Martha, Martha, the Lord answered.

You are worried and upset about many things.

Luke 10, verse 41.

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

Resting in Christ was written by Brent Hackett and read by Stephen Tabor.

Luke chapter 10, verses 38 through 42.

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way,

he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.

She had a sister called Mary,

who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked,

Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me.

Martha, Martha, the Lord answered, you are worried and upset about

many things, but few things are needed, or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better,

and it will not be taken from her.

Resting in Christ, written by Brent Hackett.

Several years ago, a study analyzed the link between teenage depression and the amount of sleep

teens received each night.

After reading the study, a young woman commented on the results. I never seemed to know

when to stop. I pushed myself so hard that I end up making myself sick from lack of sleep and stress.

Then she said, she wanted to know what it really meant to manage her time to honor God. What was the

difference between busyness and fruitfulness? Being busy is

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