Salt

Wept this morning
under assault
I am NOT "the light."
I am NOT "the salt,"
deep prayer for a Word.
candlelight at dawn 
heard by heaven 
opened to Luke seven:
"Do you see this woman? 
I came into your house -
you gave me no water for my feet,
but she has made my feet wet with her tears
and dried them with her hair.
You did not give me one kiss,
but she, from the moment I came in,
has not ceased to kiss my feet.
You did not anoint even my head with oil,
but she has anointed my feet with perfume,
And for this, I tell you, her sins,
many as they are,
have been pardoned,
because she has loved greatly;
but one who has little pardoned,
loves but little."
Then he said to the woman,
"Your sins have. been pardoned." 
The other guests began to say to one another,
"Who is this man who even pardons sins?" 
But Jesus said to the woman,
"Your faith has delivered you;
go, and peace be with you"
(Luke 7:44-49)
Am I "the woman?"
Today, God is saying,
"Yes, my beloved,
you are the woman."
Lord let me receive
your love for me;
dissolve my resistance
to that love.
"Lord I believe; help my unbelief!!"
let me stand in that identity;
​Yes, I STAND, affirm,
"I am the Salt"
evidence proves
that is true
I preserve the path
for those who
need the truth, life, way...
no congregation
no denomination affiliation
just salt whose flow
is controlled
by a mighty Shaker
where it's needed to go
not in a place with a steeple
but for people
who need and somehow find
​my micro ministry
enough for me
to me, it's holy, salty,
​and pleases thee.