It's 7:44 and I need two blog posts by midnight...

Well as I was doing my perusing of blogs I generally read, which include Jeff Gustafson's (Because he's awesome and his blogs are great), then my sister-in-law Shelly (Because her pictures are beautiful), and then my other sister-in-law Dana (Because she's pregnant and she does fun things), Jeff recently posted a link to his brother's blog. I read his brother's entry and really enjoyed it...it was quite long so I skimmed it but it basically talked about Salt. You might be wondering...Salt...um...okay. But really, Salt is great and I learned some new things. Apparently salt doesn't give the flavor of salt to its dishes but rather intensifies the original flavor. And after talking about the way salt is used in food, Tim (Jeff's brother) went on to talk about Jesus Christ and his teachings about salt. 

There are many phrases in the bible about salt and how one is the salt of the earth. In Mark 9:50 it says "Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. It is very interesting to to think how something in our lives would and/or could intensify our own "flavors." I love Tim's explanation of how he thinks the gospel is the salt to our lives. And with this salt our good natures of Heavenly parents are intensified! 

Salt is such a small thing, and yet it does so much. It flavours our food, causes cholesterol, and quickens chemical reactions. And the gospel of Jesus Christ and its principles seem so small in what is required of us and yet it does so much. It gives us hope, makes us love and be kind, it gives us a bigger pictures, and everything else. I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I hope to continue to realize how much the church does and influences my life. I am forever grateful!