Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God in the Busyness of Life
MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD ⢠For every woman seeking balance in a world of burnout and anxiety, this book is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with the One whoâs worth servingâincludes a 12-week companion Bible study!
âEasy to read, personal, and well-written with a message much more than surface deep. Joanna probed, challenged, and encouraged me to live day by day as Mary in a Martha world.ââCarole Mayhall, author of Come Walk with Me and Here I Am Again, Lord
The life of a woman today isnât all that different from the lives of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lordâs feet . . . but the daily demands of a busy world just wonât leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve him . . . yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy.
Then comes Jesus, into the midst of your busy life, to extend the same invitation he issued long ago to the two sisters from Bethany. Tenderly, he invites you to choose âthe better partââa joyful life of intimacy with him that flows naturally into loving service.
With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna Weaver shows how all of us, Marys and Marthas alike, can draw closer to our Lord: deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy.
This book includes a twelve-week Bible study for individual or group use. A Study Guide and a corresponding ten-session video series on DVD or online are available separately.
âEasy to read, personal, and well-written with a message much more than surface deep. Joanna probed, challenged, and encouraged me to live day by day as Mary in a Martha world.ââCarole Mayhall, author of Come Walk with Me and Here I Am Again, Lord
The life of a woman today isnât all that different from the lives of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lordâs feet . . . but the daily demands of a busy world just wonât leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve him . . . yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy.
Then comes Jesus, into the midst of your busy life, to extend the same invitation he issued long ago to the two sisters from Bethany. Tenderly, he invites you to choose âthe better partââa joyful life of intimacy with him that flows naturally into loving service.
With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna Weaver shows how all of us, Marys and Marthas alike, can draw closer to our Lord: deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy.
This book includes a twelve-week Bible study for individual or group use. A Study Guide and a corresponding ten-session video series on DVD or online are available separately.
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I found the book repetitive and slow to gain momentum. There were a few excellent nuggets but overall I felt that the author could have cut about half of the text. The advice and lessons might have been better written as a daily devotional rather than a slow ponderous narrative.
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