Staying Close

     Since I quit working my dog has taken to following me around the house. She quietly lays down under my feet or sits right next to my chair. In the morning when I get up, she is waiting outside my bedroom door regardless of the hour. Her company makes me smile; I'm pleased with her loyalty.
     It makes me wonder, "Is God pleased with my loyalty?" Do I stay close, sit at His feet, and wait for His return? Or am I living a life that focuses on me and my worries, activities, and pleasures without little thought as to whether I'm staying close to God relationally, positionally, and intentionally?

Luke 10:38-42 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. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”