Hearing God

In May I decided that I would be preaching a sermon called, "Worried and Distracted" today. The passage was the story from Luke where Martha comes to Jesus and complains that her sister, Mary, is sitting listening to him while she's doing all the work. He tells her she's worried and distracted about many things, and that Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.

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Now here comes the twist. All week I've been balancing preparing the sermon with preparing to host 3 guests for brunch immediately following the service. Both went well. Daughter did well with the whole morning. Our visitors liked the sermon and were commenting on specific parts of it. They were more comfortable with the order of worship than they were when I preached at a friend's church. I had told them how small and isolated Tiny Village is, but they hadn't grasped it until they came here today.

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They brought a fruit salad and banana bread. I had made 3 salads, 2 quiches and muffins. They liked everything and were amazed that I invited them to come to brunch following the service. I think they will call me, but if they don't, I will know I've given it my best shot and that God has some place better in mind. I hope we will all be able to hear God's voice in all of this, and will have the faith to follow wherever it is God leads. Daughter commented after they left that there was a little part of her that was afraid to leave, but a bigger part of her that wanted to move. Now that she's talking about her feelings, it will be easier to deal with them. Interestingly, she was dry last night.