Matter Matters....What matter are you using today? Gray or red?

We're all receiving information daily! We store it away neatly into files upon files in something we all like to call the "gray matter between our ears" - the brain. All of this highly detailed information just sits there many times going unused on a regular basis. It just sits there waiting to be recalled, edited, looked back on fondly or...deleted!

Most of the "matter in my matter" is about things I wish I wouldn't bother to store up.  Like the price of green beans at Kroger or my jean size! LOL  Some things, stored up in my dusty attic, are little tidbits that I wish to never remember again - but I find these are valuable tools in helping others or many times they help keep me from making the same mistakes twice.

Then there are those special documents, those very important files that make us who we are.  Some would argue that these golden words were stored in us even before anyone (but God) knew of our existence. Those are the things of God either known "innately" or have been taught to us by Him through his Word and the experiences he presents to us during our years here on Earth. It's important to not let the things of God sit there idle, unused or shuffled away for a more convenient time; let Godly things penetrate the red matter - the heart, and be utilized daily! Things of the heart are actively flowing and moving to give life. Sharing God with others and caring for their needs will open the door of life for others.

I encourage you to spend more time contemplating, nurturing and maturing the things of the heart, the things made of God! Use that love and those teachings to quench the thirst of the nations for Jesus Christ. Use the red matter put there by God to show others that He loves them dearly and that there‘s always room for them at the foot of the cross.  Hugs & love!

1 Samuel 16:7  But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1 Kings 8:61  And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

2 Corinthians 8:2-5  In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.