Call me Martha

"Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She also had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me." But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." - Luke 10: 38-42

This passage depicts a lot of what God has been teaching me about myself this past academic year. 

The way Martha "tattles" on Mary is the same way me and my siblings went through chores at home. We kept count how many chores each of us did and then tried hard to make it as fair as possible, which only ended up in silly, meaningless fights. I thought this was just a childhood phase... the whole thing was childish, but I still found myself thinking the same way. God has been stretching my patience a lot this academic year... it's been good.  

Jesus brings up another weakness I have at the end of this passage. It's so easy for me to want to "serve" God than to want to spend time with Him myself, especially when it comes to reading the Bible. oh, disciplines.