Don't be so Martha.

Becca Bowen

Two thousand years before anyone heard of Martha Stewart, another Martha was entertaining Jesus in her home. You can read about her in Luke 10:38 - 42. She was likely in the kitchen folding the napkins into swans, carving the vegetables into little roses, and working in the kitchen to color coordinate the dinner plates when she started getting really mad at her sister Mary who was just sitting there listening to Jesus. Martha complained to Jesus about her sister leaving her with all the work. His words to her can help us get our own priorities straight. "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only a few things are necessary, really only one, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." NASB

How many things do we worry about that are really not that important? How much do we fill up our lives with GOOD THINGS that aren't the best things? To help guard against being worried about so many things, consider making it a priority to have quiet time to listen to Jesus, and cutting out some of the other activities that keep us too busy.