It's Ash Wednesday!!!

For us, Lent is a time to step aside in hopes of coming closer to God. This is our chance to slow down and look at our life, grieving our faults and growing in our hopes. This is our opportunity to make our life a little more organized and level.

"As they continued their journey he entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary (who) sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.' The Lord said to her in reply, 'Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.'" (Luke 10:38-42)

Which one are you—Martha or Mary? What is keeping you too busy in your life to stop and listen to God? What is keeping you from being like Mary, focusing on that one thing—God? It is so easy to overextend ourselves and become so distracted that we cannot hear God calling us to a deeper union with him. But during Lent, we have the chance that we need to focus on our life and cut out whatever it is that prevents us from deepening our relationship with God.

So what needs to be done to become more like Mary?