Scripture: Luke 10:38-42
Journal: What has you worried and upset these days? What things are distracting (or consuming) you from
Jesus? Do you really believe that he is
the better part?
Refection: Years ago a dear friend gave me some really wise words. He said, "The quality of our lives will be determined by how well we do the important things that are not urgent." And he was so right. All of us have many urgent things that vie for our attention each day, some of which are important and some of which are not. If we want to live lives of depth and quality, we must not allow ourselves to be ruled by the tyranny of the urgent (as Martha was), but to be focused on, and attentive to, the important things instead. That is the kind of life Jesus wants us to live. Just ask Mary.
Most of our conflicts and difficulties come from
trying to deal with the spiritual and practical aspects of our life separately
instead of realizing them as parts of a one whole. If our practical life is centered on our own
interests, cluttered up by possessions, distracted by ambitions, passions,
wants and worries, beset by a sense of our own rights and importance, or
anxieties for our own future, or longings for our own success, we need not
expect that our spiritual life will be a contrast to all this. The soul’s house is not built on such a
convenient plan: there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction—not merely the
idea—that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, comes first and IS
first, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which
have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished oratory, and drowning all
the quieter voices by their din. (The Spiritual Life by Evelyn
Underhill)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, may we never miss the important by
being consumed with the urgent. Give us
the strength and the wisdom to always choose the good part—sitting at your feet
and listening to what you say. Amen.
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