Mary or Martha?

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary.  Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”  Luke 10:38-42

I was talking to my dad earlier today and he reminded me of this story and there really is a lot to be learned from it.  Mary and Martha: two sisters who loved Christ and both made decisions... Mary chose to sit at the Lord's feet and listen to his teaching, Martha busied herself with preparing and serving.  Serving is important and is a gift, but what matters is where your heart is.  Martha wanted the accolades for her service; she wanted to be noticed and appreciated and complimented and praised.  I see this in myself so much.  But see Martha misses out on the most important thing because she is busy with things of the world that don't even matter in the scheme of things.  She misses sitting at the feet of Jesus, gazing up at him and hearing his stories and being taught his wisdom!  When compared to that, preparing a meal and cleaning the kitchen isn't even important.  As Jesus says, Mary chose the good portion which will not be taken away from her.  I think we have to kinda analyze ourselves and ask if we are busying ourselves with things of this world and missing out on the important things or are we sitting at the feet of Jesus focusing on him with everything we have?