Distracted? Anxious? Sit at Jesus' Feet!
Click here to listen to this sermon. The text for today is our Gospel, Luke 10:38-42, which has already been read. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! “Martha was distracted…” Now there’s a phrase we can relate to. Finally, here’s a person in the Bible we can really understand. Martha is a woman after our own hearts. Distracted… and there is much to be distracted about. Jesus has come to her village. She has “welcomed Him into her house.” He is an honored guest and that means much preparation. We don’t know how many have come with Jesus, but there could perhaps be dozens. That takes a lot of food. And in the days before carryout, refrigerators, or microwave ovens, that means first going to the market or garden to get fresh meat, fruit, and vegetables. And then preparing everything from scratch, spending hours over a hot stove. Well, you get the idea. There ar...