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Mary
And Martha
"Martha, Martha, thou art troubled about many
things" Luke 10 :41, 42. It is the seeing that makes
the great difference between one human life and that of an
other. Martha saw the seen things, Mary the unseen, hence
the difference in their lives. Martha loved the Lord
Jesus, but her highest thought was that of ministering to
His body's need. Mary saw that her Lord had meat to eat
that Martha knew not of. Had Martha come and sat with
Mary, she would not have seen what Mary saw. She would
have seen the well spread table in the dining room, and
Mary saw a table spread in the heavenly kingdom. There are
those who assemble for worship in the same building who
see vastly different things. Some rise but a little way
above the things of time and sense. They have so much of
the seen things in their eyes, they cannot see the
glorious things of the spiritual life. It is their
privilege to see the loving purpose of God in every line
of human sorrow and have to build for them greater beauty
of soul. They should see the hand of God in all the
details of daily life, and have the little annoyances and
cares work a delicacy in their soul upon which the Holy
Spirit can imprint the colors of the heavenly life, making
them more heavenly.
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