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I was dragged, kicking and screaming, from a life of doing. When a friend challenged me to write a song about myself in college, “Better Busy than Bored,” was my motto and a self-fulfilling prophesy. And I have lived that to the max. Many suspect that my health issues, which began in 2009, were a result of my busy lifestyle. Chastised for not taking care of myself, the warnings rang truer and truer the more the days, months, and years passed.
Fast forward a couple of decades from those college years in which I did not sleep. I recently turned forty and I require much more sleep than I used to. I cannot handle the pace of life that I once maintained.
However, I am convinced that this is not merely a byproduct of physical aging. Rather, a spiritual maturing in transition from “doing” like Martha, to “being” like Mary. Because to everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven (Eccl. 3).
I am content sitting at the feet of Jesus without a checklist.
Being refuels my doing.
Guilt still tugs at my heartstrings when there is something to be done, but I am thrilled to see others step up and do it—probably better than I would’ve done it anyway.
The Martha in me still stays quite busy. And some of you that know me well think that my Mary should rub off a little bit more on my Martha-ness.
But, for today, I am grateful that God has allowed a bit of that transition to take place. Each of these women have things to teach us and I, for one, still have a lot to learn.
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Have you ever received something for which you are deeply grateful? We are speechless. Maybe it was a surprise, an unexpected gift, or an undeserved blessing. We feel inadequate in our expression of thanks and our words seem cheap in thanking the person.
I have a friend who always seeks a way to bless others.
Another friend never tires in her service to the Lord and preaching the good news to others.
If you were to ask either of these friends about their motivation, they would tell you that they see it as the only way to express their thanks to God for all He has done in their lives.
God wants us to thank Him for what He has done and what He has given us. But there are many other ways to express our thanks. God loves when we thank Him verbally, but He also wants us to live a life of thanks.
When we recognize the depth of His love and unmerited blessings, “Thanks,” just isn’t enough... We long for a better way to express ourselves. How can we live a life of thanksgiving?