
π· Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
π Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.π· Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.π Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.π‘ Matthew 5:13-16 π‘Β ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·π

π·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·Β π‘ The beatitudes are not meant to be lived in isolation or only among fellow believers, but everywhere we goΒ π‘ We cannot give light to a dark world if we retreat to ways and places of darkness ourselves or hide in the shadows.Β
π‘ Christ is the true light and we are to be His reflection β A secret Christian is as inappropriate as a hidden lightΒ ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·
ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·Β π· Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.π‘John 8:12 π‘Β

π But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:π‘ 1 Peter 2:9 π‘Β ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·ππ·
Sherry Lynn Szada-Olinger