Messages from a Hope Filled Heart…

/ The WheatandTares

Day 2

My thoughts for the day…
If we are to be Salt & Light, how salty and how bright should we be? Salt cures food from rottenness (dying). A light shines to dispel the darkness. If we are to be Salt & Light in this lost, dying and dark world, we may need to evaluate our hearts and our intent.

If our intent is to live without conflict, peace with everyone, never causing a stir, we may be serving the wrong God. Jesus was so bold and told so many of their wrong that they killed Him just to get Him to shut up.


Salt can bring life, flavor, and enjoyment to a midday meal. It can also be bitter, irritate and bring sting to a wound, but it will bring healing through the pain. Light can bring comfort, strength, and clarity to eyes in a darkened room. It can also be glaring, burning, and explosive to those same eyes when concealment is desired.


May we be the Salt & Light that brings life, that brings healing, that brings strength, and ultimately, brings redemption and hope to a lost and dying soul.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men,that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:13-16

2 thoughts on “Messages from a Hope Filled Heart…”

  1. Wonderful observations about salt and light. One other observation, if I may …

    Salt slows down the decaying process, but it doesn’t stop it altogether. Recently many people have been looking to mortal leaders to “save our democracy.” While I understand the sentiment, and there are definitely leaders I believe are more in line with a biblical world view than others, the best these (and we) can do is slow down the decay. Only Jesus’ return will usher in a perfect world. Meanwhile, as you say, we should be salt and light. God help us if we stand idly by and watch our nation rot.

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