ARE YOU A MARTHA OR MARY???????
TIME AWAY BRINGS TIME OF REFLECTION…WHILE BEING SO BUSY WITH WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EVERY DAY LIFE..IT HAD BEEN A WHILE IN BETWEEN VISITS WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS..WHEN THERE THE LORD PLACED ON MY HEART THE QUESTION OF ” ARE YOU A MARTHA OR MARY.” IT MADE ME REALIZE I HADN”T PICKED UP MY PHONE OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR CONSTANTLY DOING BUSINESS BUT ACTUALLY UNPLUGGED AND ALLOWED MY TIME WITH MY FAMILY, PARENTS. GRANDCHILDREN TO BE SO SPECIAL AND BONDING AND THAT IS ALL MY HEART WANTED TO DO.
“Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” “Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”
IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE STORY OF MARTHA AND MARY.
MARTHA WAS DOING AND BEING CAUGHT UP IN HER USUAL BUSINESS AND STRIVING AND MARY WAS JUST CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND SAVORED EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT WITH THE LORD. NOT REALIZING JUST HOW PRECIOUS THAT TIME WAS.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TIME FOR BUSINESS AND CHORES AND RUNNING, BUT THE GIFT OF QUALITY TIME WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN’T BUY OR EVER GET BACK.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE A PRECIOUS GIFT FROM THE LORD NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. .. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs
AGAIN IT COMES DOWN TO LISTENING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT IN EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES AND BEING LED BY THE LORD. THERE ARE TIMES TO BE WORKING AND BUSY WITH WHAT HE HAS US TO DO. AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE JUST WANTS US TO BE STILL AND LAY AT HIS FEET.
AS I AM GROWING OLDER THOSE MOMENTS ARE BECOMING SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO ME. AS MY PARENTS ARE GETTING ON IN YEARS AND MY SIBLINGS ARE GETTING TO THE AGE OF WHAT OUR PARENTS WERE. IT IS A REAL EYE OPENER AS FAR AS WHAT WE SET OUR PRIORITES ON.
CAREERS, RESONSIBILITIES AND MAKING MONEY IS SOMETHNG WE ALL HAVE BE CONCERNED WIITH, BUT KNOWING HOW TO PRIORITIZE THEM AND FIND A HEALTHY BALANCE IS WHAT WE ARE LEARNING DAILY. LEARNING TO BE IN THE MOMENT AND ENJOY IT .
YOU HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES HOW FAMILIES MAY HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED EACH OTHER AND TO REALIZE ONE DAY WE HAVE ALLOWED TIME AND YEARS EVEN TO ROB US OF SO MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES WITH ONE ANOTHER ONLY TO ONE DAY PERHAPS VISITING THEM NEXT IN A HOSPITAL OR EVEN A NURSING HOME AND THINK OF THE TIME IN BETWEEN ALL THAT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY AS WELL AS MYSELF TO ALLOW THE LORD TO REARRANGE YOUR PRIORITIES AND PUT INTO RIGHT PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF TIME AND WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT AND FINDING A BALANCE.
YOU MAY HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER AND I AM PREACHING TO MYSELF LOL LOL LOL BUT IF NOT I PRAY THAT THE LORD SHINES A LIGHT ON THOSE AREAS FOR YOU ALSO.
AS ALWAYS I ENCOURAGE YOU IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS PAIN WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FAMILY AND THERE ARE WOUNDS THERE THAT NEED TO BE HEALED..I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE ONE WHO IS THE RESTORER AND THE BROKEN HEART MENDER. THE ONE WHO IS THE HEALER AND RECONCILER. HIS NAME IS JESUS…THE LIFTER OF YOUR SOUL AND YOUR BURDEN BEARER.
IN HIS LOVE,
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