One Thing Is Needed

The story of Mary and Martha is very familiar to me (Luke 10:38-42). I can easily skim over this Scripture passage and not receive what God may be teaching me from it. Reading Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World, by Joanna Weaver, helps me to stop and think.

Only "One Thing Is Needed"

And, when I am stressed, I must ask myself, "Have I made time for that One Thing?" "Do my priorities show in my activity?" For me, stress can be a barometer of my heart's distractions.

Only "One Thing Is Needed"

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.

But one thing is needed" (vs. 41b-42a).

Only One Thing: Sitting at the feet of Jesus. Everything else comes into perspective and order. I experience peace and LIFE. I know His heart. I know what busyness He wants me to avoid, and what specific tasks He has given me (not just what I have given me). His burden is much easier to carry than my own. I MUST sit at the feet of Jesus, for the sake of my family . . . there is no other choice.

Only "One Thing Is Needed"