Salt

To share this as a fact would require a lot of research on my part that I'm not inclined to do today, but I have read something in the recent past....something that I have mulled over and think it's a really good thing, but let's look at it as a possibility instead of fact(since I have not researched it!).  
The secular news is really happy to report that there are less Christians in the United States today than there used to be. The report I read, but have not confirmed, says that while there are less people that claim to be Christians, there are more people that have truly changed their lives because of their belief in Jesus.
This really is a good thing! It's saying that the people who were only "claiming" Christianity are no longer going to be clouding the water, so to speak!
The United States is going through a lot of change and it does seem like the days when Jesus told the people "you must eat my flesh" and many left! The time is approaching that if you are a casual follower of Jesus' teachings and not in a relationship with Him it will be easier and more desirable to you to step back and say "No, I'm not a Christian". If you say "Yes, I'm a Christian", in the US you may face ridicule, slander, name calling, bullying and in some situations violence, but maybe that is part of eating His flesh? Those are all things that Jesus went through, aren't they? (John 6)
God told us that we are to be salt(Matthew 5) to the world, have you noticed that in the US the price of salt is cheap? Salt has been plentiful in the US and so has Christianity, but when it is scarce the price rises! The Christianity that has been seen in the US has not always been true Christianity, often it was only "claimed" and not lived. Now the world will see the people who really walk with Jesus, they will see what we are supposed to be!
Expect to see your value as a Christian rise also. The impurities are being sifted from God's body of believers, the pure salt will be left! Be the salt you were called to be, you were created for such a time as this!


Matthew 5