Haiku
of grace
Martha
and Mary:
the
sisters receive Jesus
and
make him welcome.
Hospitality.
Someone
has to cook the food,
Marha
is busy.
On
the other hand,
Mary
is quite indolent,
list’ning
to Jesus.
A
gen’rous spirit
is
key to any welcome,
but
Martha complains.
Lord,
do you not care?
she
protests, asking Jesus
to
judge between them.
It’s
all right, he says.
Mary
hears my words of grace;
you
should listen, too.
Jesus’
correction
is
not without affection.
One
thing is needed.
It’s
about choices,
every
day we make them;
choose
grace ev’ry time.
©
Ken Rookes 2019
