Salt of the Earth
Jesus said "you are the salt of the earth" . I've heard this over and over throughout my life. My parents would comment on someone's character by saying, "they are the salt of the earth" . While listening to the General Conference of my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, there was a talk about being the salt of the earth. When I first heard it, it stood out to me and prompted me to further research SALT. For some random reason it made me think of a report I gave in my high school biology class about how salt melts ice. I have thought of these things for several days since conference. As I thought of the high school report, I realized that I actually did not remember how salt melted ice. I had to go look it up again to remind myself.......kind of pathetic, I thought.......after all, I've spent a great deal of my life studying chemistry and biology. How could I not remember basics of salt? Salt is a central part of both c