Read Matthew 5:13-16.
In the fifth chapter of Matthew are recorded some of the most powerful pronouncements of Jesus.
Ye are the salt of the earth…Ye are the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-14).
It is possible, and, in fact, only too easy, to accept these vital principles as being true; to love the beauty in them; and yet not to put them consistently into practice in one’s own life; but this is a perilous attitude, for in that case the salt has lost its savor, and is good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden underfoot.
If you make every effort to practice the teachings of Jesus in every department of your own daily life; if you seek systematically to destroy in yourself selfishness, pride, vanity, sensuality, self-righteousness, jealousy, self-pity, resentment, condemnation, and so forth—not feeding or nourishing them by giving in to them; if you extend the right thought loyally to every person within your ken, then you are worthy to be called the salt of the earth.
If you truly live this life, then not only will you make your own demonstration, in the quickest possible time, but you will be, in a very positive sense, a healing and illumining influence on all around you. You will be a blessing to men and women in remote places and times, men and women of whom you have never heard, and who will never hear of you—a light of the world.
Often, we don’t feel like being a light and don’t care if we have lost our salt. These are the times that challenge us to remember who we are. We are not created to be selfish, vain, resentful, etc. We are children of God created to bring illumination and experience peace. When we remember who we really are, then we will want to be a light and to be the salt that flavors our existence.
May we each raise our light and be the children of God.
Lighting up,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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