Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
Everyone will be salted with fire.
Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness,
how can you season it?
Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another.
—Mark 9.49-50
My bland will, afraid to commit,
my ill-preserved will, self-seasoned,
O God, salt with the fire of your mercy.
For only deep self-giving
is true peace.
Bring out my true divine flavor,
my savory holiness,
with the salt of your grace.
For only love is real food.
My lukewarm will,
my hope and courage
still unkindled, still unspent,
salt with the flame of you.
Preserve my fruit; save my soul;
protect me from rot:
salt my life away for your pleasure.
Prepare me for your use:
cook me through with mercy,
saturate my flesh with the salt
that changes all that is not love;
your flame consume all that is not you.
For only in you
do I burn with light.
Only in you
do I taste of heaven.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
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