Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves.

She said, "Right now, while we have this time, I'm not going to do any of that other stuff. I'm going to seize this moment and simply enjoy being with Jesus while I can." Mary made a deliberate choice. She wasn't being lazy and using company as an excuse to get out of helping her sister with chores. She was choosing to focus on what mattered the most.

If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a friend anymore.

Ironically, we often fail to see that whenever we compromise ourselves to please others, we tend to lose their respect.

Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worry about sorting it out later.

God promises you a way out. Find that way out, and take it.

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that the things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?

You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.