The Right Amount of Salt

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." - Matthew 5:13

If you did not know, I enjoy cooking, very much. I am not a skilled cook, but I am good cook. One of the things that I am not very good at is salting my food. I usually under salt because I am always afraid of the dish being too salty.

Do you know why we use salt? To bring out the flavors of our food.

When I under-salt, as I usually do, I am not bringing my dish to its fullest potential. I do this in my marriage is well. I do not give my husband the right amount of respect, love, care, kindness, attention, and nurturing that can bring him to his fullest.

I also over-salt him. Have you ever put too much salt in a dish? I find that it is much hard to correct than the former. It's the same in my relationship: I can't undo the hurtful things I have said and my husband is human- it's harder for him to forget the damage I inflicted.

I would like to learn how to salt Mr. Warner in just the right way. I believe that in order to do this, I need to take my time and sample the things I am adding to. I also need to ask him where he feels a lack of flavor. It's my job, as not only a wife, but a fellow believer to bring out of him God's intentions and desires for the man He envisions. Not the man I think he should be.

I need to remember that my husband is the Lord's recipe, not mine.