Luke 10:38-42
"As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he had said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "You are worried and upset about many things, but only one things is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
Reflection
Martha is like many of us. We have our own agenda and we think that we know what is truly important. When others, including Jesus, don't get on our bandwagon it upsets us. After all, everyone should be concerned and focused on what I think is important. Jesus helped Martha to see that if we are going to follow Jesus and choose what is best for our lives then we need to give up our own agenda and what we think is important. In the end the only thing that is important is that we know Jesus and he knows us. Today, ask yourself if you are willing to give up those things you think are most important in order to follow Jesus? We must be willing to give up "whatever" even if that means surrendering our personal agenda.
