Let's Be Salt Shakers

Let's be SALT SHAKERS!! "Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person." - Colossians 4:6 So this scripture says.....when sharing our faith with others, it's like seasoning with salt. If someone sprinkles a little salt on food and makes it taste good, we really appreciate it. But if someone hands us a spoon of salt and says, "Eat up," it's really hard to swallow, difficult to digest, and most certainly not good for the heart.

So, what does the world think when we season our conversation with too much talk about church and God, and we never talk about things we might have in common with them? They just don't get us, and we just don't relate to them. But what if we talked a little about sports, and a little about the weather, and a little about our family, and their family, and a little about the every day concerns that we all have......and, then when the right opportunity comes, we occasionally sprinkle in a word about God's goodness, and how He answered a prayer or a special blessing we received and that He was the giver of the gift, or we mention an insight we gained from a sermon we heard? Or better yet, what if we went out of our way to share God's love with them in a tangible way, like taking them for dinner? Their curiosity just may be aroused, and, then, just maybe the flavor of OUR salt may cause a thirst for what we have? We can be the salt they need for zest and flavor in their life. Let's be salt shakers! We just might be the difference maker in what they need....when they need it most.