peace

i stole this from liz' prayer letter.


Last week as I was folding and mailing our staff’s W-2s I kept thinking about quickly finishing so
that I could move on to the next urgent, pressing task. Then I realized that I’d never thrive trying
to be Martha until I have time to be Mary. All of life feels like urgent, pressing tasks. It seems like everything needs to be done now, especially when it comes to finances. This urgency makes me wonder what would have happened to the party if Martha would have been hanging out with Jesus like Mary, instead of getting the food around for a meal? Maybe it’s not about sitting down with Jesus or working in the kitchen, but finding I stopped my frenzied folding.

I took a deep breath and I invited Jesus into the kitchen with me. If I could go back to that scene in Luke I can easily imagine Jesus sitting in the kitchen helping Martha cut the vegetables if she would have asked him. I decided to enjoy my moments folding and mailing the W-2s. As I
folded I prayed for each staff member. I prayed for all their needs to be met. Some of them have
low support accounts, I prayed for their financial needs. Some may be lonely or missing family, I
prayed for emotional needs. I took deep, long breaths and I was really aware of the presence of
Christ with me in those moments and a sense of peace from the rushing and frenzied activity.
I think that being peaceful in the midst of frenzied activity is so much more difficult this
year with anxieties about the economy.