Today’s Readings: Psalm 149 & 34; Joel 2:21-27; Luke 14:25-35; Romans 2:27-3:18
There are a variety of challenges we 21st century Christians face in living out their faith. One of the many challenges we face was raised for me near the end of today’s lectionary reading from Luke’s Gospel. Luke 14:34 in the New International Version reads: “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?” The question this verses raises for me is, “In the pluralistic age that often leads us to emphasize our similarities with others, how can we Christians maintain our uniqueness – our saltiness, if you will?” In the verses that precede verse 34, a part of our saltiness is our willingness “to give up everything he [or she] has” (v 33). Of course there are many other qualities that contribute to our saltiness: our understanding of forgiveness and our understanding of grace to name just a few. Today I invite you to examine your own life for evidence of your saltiness. As you do so, my hope and my prayer is that God will continue to use us as vessels that will season the world with acts of grace, mercy, and love. Til next time…
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