I woke this morning with the story of Mary and Martha on my mind. Often times we fault Martha for not sitting at Jesus' feet where Mary was. She was "too busy" to listen to Jesus.
But in the same breath we talk about the importance of "doing the Lord's work." And it's considered a compliment to have a servant's heart (unless you're Tim Hawkins). ;-)
I think Martha's problem wasn't that she was busy serving others. Jesus didn't have a problem with her until she fussed at Mary for not doing what she was. Martha's problem is that she expected Mary's act of worship to be the same as hers. Just because Mary wasn't worshipping the same way as Martha, that didn't make her worship wrong.
Sometimes what God expects of one is not the same as what He expects of another. We do our brothers and sisters a disservice if we expect their journey of faith to match our own. We're not all the same. And we would do well to remember that.
Keep soaring,
B
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