Salt

We cannot run a marathon unless

we take that first step.

There is a world out there

that needs change,

needs hope, and needs

love.

Nothing will bring about these things

unless we decide

to be the change,

the hope and

the love

in this world.

Church is not about buildings or

institutions;

rules, laws and regulations;

it's not even about vocation

or sacrament.

The Church is the people

who follow Christ.

Christians.

What does

that mean, to be

Christian?

Is it about

practise or education? Is it about

tradition?

Is it about morals or ethics or principles?

Is it even about devotion?

What if it wasn't about any of these things?

What if it was about something entirely different?

What if it was all about

relationship?

A relationship with God.

To relate to God and

with God.

A God whose heart is for the broken

and the dying, the poor and the neglected.

Not only that, but whose heart is also for

the CEO and the spoilt child,

for the comfortable and

for the passive.

For those who are too good and those who

never will be.

Relating to a God like that might change lives.

It might change the world.

But change

requires sacrifice.

Love necessitates

a price. And to change

the world would take

a great price.

It would take suffering.

It would take

a cross.

"You are the salt of the earth."

Matthew 5:13