To sit at Jesus' feet and hear His word is the one line of business in all the world that matters. Care and trouble were her reward. Friends and foes of the Gospel alike regard the simplicity of this message as altogether too extreme. I have two answers to such an objection. First, if we understand the ultimate values of the Gospel at all, we must agree that it would be infinitely better to learn of Jesus and starve to death in the process, than to eat and miss the incomparable glory of knowing the eternal Son of God.
Nobody is more of a saint for laziness, just as nobody is more of a saint for activity.
Someone has said that we must never let the important keep us from the necessary. And in Jesus' words, only one thing is necessary. If anything keeps us from that, however briefly or slightly, it is but an extraneous care and trouble. True, but they matter only as they sharpen your focus on the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. The moment they cloud your view, to whatever degree they slow your pursuit, however they alter your direction, they come under the dreadful category of what Jesus calls the cares of this life.