One day Hazrat Isa ( ع ) was invited into the home of two sisters. The two women had different opinions on what to do. We read about this conflict in the Blessed Injeel.(Luke 10:38-42)
Hazrat Isa ( ع ) and his disciples continued their journey. They arrived at a certain village. There, a woman called Martha asked Hazrat Isa ( ع ) to come into her home.
Martha had a sister called Mary, and Mary sat down near Hazrat Isa ( ع ). She was listening to the things that he was teaching.
But Martha was thinking to herself, ‘I cannot do all this work alone.’ So she went to Hazrat Isa ( ع ).
‘Master,’ she said, ‘my sister is not helping me with the work. She has left me to do it alone. You cannot really believe that this is right! Tell her that she should help me!’
Hazrat Isa ( ع ) replied, ‘Martha, Martha, you have troubles in your mind about many things. But only one thing is really important. And Mary has chosen to do that. Nobody will take it away from her.’
What did you think when you read this story?
- Is there something you like in the story?
- Or something in it that doesn’t seem right?
- Does this story remind you of the way people sometimes behave?
- Maybe it starts you thinking about God.
- What does this story seem to suggest you do? (I think you know that God will bless you read the teaching of Hazrat Isa ( ع ) and obey and copy him.)