In Luke 10, Luke tells of Jesus and some of his followers
arriving to the village of Martha and Mary.
You’re probably familiar with these two sisters and their very different
personalities. Martha is the
“worker”. She keeps herself busy taking
care of all the minute details that no one else seems to even think of (or likely care about). Mary is the passionate “free spirit”.
Martha, doing what she does best, busies herself with all
the preparations. While Martha is working away, her sister Mary is found seated
at the Lord’s feet, hanging on His every word. Likely overwhelmed by the pressure of hosting
and being caught up in cooking and cleaning (been there), Martha whines to
Jesus. “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving
alone? Tell her to help me.” (Luke 10:40)
But Jesus does not rebuke Mary. Instead, He compassionately tells Martha:
“You are worried and bothered about so many things, but only one thing is
necessary. Mary has chosen what is
better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42)
May we choose what is better and necessary even when life
gets busy.
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