The Lists.....

Last week's scripture was the story of Mary and Martha. In it, Jesus comes to dinner at Mary and Martha's house.It was the duty of the women in each house, to take care of all the house duties. Like was custom,Martha frantically prepares the bread, the meat and whatever else was on the variously prepared dishes that night. Mary, however, sits under the feet of Jesus, listening to him discuss whatever questions were asked of him this particular moment. As we all know, Martha in a fit, scolds Mary for not helping her with the busy tasks. Jesus then turns the tables on Martha, and tells her that those tasks never get done but that He will only be present for a short time....now that's the traditional synopsis of what the scripture has said.... TRADITIONALLY

Now let's make this story current. We all have these mile long lists that will never seem to get done because normally, items keep reappearing back on our lists that we just did yesterday. These lists grow because of societal standards/norms.  We always have to wash our dress shoes on Saturday if we are going out, because we have to. We always have to have clean socks on so we have to wash our clothes. We always have to have energy so therefore we have to cook and wash dishes after. We have to change the light bulbs so we can actually see what we are doing after the sun goes down. What Jesus is bringing up is actually a very basic idea. Time is a commodity we think we have a lot of, but in actuality, we don't. People have spent more there lives tolling away just working on their lists, and never got a thing done.

Therefore, we have to make time to live. To go for a walk and actually enjoy the sunshine on your face. You have to make time for the fun things in life. You have to make moments where you aren't scared of the next big and bad coming around the corner but the next big and really great good coming around the bend. We have to not only accept the upcoming bad, but also try to make it into a good if we can. Whether it be by hook or by crook. But the scary part is we have to be paying attention and never forget.

North Carolina, Florida, Texas (and many other states), are all in mists of crazy chaotic moments right now. We all legislators and governors who are bent on destroying the fundamentals of our society. They have been cutting everything from Pre-K programs, Safety nets for the poor, etc.

In other words, concentrate on a better List.....

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