What is better?
We recently spent five days with family we rarely see at a popular entertainment venue for children and adults alike. I loved the time we spent with our family and seeing the children's eyes light up with excitement and the adults laughing and having a good time. I enjoyed the time with my husband, eating yummy treats, and seeing the beautiful and unusual plants that were part of the park's landscape.
But I began to wonder as I watched people rush around the park to get tickets to be first in line and other members of their families splitting off to get in line somewhere else to save spots, "Is this the best way to enjoy our precious family time together?" It reminded me of the story in the Bible where Martha complained that her sister, Mary, was just sitting at Jesus' feet and not helping with all the preparations. Do we miss the best because we are focused on all the rest?
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. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 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!"
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed--or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
But I began to wonder as I watched people rush around the park to get tickets to be first in line and other members of their families splitting off to get in line somewhere else to save spots, "Is this the best way to enjoy our precious family time together?" It reminded me of the story in the Bible where Martha complained that her sister, Mary, was just sitting at Jesus' feet and not helping with all the preparations. Do we miss the best because we are focused on all the rest?
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. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 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!"
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed--or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
The scene as we all tried to figure out the best things to go and see first:)
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