Salt and Light

Matthew 5:13-14 calls us the salt of the earth, and the light of the world.  We demonstrate salt by fighting against sin-wanting nothing to do with it, and light by fighting for justice and truth-wanting everything to do with it.  


Being salt [13] can be as simple as rebuking your friend when he or she makes an unnecessary comment (Luke 17:3), or not choosing to hang out with the wrong crowd (Taking a stand?) (Matthew 7:13-14).   Maybe you can't always be salt in a big way but it's still important (Small hard things?).


Now lets talk a little bit about how we can exemplify light [14](Ephesians 4:17-32).  Encouraging others, standing up for what you believe in, living by the ten commandments, and sticking with the "right" crowd of believers that also do all of these things are all ways to be light to the world.  John 13:15 says that Jesus set an example for us, so we should also set an example for others.  I personally think that that is the best way to be light to others: Being an example of Christ, and living life like Jesus did-loving others unconditionally.

Before I Kick the Bucket...

READ ALL 42 VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER.

SKY DIVE.

BUY A CAR, AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE IN NEED.

LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR.

RUN A MARATHON.LEARN TO BE CONTENT.

GAIN TRUE SUCCESS.

PLAY DRUMS PROFESSIONALLY.

GET MARRIED.

Average?

What is average? Are you average? Am I average?

Questions that nobody really has the answer to.

Alex and Brett write in their book that they don't think average teenagers exist. You can tell if someone is "not average" because they do things that you, and most of your peers don't usually do, or vise versa.

I believe that average teens do exist. "Average" teenagers are the ones who think of life as one giant holiday, where they can sit back, and relax, and just coast their way by-not having to leave their comfort zones, and put effort into anything. Because of this, teenagers nowadays are stereotyped as lazy and immature, and are treated as such. Is this fair to those of us who actually take life seriously? No.

So what can we do about it? We raise the bar. We show the world that this generation is not a generation that's just going to say Oh, maybe I'll get to that tomorrow or the next day. But rather, we "Get R Done" When life throws rocks at us we don't run and hide, and take the easy way out. We stand strong and and find a way to get through it rather that away from it-stretching out of our comfort zones to reach a new level of maturity and raising the bar of the world's expectations for teenagers.