How Do We Move FORWARD?

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Luke 10:38-41 (NIV)

³⁸ As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. ⁴⁰ 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!”   ⁴¹ “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴²but few things are needed—or indeed only one.^[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

John 12:1-11 (NIV)

¹ Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ² Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 

 ³ Then Mary took about a pint^[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ⁴ But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, ⁵ “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.^[b]” 

⁶ He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. 

   ⁷ “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. ⁸ You will always have the poor among you,^[c] but you will not always have me.” 

 ⁹ Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, ¹¹ for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.

There are two obvious characters in the two passages, Mary and Martha. Martha cared about the chores she was suppose to do, the house, the food, the guests. While Mary was a people-first person, wanting to listen to Jesus' stories and kept important to her that Jesus was here, and nothing else mattered more.

  We do so many things all in one day, and forget the one thing we actually need to do everyday. Jesus said that Martha was troubled by many things. And in that way, we are constantly worrying about this or that daily. We  end up not choosing to spend time with God, we don't wipe his presence with our hair..in that sense, WHY? Because we fuss over the other little things we possess in this world instead of looking over to see the picture that hey, God is here.

As we become a church we wanna grow and be BIG. And what stops that is us, us not understanding each other. Complaining about others who has left all the work to me? Or those who seem to be the popular kids, or those we just don't like. Yeah, they look like they're not doing anything. But who are we to judge..right? We think differently, from how others think. Something like the Sunday School song,  God has made me special, there's no one just like me..   Literally!

Moving forward shouldn't be about pushing others out or pointing at the wrong ones, but trying to work together cause we ALL wanna move forward..

Just don't be some Lazarus, then we'll throw you out!


Have a great week, and look out for those Mary or Martha characters in your life! You never know la..(;

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