A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                           LOVE POURED OUT PART XII 

"I, Martha, remember one time when Jesus came to our home... I had been busy in the kitchen preparing the meal for Him and His disciples.... I realised I could do with an extra pair of hands... Where was Mary?... I did not see her.... She should be here in the kitchen with me.. Did she not know that was her place as a Jewish woman?...I looked for her and discovered that she was sitting down listening to Jesus' teaching...Did she not know that a Jewish woman never sits down with men and certainly not with a rabbi to be taught by him?... I decided to talk to Jesus.... He would know that Mary's place was with me in the kitchen.... But Jesus did not agree with me...He showed me tht Mary had chosen what was better... I have never forgotten.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn about another meal that Jesus attended at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus....

            ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                          LOVE POURED OUT PART XII

Martha remembers a time when she was busy in the kitchen and Mary completely forgot to help her because she was listening to Jesus. Luke tells us this story in 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 named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what He 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 me." "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from her."

Remembering that event, Martha decides that perhaps Mary is doing something Jesus has specially asked her to do, so she better not get upset with her.