Martha and Mary

Once again I am of two minds. I have been rushing around, cleaning and shopping and organizing in order to get ready for Easter.  It's work but it's fun work. It is satisfying with fairly immediate results. I took a break to read the blogs I follow.  I read my friend Colin's blog-
 http://failingslightlybetter.blogspot.com/
which I always enjoy, and then linked from his page to-
 http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2010/03/spy-wednesday/
 and read the article titled Spy Wednesday.  I had never heard the term Spy Wednesday before in reference to the day that Judas betrayed Christ.  I don't know if this is a term that is considered general knowledge and somehow I just missed it or not, but I guess that is beside the point.  The point is that I really liked the article and it pulled me out of Easter party mode and into a more contemplative state of mind.  I love Easter. The spiritual aspects have always had more impact on me than Christmas. To me, Christ's birth is like a hope or a promise but His resurrection is the promise fulfilled. It's when love and sacrifice come together and emerge as the miracle of the Atonement. It marks the moment when Christ made it possible for repentance and forgiveness to be more powerful than sin and for life to continue on past death. What a glorious gift.
For the rest of the day , as I continued with my chores, I thought more about the days leading up to the Resurrection of Christ. So many very significant events, the Last Supper, Christ's prayer and suffering in Gethsemane, the Crucifixion,all occur in only a few days time.   I also thought about a previous event when Christ went to the house of Martha and Mary. Martha was rushing around serving and cleaning. Christ said she was "careful and troubled about many things"  Mary sat at Jesus feet and listened to his teachings. Christ said, "But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part."  I always want to come to Martha's defense, she was, after all, taking care of the important physical needs of Jesus and the large group that was traveling with Him.  While I think I am more like Martha, I also think I have some Mary in me.  Maybe now that my thoughts are a bit more focused, I can spend more of the Easter season choosing "that good part".