Bare with me on this..hehehe I've been studying the" Dead Sea". Our first reaction is what! Okay we've all heard about this sea. (for the two of you who haven't) The dead sea is the saltiest sea in the world, its ten time more salty then the ocean! Because of it high salt concentration there are no fish, no plants, no visible signs of life in sight.. Hence the name the dead sea. Biblical this is known by several different names...the killer sea, the sea that never gives, the devils sea. This sea is different from all other seas because it does not release any of its waters, which would lower its salt content. Streams flow into the Dead Sea but nothing flows out. (which is why nothing can exist there). In fact there is so much salt in the Dead Sea that you can't even swim in it, if you lie down in the sea you float effortlessly...the salt holds you up. This whole dead sea kinda freaks me out...but in a good way. It reminds me everyday that I'm called..to give not just receive. We are surrounded by a world that says take. But what if we gave, what if we choose to pour out and leave the dead sea attitude behind us. I imagine the dead sea being a person who keeps being asked to give, to lay their life down but they don't feel like they have enough. (It's the one day when I'm 'able' thinking) we all know that never leads anywhere. We can spend our lives giving them
Salt that is sprinkled over food is tasty! It adds
flavor and life, but to much salt ruins the food. Making it undesirable and dangerous...we all know to much salt can cause high blood pressure which can lead to sickness and death. I want to be more than a taker in this life...I want to love until it hurts, give until there's nothing left, sow until all have received a harvest. I want to live a life striving to pour out...this life is full of lovely comforts that can either bless us and our neighbors or posion us and all who come to us hoping to find the Jesus we claim to serve. Let really focus on giving our lives away. The word says,"follow me as I follow Christ." This is action statement, it requires a unselfish pouring out.
Around the world and back
Our God will fight for us and we shall hold our peace.
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