The good part

Today in class we talked about how Martha and Mary were when Jesus came to visit them. The purpose of Jesus coming to visit them was because His dear friend Lazarus who was also their brother. Jesus is sitting in their house and Mary is at his feet, worshiping him. Martha is busy preparing things in the kitchen and running around the house. This message is usually talked about in the exact same way. In our discussions, we almost always shame Martha for working and not sitting down to spend time with the Savior. This time when we talked about the story, we had much more compassion than I had previously heard. This discussion brought so much insight and comfort. Dr. Griffin talked about how it is more likely that Christ didn't want Martha judging her sister. When Martha tried to correct Mary's behavior, the Savior was not happy with that correction. I had never thought of it like that before. It was more to do with the judgment of Martha, then the actual action she did.

We also talked about how later in the scriptures, Jesus refers to Martha, whom he loves, and her sister. We talked about the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants that says when we reprove people we must show an increase of love. That is such a beautiful tie in. The scripture we talked about was found in Luke 11:44-48. It means so much to me that Christ would take these few verses to teach Martha and Mary a wonderful lesson. The judgement of not judging others is so inspiring. If we choose not to judge others, we will be so much happier. We will be more like Christ. It is encouraging to know that Christ wants us to love others. That means he would treat us with us love in situations where we were trying our best not to judge others. Thanks for reading!