Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God in the Busyness of Life
by Joanna Weaver
published
July 18th 2002
(first published 2000)
by WaterBrook Press
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Paperback, 225 pages
isbn
1578562589
(isbn13: 9781578562589)
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Updated with a new 12 week companion Bible study, Joanna Weaver's popular book shows women how to blend intimacy with Jesus and service for Him.
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Read in May, 2008
This book was fantastic, I wish I could have taken time to read it through a second time and do the study portion at the end. I learned so much about keeping the right focus and balance in my life.
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Read in April, 2008
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Becky
This book was aloe vera to an overwhelmed spirit; I've rarely been so perfectly "in tune" and needing exactly what a book delivered at that moment as this book now. I've struggled with this story, struggled with the reality of trying to live a spiritual life, at a slow and savoring pace, and still getting done all the "stuff" that perpetually needs doing.
Weaver does an exceptional job of taking meaning from this story and applying it to real life, because she has struggled...more
Weaver does an exceptional job of taking meaning from this story and applying it to real life, because she has struggled...more
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Read in February, 2008
Lines that I loved from this book:
Have you ever tried to do it all? I have, I do, and I probably always will. It’s not only in my nature; it’s also in my job description – and yours, too. Being a woman requires more stamina, more creativity, and more wisdom than I ever dreamed as a young girl. And that’s not just for today’s busy women. It has always been the case.
With everything still left to do, there sits little Mary, being quite contrary, crashing a party meant only for men...more
Have you ever tried to do it all? I have, I do, and I probably always will. It’s not only in my nature; it’s also in my job description – and yours, too. Being a woman requires more stamina, more creativity, and more wisdom than I ever dreamed as a young girl. And that’s not just for today’s busy women. It has always been the case.
With everything still left to do, there sits little Mary, being quite contrary, crashing a party meant only for men...more
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Any woman who has ever been overwhelmed by the responsibilities in her life needs to read this book. It's a Jesus book, let me just get that out there right now. But it's a Jesus book that's full of insight into why we need to stop doing doing doing (as Martha did) and start stopping and listening as Mary did.
Oh, and the "Martha World" doesn't refer to Martha Stewart -- although the allusion works quite well. It refers to the New Testament story of Jesus going to visit Martha, Mary...more
Oh, and the "Martha World" doesn't refer to Martha Stewart -- although the allusion works quite well. It refers to the New Testament story of Jesus going to visit Martha, Mary...more
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Read in September, 2007
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Any Mother, Woman, Daughter
I have the tendency to become over saturated in the "to do's" and often forget that what's most important is that which is right in front of me. This book helps those of us who are struggling as young moms with the guilt of balancing the daily to do's and spending quality time with both our families and God.
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The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you ...more
This is also a great description of this book:
The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you ...more
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Christians, SAHM, WAHM, working moms, anyone!
I really enjoyed reading "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World" and personally found it to be a very humbling experience that for a few passages, there was a wealth of information to help me learn how to not only praise and worship our Heavenly Father but how to interact in a world where everything seems to demand busy busy busy.
Non-condescending, a good read, I found myself pacing myself and going over paragraphs just absorbing the lessons that were found.
Excellent material f...more
Non-condescending, a good read, I found myself pacing myself and going over paragraphs just absorbing the lessons that were found.
Excellent material f...more
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Read in October, 2007
Not really something I would choose to read. Vassi asked whether anyone had read it, so I got it from the library to review for her. I had to return it to the library before I finished the last chapter and a half, as someone else had requested it.
Things I liked: The concrete what-to-do blurbs suggesting ways to handle different problems.
Things I didn't like: the historical-fiction dramatization of the stories in the Gospel of Luke; the necessary identification of Mary of Bethany as the...more
Things I liked: The concrete what-to-do blurbs suggesting ways to handle different problems.
Things I didn't like: the historical-fiction dramatization of the stories in the Gospel of Luke; the necessary identification of Mary of Bethany as the...more
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Read in July, 2008
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My sisterrecommends it for: Every woman who wants to know about Jesus
I first thought " how could there be a whole book on this topic??", but the author provides so much more...like how important it is to have a daily relationship with the Lord. I love how she talks about not giving God what you want you think He wants you to give, but rather being like Mary, She came to Jesus with everything she had(a vessel of fragrance) and poured it on His feet. She didn't just use enough to clean Him, or enough to get the job done,but she broke open the container to...more
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Read in October, 2008
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Peggy Kay
This was a very helpful book to me. I borrowed a friend's book, but now I've ordered one to keep and another to give my sister. It will be a reference book to help me keep from over-committing and forgetting what the real objective is. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in deepening their relationship with Jesus finding it difficult to take the time to make it happen.
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I have been reading this book for months now and it is simply brilliant.
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Read in January, 2008
This book found me at just the right time. It talks about how Jesus goes to Martha's house and how Martha is busy in the kitchen while her sister Mary is sitting at Jesus feet. Martha complains about this to Jesus but Jesus tells her that Mary has chosen the 'better part'. It is a needed reminder for me to stop 'working in the kitchen' and spend more time in the 'living room' - doing things that are the most important - spending time with God, with family, with friends.
I highly recommend thi...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone longing to deepen their relationship with Christ
This is a really insightful book on the simplicity of developing your relationship with Jesus in the complexity of our world.
I really enjoyed how the author seemed really down to earth; like someone I could sit and talk with- not necessarily a "Spiritual giant" who had it all together, but another Believer on her journey to becoming more Christlike.
This book had a lot of gems in it; things that I am copying down to meditate on before I return it to the library. Highly recommen
I really enjoyed how the author seemed really down to earth; like someone I could sit and talk with- not necessarily a "Spiritual giant" who had it all together, but another Believer on her journey to becoming more Christlike.
This book had a lot of gems in it; things that I am copying down to meditate on before I return it to the library. Highly recommen
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