19 Dec, 2008
Iowa city uses garlic salt to melt snow and ice
No, it's not Pizza Street -- but it smelled like it.
Road crews in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb used garlic salt to melt snow and ice after a storm this week. The spicy road treatment was donated by Tone Brothers, a company headquartered in the area.
The spice company says the nine tons of garlic salt would have ended up in a landfill. Public Works Administrator Al Olson says the city mixed the garlic salt with regular road salt and it works just fine. He adds some members of the road crew said using the spicy mixture made them a little hungry.
Story and Photo from www.news.yahoo.com.
Please Pass the (Garlic) Salt
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it useful again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless." (NLT)
What does God's Story scripture teach us about being the salt of the earth?
Check out what the Life Application Study Bible has to say about today's scripture ...
If a seasoning has no flavor, it has no value. If Christians make no effort to affect the world around them, they are of little value to God. If we are too much like the world, we are worthless. Christians should not blend in with everyone else. Instead, we should affect others positively, just as seasoning brings out the best flavor in food.
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our lives?
- Full of Flavor! God has created you to be full of flavor. You have your own personality and your own set of experiences. Thank God for making you who you are.
- Ask for Help! Sometimes it gets difficult to affect the world around us without blending in with everyone and everything. Ask someone in your life - a parent, a friend, a youth pastor, a campus club director - how they think you are doing.
- "Thank You!" Who is it that seems to bring out the best in you? Who adds salt to your life? Whoever it is, get in touch with them and say thanks this weekend.
How can we connect today's story, God's Story and our story to others?
- An Extra Dash of Salt! Where can you add a little salt in your community? Is there a homeless shelter where you could volunteer to serve a meal? Maybe you could organize some friends to ring bells for the Salvation Army? Get some friends together and come up with some ideas on how you can reach out to those in need during this Christmas season.
- Bring out the Best! Is there someone in your everyday life who needs to know they are valued? Do something with them this weekend to bring out the best in them, just as salt brings out the flavor in food.
- Melt Away the Ice! Is there someone in your everyday life who seems to have grown cold to God's Story? Today's story reminds us that melting ice is yet another use for salt (even if it's garlic). Do something with that friend that will warm them up to God again.
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