That's how I responded to Adoration by Martha Kilpatrick. It is an astonishing portrayal of Mary of Bethany. Just about the time I think I've heard it all, the Lord uses someone to resuscitate my lagging insight. I've always believed that Mary choose the better part when she deliberately sat at Jesus feet, yet I also credited Martha with a productive contribution, but after considering Mrs. Kilpatrick's musings I realized I missed the point. I. More times than I care to mention I have tooted my own horn or whined about others lack of appreciation of my efforts.
Work is a sorry god whose reward is strangely empty.
It never pays the wage of love that is anticipated. How true that is like pulling up a bucket from a dry well. Flesh is Martha's vain delusion-Spirit is Mary's instinctive reality In God's family, Flesh become workers and Spirit are worshippers. This is a small volume with powerful content. I find myself returning to it again and again to meditate upon this Spirit revealed writing.