If we live in the best house,
the best district,
the best community,
the best city,
the best village -
the best we can afford -
we remove ourselves from
the poorest of humans.
SALT.
If we remove ourselves
from contact with the poorest
we become
Lord and Lady of the Manor
and only distribute crumbs from our wealth -
from a distance -
SALT.
Living on the edge can be::
1 Hunting every crack in the system
for personal gain
"but I didn't break any rules".
2 Choosing
Choosing to live, work, have our being,
socialising, building friendships with individuals,
ethnic groups,
different kinds of humans,
dislikable humans.
SALT.
We don't mix with those who
are different than ourselves
unless we choose.
Life decisions
Uncomfortable decisions
Learning decisions
Choosing life is not desiring
streets paved in gold.
SALT.
choose | ch oōz|
verb ( past chose | ch ōz|; past part. chosen |ˈ ch ōzən|) [ trans. ]
pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives : he chose a seat facing the door | [intrans. ] now it's my turn to choose.
• [ intrans. ] decide on a course of action, typically after rejecting alternatives : [with infinitive ] he chose to go | I'll stay as long as I choose.
PHRASES
cannot choose but do something formal have no alternative to doing something.
there is little (or nothing) to choose between there is little or no difference between.
DERIVATIVES
chooser |ˈtʃuzər| noun
SALT
SALT.
I ask you to consider
not pouring salt on your dinner
all placed in one spot.
Try shaking the salt pot
distributing
Adding flavour
SALT.
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Jim Punton is a man I have mentioned here before.
A great man who was principle professional support to me
spiritual/developmental support -
during the darkest years of my life.
Which also was the
most intense -
intensive change and growth.
He wrote this
"In parts of the world salt was sprinkled across the soil to help break up the compacted earth and allow moisture to sink in and allow plants to grow up. The salt acted as a fertilizer enabling new life and Jesus was drawing on this agricultural picture to show that his disciples were to be fertiliser in the world.
However, the second part of this saying was much more shocking.
In Jesus' time, at some houses, a mound of salt would be left beside a pit in the garden to cover human waste.
The salt acted as a disinfectant and as a sealant against nasty smells.
Jesus was asking his people to be up against the crap of the world."
As Jim Punton said,
'Tight up against it, protecting others from its rottenness and its decay.'
If we sit in little heaps refusing to have anything to do with the crap of the world,
we are refusing to be the salt of the earth.
