Moving Forward - 25 February 2025

TUESDAY, February 25, Emily Malbone Morgan

Matthew 5:13a You are the salt of the earth.

Jesus said you are salt; you are light, meaning we’re there already. This is good news to hear in a world with 24/7 advertising, morning shows, and self-help books, all telling us that we are incomplete without this product or that program available—all on sale now. These words from Jesus are refreshing in a time when social media posts urge us to compare our lifestyles, bodies, and experiences with filtered images and scripted scenes masquerading as enviable.

We are beloved, and we are enough to bring the good news and to help God replace the bitter taste of evil with the goodness of salt to the meal that is life in this world. We are enough to bring brightness and clarity to the places in this world that are lost in murky shadows. Jesus says right now, as is, we are practical and necessary for God’s purposes for this world.

MOVING FORWARD: You are enough. You are salt. You are light. You are loved.

PRAY for the Diocese of Madurai-Ramnad (South India)

Ps [120], 121, 122, 123 * 124, 125, 126, [127] | Ruth 1:15-22 | 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 | Matthew 5:13-20

(Source: Forward Day By Day Movement)