A small thunderstorm rolled through my city while I was teaching last night. When the thunder sounded, my students freaked a bit. I told them not to worry it is just a regular thunderstorm not a bad one. One of my students could not relax.
She is a mom of a 14 year old boy. Her son was at a Target store with a friend. So she asked if she could call her son and I agreed. She stepped out of the classroom to call her son. She found out her husband had already picked up her son, so she came back smiling. Even though I knew there was nothing to worry about from a small thunderstorm, she could not do anything but worry.
Worried moms cannot focus on learning. 🙂
I thought of Martha and Mary when Jesus came to visit. Mary was listening to Jesus’s teaching while Martha was preparing everything. Martha asked Jesus to tell Mary to help her, but Jesus replied:
“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 away from her.”
It is too easy for us to let worry keep us from enjoying the presence of Jesus and learning from him.
And about the mom in my class? When I shared that it will be hard for her when her son gets married one day, she smiled. She is, however, a great student.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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