but everyone acknowledges that the points wouldn't have happened without your help. Salt is that guy.


But there's a fine line between salty and too salty. And as great as salt is, just a grain too much, can ruin the whole dish. And unfortunately, most times we don't realize it's too salty until it's too late! The very thing that enhances flavor can become its own worst enemy!


So, what's salt have to do with a hill of beans? Other than the fact you may want to as"salt" them?


In Matthew 5:13 we are described as the salt of the earth. I don't claim to understand what that means completely. But I like to think that my purpose is like that of salt...to come along people and bring out their best.