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