Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 10:38-42
by: Kristin Camenga.
Have you ever stayed with some friends and had them spend the whole time preparing meals and finding ways to entertain you? I would rather that they just sit down and talk to me! Martha was focused on feeding and housing Jesus and the disciples to the exclusion of spending time with them. Mary, however, chose to sit and listen. Her hospitality met relational needs as well as physical needs. Do we get so focused on meeting physical needs that we forget just to be with people? How can we meet each other’s relational needs?