The Savior Gives Us Savor

We have been reading the chapters in which Christ visits the Nephites in Bountiful, after many cities have been destroyed. In this section of scripture, there is a verse that I have never really thought about before. This verse is also in the Bible, and it says, “I give unto you to be the salt of the earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden unto foot of men.” As I was reading this verse, the thought came to me of what the savor of salt is. I have written next to this verse that savor is the flavor/quality, and that it can only be lost by contamination, and not by time. So if we are to be the salt of the earth, what would be our savor? I realized that our savor, with which we can salt the earth, is our individual testimony. We cannot just lose our testimony over time; we have to be contaminated. We are contaminated when we sin, and when we repent, we are made clean and whole again, and can regain our savor. When we repent, we turn back towards our Savior, so when we turn to our Savior, we can regain our savor. However, if we lose our testimony, then we are good for nothing, but to be cast out. Another thing I really like about this analogy is how you don’t need to add a lot of salt to something when you are cooking, because a little bit of salt goes a long way. The same is true for us; a little bit of goodness goes a long way, and our righteousness is an example, as Christ talks about in the next verses, with being a city set on a hill.