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It’s Hard Work being a Mary
“In her eagerness to serve Jesus, she almost missed the opportunity to know Jesus.” (this is a quote from Joanna Weaver’s book Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World).
My Christian Online Book Club is reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. We meet every other Tuesday evening online to discuss 2 chapters at a time. This week we are discussing anxiety and how busyness contributes to this.
This quote resonates with me because I am a doer. I thrive in the busy and the chaotic. I love to bring order to disorder and enjoy planning, strategizing, and seeing a plan come together. My worry presents itself when I don’t know who is handling things. It has hints of control and perfectionism in it.
While engaged in activities geared to benefit others, I am often not the recipient of the same benefit. If it’s a party for people to enjoy, I am not enjoying it, I am in the background enjoying pulling it off. I often tell people if I didn’t have a video of my wedding I wouldn’t know what happened that day. I had a lot of people helping, but being who I am, I couldn’t help but try to still take charge of the day. Thankfully due to the video, I can enjoy it on replay.
When I think of being like Mary and just sitting at Jesus’ feet and enjoying his presence, I, like Martha would be tempted to wonder who is preparing…
