Columns & Opinions
We are all too distracted these days
Remember Luke’s story about Jesus being invited to lunch by Martha and her sister, Mary. Luke says that Martha was distracted by many tasks; so she came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work? Tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
It’s hard to grow up
Iguess it’s my occupation, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the holidays. There is both joy and pain in the upcoming season. Thanksgiving no doubt is relevant to our spiritual lives (1st Thessalonians 5:18) and Christmas is the obvious (Isaiah 6:9). The pain for us is family. Who can travel, who can’t, who wants to and who doesn’t blah, blah, blah. I’m sure you feel the pain. Sometimes at church we sing, What Child Is This. The song uses the old King James language in verse 2, “Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and ass are feeding?” I chuckle as I sing that verse, I guess it’s the little boy in me. I also thought, little Kenny Ansell needs to grow up. I heard a story about two little kids who were both given parts in a Christmas play. One little boy was a sheep, and one little girl was to play Mary. The little boy went up to the little girl and said, “I’m a sheep. It’s hard to be a sheep.” The little girl said, “It’s hard being a virgin too.”