This Sunday the Gospel reading tells of the occassion on which Jesus spent time in the home of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42). While Martha was properly and usefully engaged in her preparations, she allowed them to distract her from the wonderful opportunity she had to sit in the Lord's presence. Mary, on the other hand, had chosen to be occupied with Jesus' presence, which really was the primary need, namely to give attention to the word of God. We are taught that what we gain from similar eager searching will certainly generate spiritual life which will never be taken away from us.Too often we put all the emphasis on what we do and fight against 'being still and knowing God'. Woody Allen once said that 80% of success is just showing up! Maybe there's some spiritual wisdom in this - the most important thing we do as Christians, is simply to "show up" in the Lord's presence where He blesses us with His gifts of forgiveness, life and salvation.
The full list of readings for Sunday 22nd July:
Psalm 15
Genesis 18:1-10a
Colossians 1:15-28
Luke 10:38-42.
Divine service will begin at 8.30am.
God bless and keep you throughout the week,
Pastor Matt
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