Martha the gracious hostess was proactively working to make the time special....with virtually no help from her sister Mary. What are we to make of this? Most of us "A" types are pulling for this hard-working sister....Martha.
...but Jesus commends Mary..."who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said"...
and he scolds Martha for being worried, upset about many things and distracted by all the preparations. (So much for being proactive and prepared. It almost seems that Jesus is condoning the wrong behavior.)
...but Jesus is not concern on what we can do for him....He is interested in spending time with us.
Jesus loves us and want to have relationship with us. He is not dependent on what we do for him.
So Jesus tells Martha that Mary has chosen "best"...she chose to spend time with her Lord.
We busily go about our days...anxious...busy...upset...about many things. All God wants is that He is our priority....he wants to spend the day with us.
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