Poor Mondays. They get such a bad rap. When did
that start? When did *we*decide Mondays were to blame for our reluctance
to go to work, or to blame for lack of sleep which leads us to bad moods, or
for a hectic workday due to our slacking off on Friday? You get the idea.
And on top of that poor Monday gets the blame other days of the week as
well! How many of us have had a hectic, unsettling, bad
any-other-day-of-the-week-but-Monday and sighed, "Today is such a
'monday'!" Poor Mondays.
I've talked a little about Mondays before, on my other blog and on
Facebook. A couple of years ago I was challenged in my view on Mondays after
being reminded of this, "This
is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."
Another version, The Amplified Bible, says this is the day the Lord has brought
about. I read that for the zillionth time on that day a couple of years
ago and my first thought was, "Even Mondays!" Yes God brought
about, created, established Mondays along with every other day of the week. So
even when a day feels authored by the enemy rest assured it is not, it is
authored and covered by the Creator.
This realization radically changed my approach to Mondays, and any other day that felt hard. When I have the perspective that my day, Monday or otherwise, was authored and set apart by God for purposes either known or unknown to me I undergo an attitude adjustment. I can see reasons to celebrate the day, to be grateful for the challenges, to understand that some days are harder than others but God's promises for each day hold true. When the day is harder than expected, or I would have liked, I remind myself that God authored the day and then I remind myself, "It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him." Each day I get a fresh helping of God's mercies and compassions. Clean slate every day! That's enough right there to make me grateful for a Monday, or any other day. When I can't get my mind, and heart, to come around to that perspective then my day, Monday or otherwise pretty much blows.
I no longer distinguish Mondays between every other day of
the week. It's just another day of the week and frankly my weekend could stink
and my Monday be fantastic! It's all a matter of perspective, as a lot of
things in life are.
I find that almost every Monday I remind myself of Psalm
118:24 so that when I run into people and they bemoan Monday I can remind them
as well what this day is. It is the Lord's so let us rejoice and be glad
in it!
