saltiness lost, nothing gained...

I was doing my devotions last night at 2'50am...after studying some Law... which is kind of ironic, seeing Law (to my view) is a very secular discipline. But...I guess it's how life's supposed to be, you have to know that you're not meant to be OF THIS WORLD but at the same time you can't isolate yourself from something so secular yet pervasive (e.g. the Law)... don't worry, my blog won't turn into some Law Journal.. ;)

But yea, back to my devotions, I was reading up on the Beatitudes in Matt 5 and V13 struck me like how that apple loved Newton's head so much....

Matt 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?*like DUH!!!!* It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

I can't imagine salt divorcing itself from its saltiness. Imagine all the food gone tasteless just because SALT arbitrarily decided to say:" Oh, wait a minute...I wanna try out something new, like say becoming sugar or pepper!"

Do you know of people (especially Christians) who've gone to all lengths to change who they are and their believes so that they may "fit in" or not appear as "the weird ones"? I do, and honestly, I have been tempted to do just that many a times... WHY??? Because I know how it feels like to feel "alien" or "being pushed aside", and you'll do just about anything to change all that, to be the popular one, or simply being accepted... Being overseas and at Uni has been an eye-opener for me so far... clubbing and drinking(becoming drunk) is a norm for students here and to come here and not joining them in their "BARRELS"( some sort of bbq/social event where alcohol is free-flowing) may sometimes feel like a crime!

Assuming you finally break into their social circle, endulge in whatever they fling at you and untimately becoming "one of them", what next?

According to V13:...... It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men....

So...after all the alcohol, all the drugs, all the partying, all the promiscuity... what next? The Bible describes it as being trampled over, I see it as being exploited and raped of your self-worth and identity... the very things that you tried so hard to acquire in the first place...

Anyway, it's just a thought from what God spoke to me about... LIVE A SALTY LIFESTYLE!!! *not recommended for high blood pressure patients* ;-)