This month, I am reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver, as part of the Women's Bible Cafe Book Club, hosted on Facebook. While sharing a few nuggets with my Sunday evening class, I asked who they thought I might be more like. I saw a few tiny smiles. I knew they knew.
I told them I could handle it. Yes, I am a Martha. Yes, I am a Mary Wanna-Be.
AND I love this book. The more I read, the more I enjoy it. When I began the study, one of the leaders commented she had read this book three times. Now, my understanding grows. I already know I will read this one again.
Lines such as these force me to pause. Literally.
While the world applauds achievement, God desires companionship.
...Christ wants to spend quality time with me...He looks forward to our time together and misses me when I don't show up.
PRAYER + the WORD + TIME = INTIMACY with GOD
What a goal! To be so in tune with the presence of God that washing dishes becomes an act of worship.I hope...that reading this book means that I am more of a Mary than I was when I once would have chosen a current popular fiction novel. Maybe?
I Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." (Luke 10)
Thank you, Jesus, for what is better can never be taken away from me.
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