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Today, as I was sitting at my desk with anxiety raging, I heard the song, “Be still and know I am God,” playing in the background. I had to laugh. Jesus was saying to me, what He said to Martha.
“Melissa, Melissa, stop the fretting. Stop making a fuss over the temporary. Be still and enjoy my presence.”
I hear the voice of God calling, “My daughter, I need you to rest.” “I know,” I respond, “But I HAVE to…” He replies, “Choose what is better.” “Are you a Mary or a Martha?” This question has plaqued too many women in bible studies. We force women to choose. To put themselves in a box. To see themselves either as Type-A driven personality or a laid back Type-B. Who...
Are you a Mary or a Martha? Women have been asking themselves that question for a long time. As a woman who doesn’t like labels to define me or boxes to confine me, I would like to think God wants us to be Marthary, a mixture of Mary and Martha. Martha has been dubbed as sort of a workaholic. I can totally identify. Martha was goal oriented, spoke her mind...