Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word.
But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me."
But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;
but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
A lot of times when people read these verses, they decide which one of these women is acting appropriately - most "Christlike" - and which is not. They immediately determine who they would be in the story.
So, are you Mary or Martha? Hopefully you're a little of both! This story explains that Martha was running herself ragged SERVING Jesus. (We hopefully can take that example from her -in moderation- in our lives and serve others on behalf of Jesus.) While, Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus - not beside Him, but at His feet - a place of humility. (That of course is something we hopefully can learn from her in this story - to be HUMBLE.)
Depending on the circumstance, we can chose to be Mary or we can chose to Martha - or a mixture of both. We're used to wearing a thousand hats anyway. Right, ladies?
Photo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio,_Michelangelo_Merisi_da_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_c._1598.jpg
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