The Power of Salt: Part Two

Where was I? What happened to me? Why couldn’t I gather basic thoughts and process them? How long would this confusion last?

These were the thoughts scrambling my fifth grader brain after I’d slipped on the ice outside and knocked myself unconscious.

When I got to my feet I was suddenly a stranger in my own skin, lost in a strange world full of unknown kids staring at me while pointing and asking questions. It was too much to handle so I just took off running.

I ran to the door which led back into the gymnasium…that much I knew. Once inside, I discovered the sixth grade was in the middle of their gym class. Rather than walk around the court, I kept on running right through their vigorous floor hockey game.

“Hey! What are you doing?! Get out of here!”

I was terrified. The bright lights, the yelling, the older kids threatening me…I was completely confused. Something inside me remembered where the boy’s restroom was, so I banged open the door and ran inside.

There was one other kid in the bathroom when I came in. He didn’t say anything but he just stood there and stared at me. Another staring kid, I couldn’t get away from them!

I walked toward him and he walked toward me…he seemed like a real oddball. Then I realized that I was actually looking in the mirror, and the other boy was me. It really weirded me out. I got closer until I was staring into the mirror at my own eyes.

Who am I? Am I me? I’m at school, who is my teacher? Who are the other kids? Do I know them? Am I dreaming? Who am I?!

I had a major brain injury and didn’t even know it…I didn’t even know myself. I was a stranger in my own flesh. I was almost completely disconnected from reality.

Salt is an awesome substance for winter use. It melts ice and also provides traction for feet and tires. It keeps people standing upright and vehicles on the road and headed in the right direction…and without it, there is dangerous instability. A lack of salt can lead to serious brain injuries, broken bones, pain, and even death.

God says that Christians are the salt of the earth. We season this world and give it a Godly flavor, revealing to unbelievers the identity that God desires for every soul He ever created.

Without salty Christians sharing and living out the truths of Scripture, this world is just a bunch of lost souls staring at themselves in the mirror. They’re blinded by the lies of Satan and the world, and unable to assume the true identity that God wants them to have…an identity rooted in Jesus Christ.

Stay salty, my friends! To be continued…