Am I a Martha?

Days goes by and the weight on my shoulder become too heavy to carry. Rushing with my work, my study, my family, my life..., world is spinning so fast that I find hard to cope with.

Again and again I always come back to God with all my weaknesses. Tough might define me from people perspective but I know I'm far from being tough when I kneel before God knowing how weak I am. Realising that, I tried to console myself. Convincing myself that it's His plan, it's what He wants me to do. 'Til some point, I reach the 'doubting' point. Is this true? Is it my imagination? Or it is what God wants from me?

Isn't He supposed to test me without going over my strength limit? But again who am I to argue with God? God is God, I am not.

" 'Martha, you are so upset. . . . There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it. . . . ' " Luke 10:41-42

This is a wonderful reminder from God Himself:
I once read about a life-sized granite sculpture of Jesus by a Danish artist named Thors Walden. Walden sculpted the body of Christ in such a way that you can't see His face from a standing position. Next to the statute, however, is a sign that reads, "If you want to see the face of Jesus, you must sit at His feet." Sure enough, if you get down at the foot of the statue, you can look up and clearly see the face of Jesus.

When I was running for Him, have I taken the time to sit before Him confirming that He wants me to continue to run.. Am I the Martha who runs and forgotten to sit?

Too good to be true

Do you ever experience the insecurity feeling of losing what we have when everything goes so well in our lives? If not, I have..

I always ask myself why would I have such feeling? Why would I think of a bad thing when everything good is happening? Does that mean I don't trust God enough?

The "Ann Landers" advice column which is regular in US newspaper for 45 years would receive 10,000 letters a month about people’s problems. She was asked, what is the number one problem that people have? It all boils down to anxiety. She said people are afraid of losing their health. People are afraid of losing their wealth. People are afraid of losing their loved ones. She said people are afraid of life itself.

Maybe the question of "What is my treasure?" would reveal the answer I need.
Matthew 6:21 says, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" When we treasure our wealth, health, family, church, occupation above all else, our heart is there. And as we realised we could lose any of it anytime, anxiety has consumed our heart.

God has treasured us by giving His own life for us. We said He is our saviour, in Him we put our trust that everything will be alright. But the big question is "Have we treasured God?"Have we really treasure the One that would never leave us?

When we learn to treasure God far more valuable than the other things we treasure, life would never be too good to be true :)