Wednesday, February 26th

When you have an intimate relationship with someone there’s a sense of being a priority and important in that person’s life, and there’s a sense that the other person is a priority and important in your life. Whether it’s between parents and their children or between a husband and a wife, this is true of all of our relationships including a relationship with God.

Busyness corrupts our relationships, even our most intimate ones. When we are busy the person who we have an intimate relationship with doesn’t sense that he or she is a priority in our lives. Just ask the child of a workaholic father who never has time to participate in his child’s activities, who or what is the priority in his or her dad’s life and they will answer, “his work.” The end result is that the child doesn’t sense that he or she is the priority. Again, this applies to all our relationships even our relationship with God. When we allow the busyness of life to take control of our schedules eventually it will corrupt intimacy.

In today’s Bible reading we read the story of two sisters who had received Jesus as a guest in their house. One of them became distracted by the preparations that needed to be made while the other simply sat at Jesus’ feet. The one who became distracted eventually complained about her sister. Get this, she actually complained to Jesus who was supposed to be her guest. Jesus answered, “Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Don’t allow the busyness of life to corrupt your intimate relationships, especially your relationship with your Heavenly Father. Have you been very busy lately? Prioritize your time alone with God.

Bible reading
Luke 10:38-42

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”