Servant of All: Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?

October 5, 2010

Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?

Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said,

"Lord, do you not care

that my sister has left me to serve alone?

Tell her then to help me."

But the Lord answered her,

"Martha, Martha,

you are anxious and troubled

about many things;

one thing is needful.

Mary has chosen the good portion,

which shall not be taken away from her."

-- Luke 10: 38 - 42

Build Up the Body of Christ

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent (Colossians 1:18).

Lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

"The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us." -- St. Francis de Sales

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all.

But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

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October 5, 2010

Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?