A foreign maid and salt 

A young Israelite girl.

Learned about the true God from her parents.

Saw miracles.

Gained a strong testimony of prophets who can speak the will of the Lord.

Captured by the Syrians.

Carried away to a strange land, surrounded by an unfamiliar people, unsure if she’d ever see her family and friends again.

Told that she’d be serving an important woman.

One day, she hears this woman talking about her husband. He’s come down with a sickness. Leprosy!

This young maid knows exactly what she would do on that situation.

“She said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:3)

A simple testimony of the real priesthood power of prophets.

A simple display of faith in miracles.

That’s all she did.

She just said something small. Something she knew to be true. Something hopeful.

Something that was out of the ordinary in a strange land, but something that was familiar to her.

This little testimony was communicated to the great captain, who immediately acted and went to find a prophet in Israel, leading to a powerful miracle and conversion.

Susan H. Porter taught that salt is a small, common, and cheap ingredient.

And yet a meal with salt tastes dramatically better than one without any salt.

“Naaman would not have even been at Elisha’s door without ‘a little maid.’

“You may be young or feel of no importance, but you can be as salt in your family, at school, and in your community.”

We don’t have to be the spicy hot sauce, show-stopping guacamole, or brilliant bbq sauce to make a difference.

I’ve watched enough cooking competition shows to know that no matter what flashy or impressive elements you add to your dish, the humble ingredient of salt can never be replaced.

Small, simple testimonies change eternal destinies.

A small maid’s testimony changed Naaman’s life.

Whose lives can you change with yours? 

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black