A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                        A FAVOURED HOME PART XX

"I, Mary, am living in Bethany... I live here with my sister Martha and my brother Lazarus.... Martha and I thought we had lost Lazarus.... Because he had died.... But then Jesus and His twelve disciples arrived in our village.... He went to the tomb Lazarus' body had been placed in four days before.... Jesus called for him to come out... Lazarus did... We are now enjoying a dinner together to celebrate his being back with us.... Martha showed her love for Jesus by cooking a most delicious meal.... I am less practical... I showed Jesus my love by pouring our my one precious gift, a very expensive perfume, over His feet.... We both love Jesus so very much and both showed it in our own way... Perhaps, there may be some people who love Jesus in a more practical way, just as Martha did.... Or there may be people who love Jesus more like I did.... I wonder if Jesus would like for all of us to worship Him by meditating on His Word as I may be more inclined to do, as well as doing practical things as Martha may be more inclined to do."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus would like you to be like Mary as well as be like Martha....

                  ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                              A FAVOURED HOME PART XX

Martha and Mary both love the Lord and both show it in their own way. I wonder who you can identify with most. You may say, "I can really identify with  Martha for I am a very practical person like she is. I can see myself saying and doing the same things she did. Or you may say, "I can identify more with Mary for I love to sit and pray and meditate on God's Word." I would like to suggest that you can learn from both women. For those of us who tend to be more practical, Mary can teach us to sit at the feet of Jesus. Of course, today you cannot literally sit at His feet but you can sense His Presence with you when you read and when you pray. But the Lord does not only want you to be like Mary and sit as His feet 24 hours a day 7 days a week so you can learn from Him. He wants you to be like Martha as well, meaning He would like for you to do things He has prepared for you to do as you can read in Ephesians 2:10

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

When you spend time in His presence, reading His Word and praying, the Lord will begin to give you a sense of what He has for you to do. Moreover, He will give you the ability to do it, whatever it is He has prepared for you to do, so you will be able to do it well and be a blessings to others.

P.S. We have come to the end of the story "A Favoured Home". In our next post we will begin to look at a story called "Love Poured Out."