Life Matters, A Life that Matters or Life-matters

As we contemplate the culmination of 

what may seem commonplace at first glance...

...may the light of eternity wakens us to the sacred matter

of what matters most, and how ultimately 

nothing is commonplace, when

lived with love for the glory of God!

A Life That Matters ; (click link)

isn't that ultimately what we all desire?!

To matter; To be needed and loved!

And what irony; the desire to be needed and loved, to matter,

is met as we meet another's need with love.

The link above helped inspire today's poem, as well as

an excerpt from an update letter from one of our missionaries

 who led a team of students on a short-term ministering-trip.

One of the students, after thanking those who prayed for him/them

shared that he is so excited to see where the Lord will lead him

' Even though I am no longer in (said country),

I still plan to be a disciple of God

and hope to help share the good news

with as many people in my life as I can."

What a beautiful reminder about what truly matters, 

as we desire to live a life that matters,

and ultimately to exalt as Paul did!

  2 Tim.4:7

Life is lent; its gifted measure

More than sums/crumbs of birthday cake 

 Time is a temporal treasure

With eternity at stake 

Today's gifted moment-matter

Matters more than we can see

As the seeds of reply scatter

Settling in eternity 

In the grave matter of living

No one can afford to hate/wait

Today is ripe for love's giving

Tomorrow may be too late

Come, let's make the most of moments

And the matter they compose

Before death's impending summons

Ushers in life's curtain-close 

Let's run life's race with endurance

Honouring what matters most

Let's rely on the assurance

Of worth only faith can boast

What lies behind none can alter

But do not despair, my friend

Mercy's fountain does not falter  

Today we can change the end

Every life matters; its treasure

More than fool's gold or bold jest

Pray the merit of its measure

Makes its matter worth our best 

Because after this life's fleetness

After earth's mortal sojourn

We will meet with the completeness 

Of eternity's return 

Pray, we put our faith in Jesus

For this matters most of all

Because only Jesus frees us

From the curse of mankind's fall

Thank God for salvation's story

Thank Him for love's shameless boast 

Through His power, for His glory

He grants us what matters most 

Janet Martin

Rom.14:7-13

 (read the whole glorious chapter HERE)

7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 

8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. 

Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 

9For to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, 

that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 

10But why do you judge your brother?

 Or why do you show contempt for your brother? 

For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [c]Christ.

  11For it is written:

“As I live, says the Lord,

Every knee shall bow to Me,

And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 

13Therefore let us not judge one another [d]anymore, 

but rather resolve this, 

not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

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