Tuesday, October 6, 2015
LETTING GO OF THE DISTRACTIONS OF OUR LIFE
LETTING GO OF THE DISTRACTIONS
OF OUR LIFE
“Martha-Martha
You are anxious and worried
About many things
There is NEED of
ONLY ONE THING
Mary has chosen
The BETTER PART
And it will not be
Taken from her” Luke 10:41-42
Isn't that so true
How often
We become distracted-ANXIOUS-
And worried about things
That are not so important
In life
We let things
That really don't matter
INTERFERE with what God
Tells us REALLY DOES
LOVING GOD and LOVING OTHERS
(What Jesus tells us ARE the two
Greatest commandments in Matthew 22:37-40)
HOW MANY devices do you own?
How many of these devices
Interfere with your LOVE OF GOD
And your love of others
E-mail-facebook-pager-telephone-twitter
Instagram-and so on-and so on
I am NOT criticizing you
I am involved in enough of them myself
Let us go back to Luke 10:40-one line earlier
Than what we started out with
“But Martha was DISTRACTED-
By all the preparations
That had to be made
She came to him
And asked,
'Lord-don't you care
That my sister
Has left me
To do the work by myself?
Tell her
To help me!”
But Jesus suggests to her
To FOCUS
On the WORD OF GOD
And all things
WILL take care of themselves
And if WE can't
Let go of some of our devices
At least we could use them
To PROMOTE the word of God
And many of my friends-and myself-
TRY to do this
But I also think
We have LOST that personal touch
That we used to have
In today's world
I still and TRY to write birthday cards
I still try and write-
Personal notes and letters
But I have to tell you
That worry and anxiety
STILL get the best of me
Sometimes in today's world
WORRY over having a clean house
And making a good meal
Like Martha
WE NEED to let go of the worry
And FOCUS MORE on the word of God
“Therefore-I tell you
Do not worry about your life
What you will eat or drink
Or about your body
What you will wear
Is not life
MORE than food
And the body more than clothes?” Matthew 6:25
And so I ask you
ARE YOU a little bit
More Martha-or Mary-
In today's world
IF you find yourself
Saying Martha
I SUGGEST to you
Maybe you should
TURN AWAY from the electronic devices
A little more
MAYBE you should focus
On the WORD of God-like Mary
Just a little more
“Man does not live
On bread alone
But on EVERY WORD
That come from
THE MOUTH of God” Deuteronomy 8:3
Dear Lord-Dear Jesus
TODAY we turn away
From many things
In today's world
And listen to you alone
UNDISTRACTED
HELP US
To be a little more Mary
And a lot less Martha
In today's world
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn
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