I am so much like Martha but I desire to be like Mary. Martha is a good woman don't get me wrong, she opened her home to the Savior.
Martha was a servant, she wanted to serve the Lord, so right away like so many of us she started planning a menu and trying to get organized. So much to do. She wanted to give Jesus her very best, we all do, but sometimes we end up missing THE BEST. I find myself doing so much for Jesus, I want to give Him the best, so I spend all my time bustling here and there, serving,serving, sometimes running on E, but I'm doing it for Him, so that's all that matters right? But in my busyness, in the midst of pots clanging, washer going, kids hollering, phone ringing, texts , emails, youth meetings, sunday school, prayer meetings I miss His quiet voice.
By the way where is MARY? Isn't she supposed to be helping me? No wonder I can't seem to get anything done, no wonder I'm so stressed! I don't have any help! So I start complaining,griping, about lack of help, lack of resources, not enough time, feeling self-pity, nobody cares that I'm working so hard, and again I miss His voice.
This is me. I get caught up in the bills that needs to be paid, lack of groceries, gas for the car, money for school, for everything. I busy myself doing all sorts of things for Him and I'm struggling, I'm tired,I'm at the end of my rope and I say "Lord don't you care...?" This time I hear Him, I hear His voice.
"Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed."(Lk10:41)
I drop to my knees, in this moment nothing else matters because I need that "one thing".I have allowed the hurts, disappointments, sadness of life to choke me, to overwhelm me along with my busyness. When all I needed to do was to be like Mary.
Mary "sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said." I don't think she was being lazy or unthoughtful, she just "chose what is better".(Lk10:42)
So from this moment on, I will chose to sit at His feet,and LISTEN, I won't go to complain or to ask for things but I will go to LISTEN. I want to hear His heartbeat, I want to lean against Him and hear what He has to say to Me. I can't go on anymore the way I used to, from this day I chose to be like Mary.
He said if I" seek His kingdom all these things will be given to you as well."(Lk.12:31) He knows what I need, He can take care of me, but He wants me to seek Him FIRST.
Lord you are all I need! I am a Mary.
Luke 10:38-42
By Andrea Rodrigquez