Here is the wonderfully good news for today, Christ reminds us again and again that the distance between this world and the kingdom of God is a lot shorter than we think. God has transformed the most ordinary and basic of lives into salt and light. So, be salty! Be light! Not as a goal to achieve, but as a life to live because that is what you already are.

First, we don’t receive grace upon grace because we live lives worthy of the gospel. We receive grace upon grace because we are beloved by God. It might be easier to try to fulfill the conditions to receive a blessing than to simply accept one. We feel the need to be worthy. Second, God blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others. Our mission is to remember that we are all beloved and to live as though it is true.