I often have a problem with being very busy and not spending enough time talking with God. I can always find things that need to be done, but am not always good at making time for prayer, meditation, and/or reading things that are good for the soul. Then I begin to lose my peace. The scripture reading at church today was Luke 10:38-42; the story of the opposition between worker Martha and her sister Mary who prefers to sit at the feet of Jesus, listening to His words. Jesus tells Martha that she is worried and anxious about many things, and that there is need of only one thing – that which Mary has chosen. The priest told a story of a young monk who was troubled with the order’s motto of, “Pray and Work”. One day the abbot took the young monk out to the water and got into a rowboat. The abbot started rowing with only one oar. The boat simply went around in circles. The monk told that abbot that he needed to used both oars in order for them to get anywhere. The abbot responded saying that the left oar was prayer and the right oar was work. There needed to be an equal use of both in order to progress spiritually. The priest challenged us to think about our own spiritual lives and questioned if we were getting anywhere. It was a pretty clear message to me.

I Found God today in a reminder that I need to spend more time with Him.