In Christian Bible, there's this story about Mary and Martha.
One day, Jesus is about to come to their house.
So Martha, being a good host, she was busy preparing for the Master's coming.
She prepared dishes and else.
Mary did nothing.
When Jesus finally came, Mary was there listening to Him.
But Martha was still busy with her own preparation.
She forgets what He really wants, what Jesus wants is for her to be there, sit down and listen.
Often we are being Martha, busy.
We prepare for His coming and then we come to a point when we suddenly forget why we do that in the first place.
We forget about Him because we are being too busy with the preparation.
What He really wants in for us to sit down in silent, being there with Him.
We do this and that, running here and there.
Trying to please Him with all the foods and drinks we've been preparing.
Trying to make Him the best seat, and then we forget to sit there with Him.
This also happened to me.
I've been being Martha for too long.
I'm preparing the dishes, making a comfortable seats, I'm preparing for the red carpet.
And it somehow changes my focus. The longer I do this, the more I do it for my own pleasures.
I have to stop and be Mary.
I miss His presence and words.
As I prepared for His coming, I did not even realize that He's already here!
To Him, everything I've been preparing don't matter as much as me to just spend my time with Him.
What matters to Him most is us.
So dear Martha, whoever reading this blog. You don't do anything wrong.
But take time to breathe and come to His presence, He misses you.
Have a blessed weekend~
