Mary in a Martha's World (4:53)

From the simple world of sidewalk chalk, we spin into the hectic world of adulthood.

A couple of hours before playing in Montgomery one evening, a doctor friend was telling me how busy and out of control his schedule had become. Between the time he and I had that short conversation and the time that I was to begin playing, I scratched out a first draft of this song as much for myself as for him, using the title phrase which had been running through my thoughts prior to that time.

You know the story. There’s Mary, the one who always made time to sit and listen to Jesus. And then there’s Martha, the one who let busyness keep her from sitting still. It’s a Martha’s world I tend to live in – overcommitted, busy, stressed, unfocused. It’s a Mary’s heart and mind I want. The advice to simply slow down, like most good advice that comes my way, is easy to believe, hard to practice. Sometimes a sunset, or other such "happy lightning," returns me to sanity.