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