Martha, stop!
Looking at the calendar agitates me more and more.
It's almost Christmas and I'm so not on schedule.
I'm waiting for "the" document from our HMO and the whole thing is driving me crazy.
I'm due for a procedure to remove a melon-size lump, if you can even call that size a lump still, in my right ovary.
And I so want this over with. I so want this done before the year ends. I so want to be on the road to recovery already. I so want to get back to work already.
Then all of a sudden the message from two previous events popped in my head.
A story of two sisters Martha and Mary in the Bible.
Please read Luke 10:38-42 for reference.
Martha was distracted, agitated, worried, upset and even questioned Jesus. Which is so much like me these days. Crazy!
I'm all that Martha is.
"Distracted by all the preparations that had to be made."
"Worried and upset about many things"
When Jesus just wants me to be like Mary, focused on Him.
Focused on what "will not be taken away".
I praise God for the time to reflect.
I feel that God is teaching me so much these days. To be patient. To learn to wait. To wait on Him. To stop rushing ahead of Him. To be STILL. To trust Him. To just relax and know that He got me covered.
The I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of it all. I praise God for the comfort, despite my agitated heart. I praise Him for His faithfulness in so many ways. I praise Him for the luxury of being able to spend time with Him, alone and free.
I still have a long way to go. I still have so much to learn. I'm always going to be a work in progress.
Even while I'm writing this right now. I feel my heart rushing. Yet I'm taking a deep breath to be still and allow Him to just take the wheel.
It's almost Christmas and I'm so not on schedule.
I'm waiting for "the" document from our HMO and the whole thing is driving me crazy.
I'm due for a procedure to remove a melon-size lump, if you can even call that size a lump still, in my right ovary.
And I so want this over with. I so want this done before the year ends. I so want to be on the road to recovery already. I so want to get back to work already.
Then all of a sudden the message from two previous events popped in my head.
A story of two sisters Martha and Mary in the Bible.
Please read Luke 10:38-42 for reference.
( At the Home of Martha and Mary
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary,who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”)
Martha was distracted, agitated, worried, upset and even questioned Jesus. Which is so much like me these days. Crazy!
I'm all that Martha is.
"Distracted by all the preparations that had to be made."
"Worried and upset about many things"
When Jesus just wants me to be like Mary, focused on Him.
Focused on what "will not be taken away".
I praise God for the time to reflect.
I feel that God is teaching me so much these days. To be patient. To learn to wait. To wait on Him. To stop rushing ahead of Him. To be STILL. To trust Him. To just relax and know that He got me covered.
The I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of it all. I praise God for the comfort, despite my agitated heart. I praise Him for His faithfulness in so many ways. I praise Him for the luxury of being able to spend time with Him, alone and free.
I still have a long way to go. I still have so much to learn. I'm always going to be a work in progress.
Even while I'm writing this right now. I feel my heart rushing. Yet I'm taking a deep breath to be still and allow Him to just take the wheel.
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