Both Mary and Martha

"Martha was cumbered about much serving. - Luke 10:40

Her fault was not that she served. Every Christian must become a servant. 'I serve' should be the motto of all the princes of the royal family of heaven. Nor was it her fault that she had 'much serving.' We cannot do too much. Let our head and heart and hands be engaged in the Master's service. It was no fault of hers that she was busy preparing a feast for the Master. Martha was happy to have an opportunity to entertain her honorable Guest. Her fault was that she grew 'cumbered with much serving,' so that she forgot Him and only remembered the service. She allowed service to override communion and so presented one duty darkened by the neglect of another. We ought to be Martha and Mary in one. We should do much service and have much communion at the same time. For this we need great grace. It is easier to serve than to commune. ... The more spiritual the exercise, the sooner we tire of it. The choicest fruits are the hardest to grow. The most heavenly graces are the most difficult to cultivate. While we do not neglect external things which are good in themselves, we should also enjoy living, personal fellowship with Jesus. See to it that sitting at the Savior's feet is not neglected, even though it may be under the deceptive pretext of doing service for Him. The first thing for our soul's health, for His glory, and for our own usefulness is to keep ourselves in constant communion with the Lord Jesus. We must see that the vital spirituality of our faith is maintained above everything else in the world." ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon