Seasoned With Salt

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:6

Evangelist Michael Guido once learned an interesting lesson from snails: they are created with teeth on their tongues. A well-known scientist examined a snail’s tongue under a microscope and counted thirty thousand teeth. Usually the snail keeps its tongue rolled up like a ribbon; but when necessary, it sticks it out and the teeth do their damage.

Sometimes people have teeth on their tongues too, teeth that can snap, bite, and inflict damage. The Bible tells us to let our speech always be with grace. Not sometimes, but always, according to this verse. And we shouldn’t be boring. The phrase “seasoned with salt” specifically refers to salt’s power not as a preservative but as a seasoning. Salt keeps food from tasting bland or insipid. It makes a dish flavorful and enjoyable. That’s the way our talk should be.

Don’t be biting or boring in your conversations today; be edifying and interesting, knowing how to answer each one.

Father, take control of our tongues. Guard our lips from telling lies. Help us to speak the truth in love. In Jesus’ name, amen.

MICHAEL GUIDO