lives over to jesus and make him our one and only priority. this is what mary does. she knows the things that have to be done, she knows that the house might look like a mess, but if she is ever going to have balance, she has to turn her attention to jesus first. she has to make room to notice jesus’ presence in her life. if she is going to experience balance, she has to place jesus over everything else in her life. this means that the mess can wait, because she has to spend time with jesus first.
you see, life is messy and overwhelming and impossible to balance. 