"Call me Mary, not Martha" (living in the moment & being thankful!)
- Abbie
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min read
I decided at the beginning of this year who I wanted to be. I want to be Mary,
let me explain.
^ (it's kind of funny bc I look a little like her, same brown hair and dimples in both cheeks so it works!) ^
I’ve been thinking of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs and Lamentations a lot lately, as 2018 rolls on.
Luke 10:38-42
At the Home of Martha and Mary
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
40 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!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things,
42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a]Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (empathizes, bolded, underlined all mine)
Namely, how I feel a lot like Martha when I want to be Mary, but feel like I can’t. I mean as a student, a big family, and trying to get the aviation stuff sorted out on top of it all, I feel like I forgot how to rest in His presence. I didn’t fully forget, I just neglected it because I felt I was too busy to justify letting myself relax by hanging out, watching a movie, or just talking to God about my day.....
Now in honor of HOW QUICKLY TIME FLIES, a fun list.
(Yeah, lists' can be fun things, I like them.)....they do save my life in the cockpit, after all ;)
I’m just reeling at how fast AND slow the days pass. I’m excited to continue, but also I just want to remind myself to enjoy all this, really deeply enjoy it.... so this list is needed to remember how far I've come, appreciate the good times, and look forward and be thankful for the future and present!
my first landing completely unassisted, my CFI announces it to me and I was so excited we veered a little on our climb out “ok abbie don’t forget the rudders now” 😂
the smell at work. most days it’s fuel and sweat and dust, BUT, not outside. Outside it smells like the beach sometimes, other times it smells like these plants that are in the area and remind me of childhood (it’s a weedy type of plant that grows in the fields!)
the last fuel call of the day, & simultaneously from my dad’s text saying I can stay in San Diego with a family friend.
when Matt a CFI at work thanks me warmly and all I did was fill his lost water bottle and return it to him
when a video is super easy to edit AND uploads so quickly!
when I wake u at 7 am fully rested and alive. DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN Y'ALL 😂
warm days, and then rain at night. Smells & sounds SO GOOD during bedtime with the window open! waking up to sunshine, falling asleep to rain...(:
the fresh berries my bunica dropped off the other day (even tho it ain’t berry season y'all).
the feel of warm wind on my face biking to my flight lessons.
meeting pilots who are eager to share their past and humorous, having long conversations at work, meeting cool new people at work.
the sweetest “thank you” from the elderly pilot who has shaky hands after I fill his Cessna.
the feeling after I clock out on Friday knowing I no longer work Saturdays and have the weekend to scheme and dream. (or fly and cry, whatever rocks your boat) 😂
Steve's (my CFI) face when I got back to the hangar after my first 1 hour of solo
every time I make a landing (even the not-so-smooth ones!) I love landing!
getting the key stuck in the cabinet, telling john right across from me as he sits in the office “I know what you’re thinking, but someone’s got to provide entertainment around here”
spilling coffee all over my leg Friday while trying to refill the pots (hey, someone's got to provide entertainment, like I said) I also didn't say all these memories were necessarily "good", but I DID smell like coffee all day so bonus in my book!
being able to take my friends and family up with me, sharing the sky with them.
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