Triage originates from the French word "trier," which means to sort or organize. French military surgeon Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, the chief surgeon in Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial guard, developed a system to evaluate and categorize wounded soldiers quickly during battle. Today, health care professionals all around the world utilize triage to prioritize patients based on the severity of their injuries. 

But prioritizing isn’t for emergency rooms only. Our lives are jammed packed with daily demands that scream for attention. So, what’s really important? What should we get to first?

As we continue reading in our salvation story Jesus is drawn into a dispute between two sisters with very different priorities. Jesus gently corrects the one and affirms the other, thus revealing the most important part of any disciple’s day. Mary devotedly sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to his teaching while Martha was distracted with much serving. We’ll discover the advantages of putting a priority on God's word.