Salt

For those of you who don't know, as of late I have been on a triple layers cake baking spree. I think I saw a cool one and said something like "I could do that" and I have been working on it ever since. It has been a good road, I am very thankful for the people who have eaten cakes; some good cakes and some bad and then there was the one that I should have thrown away.

I made a little mistake, I took out the sugar container and not the salt container. I realized it after baking. This is really when I should have said throw-it-away. This Vanilla Bean Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting made well could rival a good wedding cake all day long. Made saltless (AKA forgetting the 1/2 teaspoon) is awful, end of story, choke-it down, blahhhh, give it to people you don't like, ewww.

So lesson learned-don't mistake sugar for salt? Not so fast. Today Ben (associate pastor of the church I go to) who is going through the book of Colossians. Talked about Colossians 4:2-6 where Paul is talking about both prayer and evangelism in his closing part of the letter. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Verse 5-6 says, "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person."

What does having speech seasoned with salt mean? Directly quoting John Piper it means this

"So you don’t have a zingy personality! Salt tastes different on steak, corn, watermelon and eggs. You must be you. But there is a salty you and a blah and boring you. God says, “Be salty.” Especially when you are talking about his grace to outsiders. How? Well, just talk as though what you are talking about really tastes good. “Taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm 34:8). We can’t fake it. So the real need is to fall in love again with the taste of God! "