Do you not know that His yoke is easy and His burden is light? This life was never meant to be hard and hasty. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed- or indeed only one. Meanwhile, Martha is in the kitchen banging all the pots and pans around making sure everything is perfect for Him, and then she proceeds to complain about Mary not helping her. Mary spends every waking moment of that precious time sitting at His feet, hanging on every word that comes out of His mouth. If you don't know the story, it basically goes like this: Two sisters named Martha and Mary open their home to Jesus. All of its adventures, its hilltops, all its majesty.Īnd then it dawned on me- it was so similar to the story of Martha and Jesus. It turns out it was all inspired by a short trip to Vienna where he saw a random old lady that was frantically sweeping the street, and he was just wondering what all the hurry was about. Why can't we just take the phone off the hook and disappear for a day or two? If only he knew that after 45 years later, it would only feel 10 times harder.Īs soon as I was amazed at all the lyrics, I had to look them up to figure out exactly what he was talking about in the song.

The song was written in 1977 before social media existed but even Billy knew the heartache of FOMO back then. It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while 'You got your passion, you got your prideīut don't you know that only fools are satisfied?ĭream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true You better cool it off before you burn it out 'Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? The entire song is so relevent to American hustle culture and how it's truly nothing but a chasing after the wind: I've loved this song for a while but I've never really paid that much attention to the lyrics until this morning. While I was smiling and looking at the water over the Three-Mile Bridge, the song Vienna by Billy Joel comes on over my bluetooth- and there was my hook. I was driving to the beach on a beautiful Sunday morning pondering how much peace and gratitude I had in my heart for where the Lord has me in this season. As silly as it seems, the biggest reason I didn't start it until now is because I didn't have a good title or a hook. Writing about the topic of rest has been on my heart for about two months.

For the control freaks- Vienna Waits for You

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