tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post6346336399747507727..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: The Martha SyndromeElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-60999947707527180722010-03-07T22:01:52.484+03:002010-03-07T22:01:52.484+03:00D'Anna, good point about His time and ways not...D'Anna, good point about His time and ways not being our own. I think that is what Kate was getting at too, that if we act according to what makes SENSE for human life, Martha's behavior seems to be more proper. <br /><br />I don't know if it is always possible to physically stop and do less. I think in my case I was thinking more about having a better attitude and appreciating each moment rather than just going into robot mode and then wondering why everything feels so pointless.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-13132864518681665872010-03-07T20:07:46.057+03:002010-03-07T20:07:46.057+03:00See, I always feel badly for Martha. She really wa...See, I always feel badly for Martha. She really was just taking her responsibilities seriously, trying to be a gracious hostess and make Jesus comfortable it seems to me. And goodness knows I would have been upset with Mary for slacking. ;> So I feel for her.<br /><br />And maybe need to learn the same lesson...though you'd never guess it by the state of my house!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981791168464858869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-31761029706160968902010-03-05T23:28:30.161+03:002010-03-05T23:28:30.161+03:00Хорошее размышление. Да, и служение может стать су...Хорошее размышление. Да, и служение может стать суетой.Andrei Sukhovskiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881060544762553327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-18183953864588716112010-03-05T11:13:57.156+03:002010-03-05T11:13:57.156+03:00Great thinking . . . I am coming to a place (I bel...Great thinking . . . I am coming to a place (I believe God is bringing me here) where I'm learning to slow down, listen, and respond. It is not about what we DO, meetings, church "ministry", committees, works, organizations . . . Our LIFE is about abiding in Jesus and Him abiding in us. From Him . . . and His Time/Ways are not our own . . . living in and through us . . . comes LOVE in all our relationships . . . and it is in LOVE that all is made new. <br />None of this has ever happened in me when I've been busy DOING. <br />Isn't this just what Jesus was teaching Martha and Mary - - stay with/in Him - and everything else will flow out of our Relationship with Him. <br />I don't think I ever really believed it was that simple - always felt I had to be working . . . I'm learning differently and there is such FREEDOM!D'Anna Yastrebovhttp://www.mymatrioshkalife.comnoreply@blogger.com