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“No Salt Added”
“No Salt Added.” I used to avoid foods that were labeled as having no salt because it was almost guaranteed to have poor taste. Salt adds flavor and brings out the taste of other foods, herbs, and spices. Salt also is a natural preservative for lots of foods, especially meats. God made salt to be salty, so salt must be a good thing, right?
As I’ve become older, I’ve learned that I should consume salt in moderation. I suppose after a lifetime of eating plenty of salty foods, my body must be at the point that I’ve got to be smarter about consuming salt. I can’t take too much of it. Nobody can.
Those storms and the accompanying floods that occurred here in 2024 are proving that too much salt is a really, really bad thing. Over time, the salt continues to eat away at everything. The Chapel’s property was submerged in saltwater, and when the water receded, it left salt in the grass, trees, and walls. The salt is taking its own sweet time to eat into everything, so I’m no longer surprised when something, “quits working”.
It's frustrating. I almost wish everything would break at once so I’d know what I’m dealing with, but that’s not the way salt works. It’s gradual, and unless it’s completely removed, it will continue to cause harm to the property, especially all things powered by batteries or electricity.
I should really wait until Lent to publish this little article because it would be a great fit during the season of dirges. Whatever. I guess God is directing me in another direction this week. Namely, salt is an easy metaphor for sin. It’s impossible to avoid all salt just like it’s impossible to avoid all sin. Both sin and salt take time to do their work, whether it’s destroying creation or killing someone’s soul. Sin is rarely a one-shot deal. It’s one thing added to another, which eventually creates really big problems. As the salt continues to eat away at the Chapel’s property, we discover new problems as the appliances and electrical outlets continue to fail.
Pooh. That’s yuck. It’s all gonna be okay because we are continuing to work on both problems: salt and sin. But for the most part, removing all of the problems is an impossible task. Instead of tackling everything at once, removing salt and sin little by little is much easier on the body and more affordable for the Chapel. There’s no way we could fix everything at one time. But then again, I don’t think God expects it all to be fixed immediately. God seems to like the growth that occurs in the process of overcoming the hazards of both salt and sin.
God Bless, Brock.
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