The Salt & Light

I think I'm going to give you updates on my marriage. If that is OK with you all? I guess if it's not you can stop reading. I'm going to keep this very real and raw. My belief is, God doesn't put you through trials for you to keep them to yourself. I'm going to be salt and light.

Sometimes people get confused with the meaning of "salt & light". How are we to be salt and light. Some people see salt as a bad chemical to put in the body which creates heart attacks. Some people relate light to skin cancer, crazy I know! But they do. That is not what God meant. In order to create food or a dish you need salt.  In order to taste food you need salt. And to survive here on earth we need food. He wants us to be "delighted" in the Lord that others will want a "taste" of what you have. Have you ever met someone that are so at peace with themselves and life. You walked away wanting what they had. That is what it means to "taste". You want to taste what they feel.  That person has God. God wants us to be at peace, we just have to let Him.

The light means, we are not to live in darkness. The devil flourishes in the darkness. Darkness doesn't mean a "dark room" like a closet. It means your living your life without giving your heart to Jesus. Your life might have hardships or maybe it's really easy, but empty. You see, we are to be the light for lost people. The ones who hold their head either too high or too low to look straight forward. Being the light means getting people to  Jesus. Saving the lost souls around you.

Mike and I are Christians. If you were to ask us about ourselves I believe we would say we are Christians before  husband and wife. God is very important to us. We met in 1988 and were married in 1992. We have 4 children with the oldest one being adopted. It was a family adoption due to drug addiction and mental illness. Our marriage has survived addictions, deaths, suicide, mental illness, absent husband, absent father, affairs, sickness, cancer, hobbies, money problems, car accidents, lost jobs, and lost dreams.

We seemed to have always turned to God through it all. When we were younger our relationship with God wasn't as strong as it is now. In the past we tried to get through life on our own with a little help from God. I'm thankful we at least had some faith between us. And we believed in the same God (the only true God)  Now it seems we can't get through anything with God. Thank you Jesus!