Dispensers...not Containers :)

"Walk in wisdom toward  
outsiders, making the best
 use of the time. Let your speech

 always be gracious, seasoned
with salt,  so that you may 
know  how you  ought

 to answer each person."
Colossians 4:5-6

It is time to be involved.  Don't just shake your head and say 'Amen' on Sunday.  Be involved on the movement of Christ.  As my pastor says, be dispensers not containers.  Isn't that a great way to put it?  Don't just take everything you learn and not share it.  Feed your soul with good and righteous things ~ then go and feed others.

The first part of that is SO important.  We must feed our souls.  We must listen, read, study, and learn.  If there is a service, then you should be there.  Not just a warm body...but an open soul ready to receive!  Open up your Bible besides on Sunday and Wednesday.   Music ~ singing praises to our Lord!  Let it fill you heart and spirit.  Take it all in!

Only then, can we truly feed others.  How can we give out, what we don't already have?  We can make the difference in some one's life.  You and I.  Isn't that amazing?  We might be the person God wants to use to reach some one today.  Are we going to listen?  We must live on purpose.  We must live by example and walk in wisdom for those around us. 

That includes our family members, not just strangers.  Those Sunday morning's when nothing is going right and we are in a hurry ~ our attitude effects the family.  If we don't act like we are excited about going to church, do you think our kids will be?  If we don't give them a little push now and then to get them involved with other kids at church, do you think they will want to go?    The most important people we must live intentionally for is our family.

Oh, I never explained that picture, did I?  I've been using my gift of baking to make these yummy baskets for the visitors of our church.  Just another way to reach out to others.  It is wonderful to be a part of something larger than myself.  It's time to be involved...to be dispensers of the Word. To show the Love of Christ by WHAT we do.