Mary Musings & Martha Moments
We
often view Martha and Mary as opposite, rather than complementary,
personalities. In this trying time, the sisters from Bethany
provide an example of balanced relationships. Mary Musings and Martha
Moments hopes to offer short encouraging thoughts (Mary) and a
practical service suggestion (Mary).
Day 1:
MUSING:
Waiting. Every day waiting for a
specific order that drastically slows the normal day-to-day business
of life and forces a pattern of rest. Such an order seems to creep
closer, yet still is not here. So the unknown does what it so often
does; it causes fear. And fear gives birth to panic. And panic gives
birth to no good thing.
We can choose for what we wait, can’t
we?
While the news reports hint at
shutdowns, layoffs, and shortages, His Word proclaims resurrection,
renewal and restoration. The earth testifies of it. The only unknown
is the day and the time, yet we sense, like with the negative side of
today’s coin, it is near. And this knowing gives hope and life and
promise. It gives birth to a new heaven and a new earth; to life
eternal.
Focus, narrowing that point upon which
we fix our gaze, pushes into the peripheral the negative and sharpens
the positive. It crowds out despair and doom and bursts bright with
light and promise of security and shelter in our heavenly father.
We can choose where we fix our gaze, can’t we?
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his
name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV
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