Matthew 5: 13-16

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt looses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? Is it no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly father..."

Now, its extremely rare that I blog twice in one day. It juss go against errthang I believe in(through blogging that is ha!). ANyway, I was reading one of my student's 7 days of reflection and prayer journal. This was the verse that they were too sit and reflect on. To ask themselves wha is Jesus telling me through this scripture? What kind of message can I share to others in regards to this passage? I try to use critical analysis in my teaching, to allow them to dig deeper into thurr faith and spirituality. To not juss read things for face value, but find a meaning or an understanding to it. As I reading her entry, I was kinda hmm convicted by what she said...

As I read this verse, I felt as if the message Jesus was sending me was that if we aren't willing to show and express the best thing about ourselves, then we wont be able able to share God with the rest of the world. What we have to do is show our best and act our best in order to preserve ourselves in the sight of God. If not, we loose our 'taste-' the essential thing needed in allowing people to see the goodness you possess as a person.