“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.” – Luke 10:41-42a
I always know when I have allowed my problems to take priority over my relationship with God.
I wake up so late in the morning that I don’t have time to pray. At work, I don’t come up for air until lunch. Then I’m immediately plunged again into the afternoon grind. There are so many deadlines to meet, at work and in my freelance projects, it’ll be 9 in the evening when I call it a day.
Once home, I barely have time for my evening rituals. But I don’t settle down yet. There are still a lot of books to read and papers to write. By the time my body is yelling exhaustion, it would’ve been past midnight and I only get to say a quick “Amen!” before sleep claims my rapt attention.
Sometimes, it takes months before I realize I don’t have a prayer time anymore. That’s when I’m already bombarded from all sides – with financial problems, family problems, work problems and a lot of other problems that mystify and stump me.
Then I slow down, not by choice but by force of circumstance. And I remember I have to pray. It need not be that way, but like all Christians, the enemy often sidetracks me when I let the cares of this world take away my cares for the world to come. – Lizza V.
Reflection: Are there insurmountable mountains of problems facing you today? Turn from them and to God and you’ll see, they’re just molehills in disguise.
Lord, let not my heart be proud. Don’t let me be busy with great matters, with things too sublime for me. Let my soul be still like a child on its mother’s lap. (Ps 131)
Unedited version of the reflection for the 05 October 2004 readings (Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Lk 10:38-42) of Kerygma, a widely-circulated Catholic devotional magazine.
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