Wednesday, April 6, 2011

WHAT JESUS SAID

Some of Luci´s poems are really hard understand, but I think the message of this one is very, very clear! Be salt - be like Jesus! Wow! I loved it and hope I can live it out each day.


WHAT JESUS SAID

(Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50)

Reprinted from Harvesting Fog, Copyright Luci Shaw 2010, Pinyon Publishing.

Used by permission of the author.

What Jesus said

what he did.

He said, be salt. Himself

salt.

a zest seasons

the world

wherever he shakes

his pungent crystal.

Salt-free signifies

insipid,

yet absolute salt is

so sharp

if all you eat is salt

you die.

The words—

they sting on the tongue—

The savor of action

saves,

and deeds of salt

preserve

and purify.

Say it first, but then

do it—

the salt, and then

the savor.




1 comment:

Kris Livovich said...

Good poem! I like the idea of being just the right amount of salt, not too little, not too much.