Monday! By definition, it's "the day between Sunday and Tuesday." (duh!) Traditionally, it is the beginning of the 'work' week for most of us. Usually, we have enjoyed a couple of days that we were not required to punch a time clock. Whether you work outside the home or not, Monday often brings changes.
But, wait! Maybe it is the other way around. Maybe Monday is actually the return to normalcy...where we can depend on the schedule, we know what's expected of us. The weekend, on the other hand, is often filled with an abnormal list of things to do, and no two Saturday-Sunday combos seem to be the same.
Poor little Monday...it always takes the blame for ruining the weekend! Even in our music culture, it is defined as a real downer. According to Wikipedia, "A number of songs feature Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, or melancholy. For example, "Monday, Monday" (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1971) from the Carpenters, "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and "Manic Monday" (1986) from the Bangles."
Yes, poor little Monday. And why should it be the scapegoat? You don't hear anyone complaining about Fridays. If we took the attitude we have on Monday and applied it to Friday instead, we could sit around and complain that for the next two days we won't receive any wages from all the work we do. Yes, I'm being sarcastic!
I used to dislike Mondays, just like everyone else around me, and then God showed me what a glorious day Monday really was. Sunday is the first day of the week. It was created to be a day of rest, but it's usually anything but that. I remember all-too-well the crazy pace of Sundays. Just to get everyone up and ready for church on time was a chore. Church attendance is intended to refresh and renew, but to a harried young woman with toddlers in tow, it can be anything but that. To the unemployed father, it often becomes a place to sit still while you worry. To those who no longer attend worship services, it is a day for other busyness. No wonder we dislike Monday when it comes. We haven't sufficiently recovered from the last week and here it is time to begin a new one. Wait a minute...maybe we could do that...see Monday as the first day to start over, to begin again, with a fresh outlook. Perhaps Sunday could be the day that our soul finds rest, rest enough to rejoice that Monday was coming, and our opportunities to be a blessing to others were coming with it!
Yes, rest on Sunday. Rest your tired body, rest your weary mind, rest your heavy heart. Rest, because you will need to be at your best when the day dawns on Monday...the turning of a page...this is the first day of the rest of your life...thank God for another chance to get it right!
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