Spirit Filled Sunday #8

Breath in... Breath out... Breath in... Breath out...

I needed that. My prayer partner told me tonight that I sounded "rushed". I think she is right and I think I have pinpointed the reason. It seems like I am always moving. Working on this project and the next... writing skits.... writing poems... taking my business to the next level... revising work presentations..... reading this month's book for book club... taking my daughter to gymnastics, Girls Scouts and dance... going to my son's b-ball games... selling Girl Scout cookies so that my daughter reaches her goal... making lunches for school (which starts tomorrow after a long Christmas break)... washing clothes... cooking dinner... cleaning the house... reading bedtime stories... being a better than good wife...

.... ahhh.... breath Tina... breath....

In the midst of all my "moving", I must remember to stop and ask myself, is GOD being glorified in the process or am I just being busy at being busy? Honestly, I am a little afraid of the answers to those questions. This reminds me of a passage in Luke 10 which reads:

Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at Jesus feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and as she approached Him said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV)

So I challenge myself, and you, to reflect on the busyness of our lives and determine if we are choosing the "good part" like Mary or are we "distracted with much" like Martha. If we find that we are more Martha than Mary, it's time to start crossing some things off our "to do list" and start making time to sit at Jesus' feet.