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When Life Gets Busy, Keep Abiding

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

When Life Gets Busy, Keep Abiding

Reader,

Do you ever say to yourself, "I'll read my Bible, after I ____ (fill in the blank)."

You have every intention of sitting down and spending some time with the Lord, but first you have to check your email, fold some laundry, and pack the kids' lunches.

Before you know it, those good intentions are lost to an endless list of to-dos and interruptions.

I've often wondered if Martha had similar intentions. Maybe she had planned to sit at Jesus' feet, but first... she needed Mary's help to fix lunch for Jesus and his disciples.

That story is so relatable, isn't it? We get Martha. We feel her, and maybe on most days, we are her. But Jesus reordered Martha's priorities and reminded her that devotion should precede service.

Or in the words of St. Augustine, holy leisure comes before holy service.

That's the topic of the following article, which I wrote for Desiring God.

One thing's for sure... life gets busy, and when it does, we need to keep abiding and sitting at Jesus' feet.

In so doing, we put holy leisure before holy service, and Jesus says that's the good portion.

Cara

Read the Article Here: When Life Gets Busy, Keep Abiding​

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Cara Ray | Writer

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