And what was that message? It was
about being worried, hurried, maxed out, spread too thin, driven --
busy, busy, busy.
As I read the parable of the sower, I
saw myself amid the thorns. I have heard Your message, and I have
studied Your word. But, despite my good intentions, sometimes
everything gets choked out by the cares and worries of my world. I
run around town, racing from place to place, and crossing things off
of my endless list. I stop only long enough to swallow a couple
Motrin and a few Tums, and then jump back on the hamster wheel. The
phone rings off the hook, I pencil in a handful of new commitments on
an already saturated calendar, and then one of the kids calls to say
he just threw up at school. Bruce is out of town. Before I know it,
it’s way past my bedtime and I haven’t read my Bible or spent
more than two minutes praying -- and that was at a red light. Where
would I be if I wasn’t teaching Bible Study and didn’t feel like
I had to do my reading, had to pray for my friends and
their concerns? How many days would go by before I penciled You in
on my calendar? What is wrong with my priorities, Lord?
And then I read the story of Mary and Martha. You
might as well have been talking to me when you said, “Martha,
Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need
of only one thing.” That’s me all right. Worried and distracted
by everything from cobwebs and cellulite to colleges and cancer. In
that story, Mary chose the right thing, the only thing. She
simplified her life that night by making a basic meal, and then she
sat at Your feet and listened. She spent time with You.
Lord, help me to put my roots down in the rich
soil of Your Word and Your grace, away from the thorns of my
humanness. Help me to cast aside petty worries and worldly
distractions. Instill in me a longing to sit at Your feet and
listen.
by Sue Busler
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