A Hot Mess

One definition of a hot mess – When one’s thoughts or appearance are in a state of disarray but they maintain an undeniable attractiveness or beauty.

Martha was a hot mess.

She looked good on the outside but was freaking out on the inside.

She was running around like a squirrel on meth trying to get everything just right.

The dinner table was perfectly set but she was beginning to unravel emotionally.

Her hair and makeup were impeccable but she was on the verge of a meltdown.

She was full of stress and anxiety.

And yet… Jesus, the personification of grace, was sitting there – relaxing in her living room!

He gently told her that she was a hot mess.

“Martha, dear martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing.” (Luke 10.41)

Wow. Moment of clarity. Reason. Sanity.

Maybe Jesus is gently telling you that “you’re a hot mess.”

Have you been fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing?

Time for a moment of clarity? Reason? Sanity?

“Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all?

Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance – but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby along side them.

If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?” (Luke 12.25-27 MSG)