Reflections
October 4, 2011, 12:37am
Luke 10:38-42
As Jesus and His disciples continued their journey Jesus entered a
village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed Him. She had a
sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at His feet listening to Him
speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to Him and said, “Lord,
do You not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha,
you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one
thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from
her.”
Reflection
Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.
They say it is nice to be important. But it is far more important to be
nice.
Martha has an important guest and wants to make Him feel important.
She tries to look important, too, by preparing many things for Him. She
forgets to be nice. Mary takes that role and gets Jesus’ attention more.
Jesus forgets about being important. He has dropped by not because He
feels important but because these sisters have always been nice to Him,
making Him feel at home.
We do very important things that sometimes consume us, and we end up
being nasty while doing them. We once drafted a pastoral plan for our
church. Soon we were crazy trying to come up with a beautiful plan –
setting deadlines, calling many meetings, and spending much. We almost
forgot how to be nice to one another and overlooked that the best
pastoral plan begins by establishing good relations with one another.
Sit down with a friend for a while and listen to how she or he is doing.
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