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Salt

I have been doing a deeper study into the book of Matthew for awhile,and I have so enjoyed it. I have learned so many things and even from stories that I have known about most of my life. In chapter 5 verse 13 of Matthew he starts talking about how we are the salt of the earth, and what happens to our salt when it has lost its taste. I have never really dived deep into this but for some reason that morning it just struck me,and I wanted to understand more. The distinctness that salt gives us has taken on a new meaning for me. 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has list its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for any thing except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Matthew 5:13 Our job as children of God is bring His love, His truth to the world. We are to show His love by living it out in our daily lives. When we volunteer for our community people get a taste of our salt and see the light…

The Hard Conversations

Ok so back to my favorite podcast again Rise Together, seriously if you have not listened to this yet you have to its so good. This episode is all about the hard conversations that are so important in your marriage. Hard conversations let’s just be honest, suck! lol. You want to avoid these at all cost, but you cannot if you really want true growth in your marriage. Rachel and Dave have this way of talking about these things that makes it so real and relatable that it inspires you. These conversations are vital to the growth of your marriage. Are they going to be enjoyable? Absolutely not. Are you necessarily going to enjoy your spouse’s presence after these conversations? No, but what these conversations will do is show that you want what’s best for your marriage and that you want what is best for each other. I love their quote about what they want out of their marriage: “We do not want a good marriage, not a great one we want an exceptional marriage.” Before you have these kind of conversations you need to pray for what you what the outcome…