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Topic: Salt and Pepper (07/24/14)
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TITLE: Psalm of the Pepper | Previous Challenge Entry
By Wilma Schlegel
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
I and His others are to bring more intensity to life
and to preserve it, as salt does.
But often I leave my shaker empty and the food
I offer is bland, who wants it?
I turn my face away from life that
is spoiled by the subtle entry of evil.
I offer no salt to preserve it.
And I begin to wither in my too loose connection to the vine.
My life is peppered with problems.
Those I have loved hurl accusations at me.
"You didn't teach me well."
"You were unclear."
"You weren't there."
"You are the problem."
I thought I was His, but I was not salty
and I have been afraid of the pepper
but the pepper came anyway.
"Lord, please forgive me!" I cry.
"Let me be salt again, do not cast me away."
He hears me and passes the pepper shaker to me.
"No, Lord, I wanted the salt." I start to draw back.
"Put it on your tongue" he urges me,
"Try it, experience it.
I am your strength. In Me you are
more than equal to any pepper I allow."
I feel it on my tongue. It burns hot
but not unpleasant.
It adds a zest and I want more.
I get out of my chair, out of my house.
I buy tickets for the roller coaster and I ride.
I am whipped around.
I love it.
I go to the ocean and let the waves knock me down.
I love it.
I speak to those I have loved.
My Lord gives me words and I say them.
His words are life and love-preserving.
I am not whipped around.
I am not knocked down.
I love it.
He is the strength inside of me
I am the salt of the earth.
and I've been taught to love the pepper.
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Well done.
God bless~