The ragged pieces of ideas and thoughts of my attempt to live a life as a contemporary monastic in the urban city of Singapore..
Have been busy with many 'Martha' moments the past few weeks. However there have also been many 'Mary' reminders nicely spread-out. The first was during last week's care group when God used me to speak to myself (?), then it was during our kid's workshop on Wednesday when i was sharing about 'Knowing God vs Knowing About God'. Then it was lunch yesterday with Jan where we talked about kids and IT ministry and about the Kingdom being 100% man & 100% God.
The latest reminder to have a Mary heart was just a few hours ago during the Staff Devotion where our collegue Limei shared certain reflections of Simon Peter from John 21:1-14. Besides that, a strange question came to me when i read the passage. Why was Peter fishing in undergarments as verse 7 says that he has taken his outer garment off ? I was also excited also that Jesus said "Come and have breakfast" in verse 12 besides the famous line "Come and follow me". Now aren't we glad to have such a wonderful God, our Jehovah Jireh Provider..
Just right after the devotion, a good friend Thomas called to check if we can catch up for breakfast tomorrow morning. Now how can I say no. I'm looking forward to it as I am constantly reminded that while Martha's work is not wrong, Mary's heart is better.
posted by Hiew Hong Teck # 2:51 PM
Friday, March 17, 2006