Salt

I have recently replaced table salt with Celtic Salt because of the amazing amount of minerals found therein; at first I switched to Himalayan but have since switched again because the Celtic has more Magnesium than the Himalayan and is therefore better for me;  but how often are we told by dr’s that if we have high BP we need to stop the salt?!!!  Bad advice in my opinion, very unscientific actually; I am learning we are not only being misinformed about the food pyramid, but also about salt & heart health & BP; and therefore, the medicines being offloaded on so many of us;(check out a basic A&P book about the 4 vital elements needed for life);  we desperately need the minerals found in the “good salt”…..92 or so minerals that have been bleached out of table salt.  Our bodies were created to need it the way it’s found in Nature.

Fun fact:  During the war in the Navy they used to transfuse with sea water because it’s very quickly changed to blood!

The term “Covenant Salt,” is indicative of the everlasting nature of the Covenant relationship between the children of God and their Creator. Entering into a Covenant of Salt means binding oneself to another in utmost loyalty and truthfulness. Also, permanence, loyalty, durability, usefulness, purification, and value….. As salt was regarded as a necessary ingredient of the daily food, and so of all sacrifices offered to God (Lev 2:13), it became an easy step to the very close connection between salt and covenant-making. When people ate together they became friends…. the Arabic expressions, “There is salt between us”; “He has eaten of my salt,” which means partaking of hospitality which cemented friendship; “eat the salt of the palace” (Ezra 4:14). Covenants were generally confirmed by sacrificial meals and salt was always present. Since, too, salt is a preservative, it would easily become symbolic of an enduring covenant. So offerings to God were to be by a statute forever, “a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord” (Num 18:19). David received his kingdom forever from the Lord by a “covenant of salt” (2 Chron 13:5). In the light of these conceptions the remark of Our Lord becomes the more significant: “Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another (Mark 9:49-50)”

“Salt of the earth” people…….very good, honest, and reasonable, and not thinking you are special in any way; very friendly and straightforward. That’s how I want to be.

We as Christ Followers are called Salt. Both too much and not enough are bad. Shake us out, Lord.