Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.
She was busy, burdened in fact, perhaps even overburdened. Luke 10:40 tells us that. And yet, Martha doesn’t ask her sister directly, in humility and love, for assistance. No, she engages Jesus, the guest in their home, who quite rightly rebukes her. The 
hospitality I desire is your company and conversation, which Mary has provided; the food and the place settings are of little interest, he in essence tells her.
Jesus loves to hear our confidences, our little victories and our challenges. But how much more beautiful our time with the Lord can be when we focus on Him instead of asking Him to heal ruptures with our sisters and brothers, whether it’s because they cut us off in traffic, lie and gossip about us, grievously injure others in the Body of Christ, or simply can’t read our minds and help us get a meal on the table, ruptures of the sort where we can take the first step in healing. How much more beautiful our time in the world can be when we ask others for the help we need… and proffer the gift of forgiveness when they don’t.
