One Thing That Is Needful (and a good Friday Night) - October 22, 2010

Daily Lectionary Readings for October 22, 2010
Psalm 7
Micah 6:1-8
Revelation 9:13-21
Luke 10:38-42

Luke 10:38-42
Jesus stops in to visit with Mary and Martha.  Mary drops everything to sit at Jesus' feet.  Martha knows there is stuff to be done so she keeps busy and in a spare moment suggests that Jesus set Mary straight and tell her to get to work.  Jesus tells Martha she is the one with something to learn and that she can begin her studies by learning from Mary.  "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."(vs.41-42)  This is the same Jesus who interacted with would-be followers at the end of Luke 9 by refusing to validate what seem to be legifitmate reasons to momentarily delay following him.  Martha, with the best of intentions, finds herself with that group - Mary, as Jesus says, gets it.  There is need of only one thing.  All else must find its place behind that one thing.

Friday Night Lights
What a wonderful ordinary great evening.  A Friday night in the fall.  Bullitt East playing on the road at Larue County.  Julie is at the Galt Hosue working on the National Christian Educators Fellowship Gathering for the United Methodist Church.  Eliza is there helping.  So I was planning to go to the game and thinking Cameron would probably stay at home.  Instead he found out a friend would be there and decided to go.  Enjoyed the trip up and back in the car with him - he's been going to high school football games with me for awhile now - he's graduated from sitting in the bleachers during games, but it's just pleasant to know he's there and I'm there and there is football to watch on a chilly Friday night in the fall.