Singing Scripture

 

In the Gospel of Matthew, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, “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.”

 

What is adding flavor to your life right now?  What is adding zest?  What are you savoring as you taste the goodness of life?  I encourage you to hold these questions during the month of June and at the end of each week as yourself, where did you taste, sense, smell, encounter the saltiness of God?  For me, I tasted God’s salt on vacation when I was able to relax and breathe and be.  I tasted God’s salt having my kids home for summer, getting to see them each day (if only for a few minutes).  I tasted God’s salt in worship as we sing our prayer and praise.  I taste God’s goodness in conversations with you ~ you are a blessing.  I think of a newer hymn by Marty Haugen, slowly read these words ~ savoring what is provoked and evoked in these sentences:

 

You are salt for the earth, O People, Salt for The Kingdom of God!
Share the flavor of Life, O People: Life in The Kingdom of God!

Bring forth the Kingdom of Mercy, bring forth the Kingdom of Peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of Justice, bring forth The City of God!

 

You are a seed of the Word, O People, bring forth The Kingdom of God!
Seeds of mercy and seeds of Justice, grow in The Kingdom of God!

Bring forth the Kingdom of Mercy, Bring forth the Kingdom of Peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of Justice, Bring forth The City of God!

 

We are a blessed and a pilgrim People, bound for The Kingdom of God!
Love our journey and love our homeland: Love is The Kingdom of God!

Bring forth the Kingdom of Mercy, Bring forth the Kingdom of Peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of Justice, Bring forth The City of God!

 

I pray today you will find ways to be salty.  I pray you will share the flavor of God with others who cross your path, that you will express mercy and love and be part of God’s work.  I pray you will let seeds of the sacred grow in the soil of your soul.  I pray you will give thanks for the companions on the road of life.  In fact, right now, name family and friends and fellow church members who you are traveling with you and who share light with you.  And may the love of God infuse and inspire your life and your song today!  Amen.