Mary or Martha

Some of us don't get to sit in the school of theory before we get sent out to the wolves. Some of us where born into a mission field. Some of us were guilted into serving with all our resources.

Some need to get out of the classroom and use all the Lord has given them through their faithful study of the scriptures. Some of us need to be sure we're grounded in the Word accurately, before we share it.


Martha go to the Master's feet. Mary get out and work the soil.

Martha get in the bubble. Mary go out to the world.

Martha speak not your thoughts but think His after Him. Mary go speak boldly.

Martha go away to the mountain and be still. Mary shod your feet with the gospel.


Where am I?

Have you found the balance between the two?

It has been said "do not let the good become the enemy of the best." Or something like that. Too much to do? What should I do? Pray, pray, pray. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Then be still & know that He is God.

An older wiser sister recently said to me, "He will only give you strength for what He wants you to do."

People always say He won't give you more than you can bear. I think they're taking that from the Corinthians passage that says we are not tempted beyond what we can bear, but with every temptation will be provided a way out without sin. So He doesn't say we won't be given more than we can handle in that sense. But He does say His yoke is easy and His burden is light, so does that mean I am taking on a self imposed task or having the wrong perspective in my laborings, making them burdensome? Probably both, sometimes seperate, sometimes at the same time.

We can be taken to our breaking point though, as was Job. He endured it all until the end he finally broke, then had to put His hand over his mouth. All to come back to the fulness of the Glory of God.

Break me!

I am such a Martha, whom Christ rebuked, and I long to be a Mary. I want to sit at my Master's feet. A friend shared "if it's important to you you'll find away, if it's not you'll find an excuse." Another one said, "busyness is just a lame excuse for apathy." Those words convict a soul. I need to sit. Lord make a way.