A WELL-BALANCED LIFE=THE BETTER WAY

A WELL-BALANCED LIFE=

THE BETTER WAY

 

Once AGAIN we enter the

DEBATE of Martha and Mary=

IS it better to PRAY or to SERVE?

 

I think we NEED to

Do BOTH=we need to live

A WELL-BALANCED LIFE

 

“Lord-do you NOT CARE that

My sister has left me

……………

To do the SERVING?”                                                                                                           Luke 10:40

 

Some people ARGUE:

“What IF everyone just sat around

And talked?

Who would

PUT the food on the table?”                                                                                                        

 

But Jesus tells Martha that

Mary has CHOSEN-“THE BETTER WAY”

In LISTENING to his teachings

 

I think we have

To LEARN to PRAY first

And act second

 

It is so EASY to get caught up

In the ACTIVE LIFE

 

“’Martha-Martha’-the Lord answered

‘You are worried and upset

About many things

 

Mary has CJOSEN-what is BETTER

And it will NOT BE

Taken away from her”                                                                                                        Luke 10:41-42

 

And isn’t that the way

LIFE is=when we BECOME

Worried and anxious

 

We WANT to act

 

But we NEED to LEARN first=

PRAY first=act second

Living a WELL BALANCED LIFE

 

CHOOSE THE BETTER WAY

 

“I will PRAISE YOU=with

An upright heart-

As I LEARN

Your righteous laws”                                                                                                                         Psalm 119:7

 

“LEARN to do right=seek justice

Defend the oppressed

 

TAKE up the cause of the fatherless

PLEAD the CASE of the widow”                                                                                                          Isaiah 1:17

 

“Take my yoke upon you

And LEARN from me

 

For I am gentle and

HUMBLE IN HEART

And you will find REST

For your souls”                                                                                                                           Matthew 11:29

 

YES-we need to LEARN

From God-we need

To learn from CHRIST!

 

THEN we need to put it

In action=BY SERVING

 

We need to CHOOSE the

BETTER WAY=but also

Live a WELL-BALANCED LIFE

 

Yes a well-balanced life

COMBINES a healthy dose of

Mary and Martha

 

We need to ROOT our lives

In daily prayer-and KEEP our eyes-

Ears-and HEARTS OPEN

To the needs of the people

 

In the names of Jesus-and-

HIS MOST HEAVENLY FATHER

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-10-17

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.