The Pumpkin Spice Gospel – Being a Flavorful Christian

“You are the salt of the earth.  But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”  Matthew 5:13

Do you think Christians are boring?  Can you name three people who you believe live exciting lives? What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?

Humdrum, boring, lifeless, and dull are words used to describe rice cakes, tax returns, and slow Wi-Fi.  These are not the words to describe the Christian life.  God calls us to be “the salt of the earth.” The ones who represent and give flavor to a life that is anything but commonplace.

Created to Be Flavorful Christians

God created us to show the world the majestic love of Jesus Christ.  The One who made the Great Barrier Reef, created the Redwood Forest, paved the Milky Way, and produced an all-natural light show called the Northern Lights!

As flavorful Christians, we can show the world the Majestic love of God by investing in them. By showing others that the God who created them finds them more desirable than all the wonders of the world. And in doing so, we are putting the flavor, pumpkin spice, salt, or other – into Christian living.

The Pumpkin Spice Gospel

If you think this life of servitude is boring, look at a couple of flavorful Christians who have gone before you:  Corrie Ten Boom, a trained watchmaker, and Christian helped over 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust by hiding them in her closet!

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation – Corrie ten Boom

Mother Teresa, known not for her calling as a Nun, but as one of the great humanitarians of the 20th century, could love those that were the most vulnerable in society. Loving the undesirable, or forgotten people will spice up your life for sure.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. – Mother Teresa

Spice Up Your Life!

When we are faithful to our calling, to being the person God created us to be, we bring out the true essence of the gospel.  God has given each of us gifts to use in sharing the essence or flavor of Christian living with others. If we were to rely only on the flavor of self-serving ambitions, we would taste very bland, if not sour.

How are you going to flavor your words, actions, and prayers today to show others the beauty of Christian living? Are you spreading the Pumpkin Spice Gospel?

Heavenly Father, may we be the salt of the earth, the flavoring of Your love today.  May we worship you in the spirit of a new season.  Inspire us to serve well, to take risks, and to be adventurous in our Christian lives. In your precious name, we pray.  Amen.

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(Revamped and reposted from October 2018 as one of the Best of Beautifully Broken)

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