Martha showed how upset she was at her sister. She basically asked Jesus to tell Mary to get up and help her instead of just sitting there.

Jesus told her that she was careful and troubled about many things but only one part was needed and Mary had chosen that good part.

Martha How does this affect you? Which one of sisters are you acting like? Are you acting like Martha did in her hurried work for Master?

Sometimes we can be too busy to even listen to God. It's really sad but even if you're doing work in a church for Lord, you might miss most important part...

The thing is that Martha did work but her mind was not where it should have been. She was troubled. She was disturbed.

She was stressing and thinking about how much work she was doing -which was more than someone else! She was getting more and more frustrated and upset while she was working...

She wasn't really listening to what Jesus was saying even though she was serving Him food!

Try it! Talk to someone and while you're talking to them, have them tell you something. How much did you understand them? Did you understand what they said at all?

When you're talking to someone it's rather difficult to hear them if they start talking to you!

“Hodgepodge Truth” Does Absolute Truth Exist?

All men want to find truth, or so thought Aristotle. He said that philosophy begins with desire to know truth. I agree that men want to find truth; however, not all men agree on what truth is. To one truth is relative, existing in one’s own mind only. To another truth is elusive and can’t really be understood, except in a metaphysical sense. (Metaphysical is a fancy word used by philosophers and theologians. It is concerned with issues such as existence and nature of God. That’s heavy. But let me get back to truth.)

Someone once said that a straight steel rod immersed in a glass of water may look as though it’s bent, but it isn’t. So appearances can be deceiving, can’t they? Keep that illustration in mind while reading this paper for this reason: If it’s easy to misinterpret true nature of physical things, then it can be easy to misinterpret metaphysical things. Now I’m going to drop another “heavy” on you. To deny existence of truth is to affirm its existence—truth is inescapable! Therefore, affirmation that true statements can be made about reality is a rationally justifiable one. For example if I say that truth does not exist, I’m purporting my belief to be true. And if I believe that my statement is true—truth does not exist—I’m banking on it being true. Using this logic my argument goes no place. I’ve just canceled out my statement by asserting what I believe to be true; nothing is true. (Keep scratching your head. This gets clearer as it goes along. I hope.)

I want to write a little bit about relativism. A relative view of truth has been deeply ingrained into minds and hearts of contemporary people, especially in academic circles. Relativistic thinking has influenced us so much that it is now considered anti-intellectual to believe in absolute truth. The majority of educators and students regard truth to be obsolete, not absolute. Of course you know, as a Christian, that relativism has no place in church house. A Christian’s belief in God is not based on relative truths. God’s truth, Word, is absolute truth.