Records are very few pertaining to Clifford Calverly. He came from Clarksburg, Ontario and in 1887 came to Niagara Falls to perform his tight rope act. During his successful crossing he set the speed record for crossing the Gorge, 2 minutes and 32 seconds. Most of the performers averaged around 15 – 20 minutes. During subsequent crossings Calverly skipped rope, hung by one arm, sat on a chair and used a wheelbarrow.
Yesterday I was meeting with the 1027church team and we spent some time studying
Luke 1038As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But 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!” 41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
These three little verses carry a BIG punch or at least for me. I think a quick reading of these verses one could say that Jesus just wants us hanging out with him all day, or that just being busy is not that great. You also might say that Jesus likes Mary more than Martha. But be careful!
It could be that everyday we have the opportunity in Christ to find and live in the balance of spending time with God. Pushing into to his power, wisdom, just developing a deeper intimate relationship with him! And everyday there are all kinds of challenges, obstacles, opportunities, tasks that need to be done. But these can also carry with them stress and worry? And even sometimes we can be doing something for God and it is producing stress because we have drifted or lost sight of who or what we are doing it for?
Did you notice in the beginning of this story that we see Martha opens up her house to Jesus. And in the process of entertaining seems to get put out because her sister Mary is not helping enough with serving the kosher bagel bites. I think this story is about allowing Christ to abide in our lives rather we are still like the psalmist talks about or we are busy taking care of business. I think the scripture challenges us to not allow the work of life to stress us out and cause BIG amounts of pressure. I think this is a challenging story of about BALANCE!
So how is your balance? Is Christ at the center of your life rather you are still or working like an ant? Do you have your heart set on Christ? Or are you worried about other people and or things that are causing you stress? Let me know what you think about these power packed verses?
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