'Chosen by the King'

For countless years, I remember cringing a little when someone would preach on Mary & Martha. I think in many ways it was because I wanted so much to fit into the Mary category, but the reality was, I always fit into the Martha category. What do I even mean by that? I mean that throughout my life even since I was very young, I've always worked, cleaned, served, volunteered and taken care of others sometimes even to my own hurt. I can't really say where it came from. I'm not going to try blaming parents. It just happened but it also followed me into my Christian Walk. I didn't even get saved until I was 31 years old, so I'd had plenty of years to learn to always be busy and to barely even rest let alone have time to spend with the Lord. Everyone else's needs were more important than my own but deep down inside I found that I was doing all the things I thought I was supposed to do but I was actually hurting inside as well. The enemy found his way in to my thou