Martha, Martha

Luke 10:38 - 42
Mary and Martha were sisters but they were very different. They both loved the Lord but they had different ways of showing it. Mary just wanted to be near Him and listen to His words while Martha showed her love by serving Him.
In our BfM stores we have many Martha's but fewer Mary's. Most of us joined the BfM family because we want to serve. Where would our stores be without it's Martha's?
However the Lord seemed to be exasperated with Martha. Can you hear the tone of His voice as He says, "Martha, Martha."? The Lord had used a similar tone when He addressed Moses, Simon, Saul. Moses, Moses; Simon, Simon; Saul, Saul.
I don't need to tell most of you to be Martha's. But many of us need to take time to be Mary's. I think the Lord was saying to Martha, "You don't need to do so much, maybe one or two dishes would be enough. We do need to eat but is all this necessary?"
Many of us are busy serving the Lord, raising money so that people all over the world may have Scriptures but do spend time with the Word. I don't mean that we read a few verses in the morning or at meal time but do we really spend time in the word? It is hypocritical of us to say that the world needs the Word of God while we ignore it. The world does need the Word but we need it too. We need to be Martha's and work hard to send out the Word but we must also be Mary's and sit at the feet of Jesus and hear His words.