Weekly Overview

Each week-end I plan out an "overview" of our week, including our schedules, our menu, etc.  I post it on a bulletin board in our hallway, alongside the kids weekly chores, dish chores, and white boards where we leave notes if anyone is leaving, or something needs done, etc.


This is an old version from a few weeks back - before school started - but it gives you the general idea.  (I use google docs for almost everything - including this)

Week Overview

An Overview of Our Week

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
WEATHER	77	81	77	75	77
SCHEDULE	9:20 Luke Derm 10:30 Nate to work 3:10  Matt to FB           Meg to CG 3:30 Pu Nate        Deliver Meal 4:30 Pu Meg 6 PU Matt 6:20 PU Amy 6:45 Zumba	10:30 Nate to Work 1:15 Luke to RC 3:10 Matt to fb 3:30 PU Nate 6 PU Matt 7 Scouts	10:30 Nate to work 1:30 Meg Piano 2:00 Pu Meg 3:10 Matt to fb 3:30 PU Nate 4:30 Pu Matt 6 PU Matt 7 Dan teach BS	10:30 Nate to work 3:10  Matt fb          Meg to CG 3:30 Pu Nate 6 PU Matt 6:30 Boys BBALL	10:30 Nate to work 3:10 Matt to fb 3:30 Pu Nate 5 Pu Matt 5:30 Meg to School Dan & Me to amish sale preview
Kids Schedule (items I do not need to drive them too)	3-6 luke wk 7-10 boys to grandpas	8am run 3-6 Luke wk	3-6 Luke wk	3-6 Luke Work	8am run 3-6 Luke Work
MEALS	Breakfast - Mom - Smoothies, croissants   Lunch - hamburgs & corn on the cob     Supper - chicken, baked potatoes, corn	Breakfast - Meg french toast Lunch -  Chicken salad sandwiches     Supper - casserole - chicken pot pie?	Breakfast -  Matt - Casserole Lunch - hot dogs, leftovers       Supper  - Pasta Night - spaghetti?	Breakfast -   Luke -   pancakes Lunch - mac & cheese       Supper -    Vegetable soup, sandwiches	Breakfast - Nate - oatmeal      Lunch - leftovers, or breakfast      Supper - Pizza
WEEKLY CHORES	Bedrooms Porch	kitchen & laundry room	paperwork	living room & dining room	Top to bottom quick clean
EXERCISE	walk run zumba	walk Bike wifit 30 min	walk c25k wifit 30 min	walk Bike wiifit 30 min	walk c25k wifit 30 min

The Application of the Martha & Mary passage

A  woman I know had a practical "today" application for the Martha/Mary discussion.  She helps a lot in the kitchen at our church, and she said (NOT naming names) that there are some women she will not ask to help, and if they are signed up to help, she makes sure to line up additional help to cover for them.  Because when they are supposed to be helping in the kitchen, they end up spending the time talking, then apologizing because they "just wanted to check on so and so" or "say hi to so and so that was visiting".  She equated this to Mary - seeking the spiritual, and a GOOD thing.  But the reality is, someone needs to do the work, and when  you are signed up to be the Martha that week, you need to let someone else be the Mary. 

I thought that was good.  :-)

Another online friend mentioned that she sees the story as a heart issue only - that Martha should have been happy to do her work, not focussed on what others were not doing.  "Do everything as unto the Lord".

In the NLT (which is a paraphrase of the bible, not the whole bible, but I sometimes like to check when I'm having trouble with the subjective meanings) says
 "41 But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! 42 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”"

So based on that, maybe it's about not sweating the small stuff - more about perfectionism and lack of proper priorities? 

This makes me wonder if Mary JUST sat at Jesus feet, or if she did the work that truly needed to be done, then went to sit and hear Jesus..  and maybe Martha was a bit more concerned about everything being "just so" ?  Obviously pure speculation..  but it doesn't actually say that Mary didn't help at all, just that Martha was "cumbered" about it. 

Cumber - 1. To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties.

The KJV says -

"40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

My husband sometimes tells me that I make work for myself - worrying about unimportant household tasks and details.  I wonder if that is what Martha was doing?