Prayer Request
Jeremiah watches the potter make, and then re-make a vessel. God reminds us that we are clay. God can form and re-form us. Martha, already with many tasks, invites Jesus, but then insists on her sister’s helping her. In today’s culture, she might have tied an apron on Jesus! “Martha, Martha.” The double use of her name shows Jesus’ affection for her. Then, as one child interpreted his words: “Don’t be so fussy!”
List your tasks. Why are you so involved? Why do you serve? Is there time to attend to Jesus? Join the threesome (and probably a slew of disciples too) in that house. Listen. What is Jesus saying to Mary? Hear him call your name twice, with deep affection. What is he saying to you? What does he say to Martha when she finally joins him? The inviter becomes the invitee! Jesus, forgive us our fussiness. Thank you for calling all of us: “Take, all of you, and eat.” Forgive our hierarchy their discriminations and remind all of us that we need reform, a church “semper reformanda.” 