oh Martha.

In Luke 10:38-42 we read about the story of Mary, Martha and the day that Jesus came to their house. Martha concerned herself with making preparations and getting all the things accomplished that needed to be done rather than sitting at Jesus's feet. Mary on the other hand eagerly listened to all that Jesus had to say as she cast any other distraction aside to spend that valuable time with Jesus. Martha, like most sisters, called Mary out on this only to be put in her place. Jesus' said, "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

I so wish that I could be Mary in this situation and in my everyday life. The truth of the matter is that more often than not, I can relate to Martha. While Martha wasn’t doing anything wrong, she wasn’t devoting all of her attention to Jesus. In my opinion it is so easy in todays society to get caught up in doing “all of the right things” that we tend to place the most important thing on the back burner. It is so easy to be busy going about and doing God’s work but in reality if we aren’t sitting eagerly at His precious feet then what good is it at all. Jesus points out bluntly that He is the only thing we need. Everything else in this world is trivial compared to Him. Why should we waste our time concerning ourselves with trivial things when we could be using that time to sit at Jesus’ feet?