Life Devotionals

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."- Matt 5:16 In the ancient world salt had two main purpose. First, salt was used to preserve . In a world without our modern technology, the ancients used salt as a preservative to help keep food. Secondly, salt was used to enhance . This is a little more common to us in 2025, (perhaps a little too common!). Salt was, and is, used to enhance the flavor of whatever substance it was added to. In Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, he called His disciples and those that have traveled far to hear Him preach, be healed by Him, and witness His power to be "the salt of the earth." (Matt 5:13) Think about it; Jesus is using an ancient metaphor to say that those there, and extending to us, that we are to preserve the elements of what has been given to us, the gospel, and to enhance the world around us. What a high calling! Likewise, Jesus tells them, ...