Weekends! Who doesn't love them? They are the days of relaxing, being with family, laughing, reading, shopping, bike rides, trips to the park, playing sports, etc. They are the days we look forward to all week- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 5:00 hits on Friday, and we are on a high that continues all weekend. That is until the Sunday night slide, and then...Boom! Monday hits! The fun of the weekend comes crashing down as we prepare for a crazy, busy, stressful, chaotic week ahead. Our thoughts are not on the day right before us, but instead are looking to the future, to our next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Too often we think about the good that is going to happen rather than the good that is right in front of us. I'm guilty of it! For too long, I spent my weeks looking forward to my weekends. And what I've realized is that there is good, right here, right now. Every day of the week, we have good all around us, we just can't see it because we are too busy thinking about what is to come. I love the line in the movie, Office Space, when the lady says, "Someone has a case of the Mondays." I laughed so hard at that part because I totally understood what she meant. Take a look around you on Mondays and see if you can tell a difference in people's attitudes on Monday and then again on Friday. I guarantee you will notice a huge difference! But what if "a case of the Mondays" meant something different. What if it meant that you looked at Mondays as a fresh start to finding God's goodness in the world? What if it meant taking the same excited attitude you have about Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and applying it to Mondays? And then continuing it on to Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. After all, there are some incredibly good things happening around us, if only we would open our eyes. One of the best books I've ever read is Ann Voskamp's, 1,000 Gifts. She taught me about a whole new way of looking at the world. She taught me everyday to say thanks for the blessings I've been given, to be open to noticing things that I've never really thought of as blessings, and then taking those things and giving thanks to God. And when I began to do that, I started noticing so many good things in our world. So on Mondays, I want to encourage you to start noticing the good that is right here, right now, not what's coming up in the future. On Mondays, I'll be posting pictures of the good that are around me right here, right now. And I hope they will get you excited about your Monday. Enjoy!
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Dandelions, could be considered a weed, until they are picked up and blown, and then...sounds of joy and laughter!
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| Darkness will never overcome the light. |
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It's just funny watching a squirrel eat!
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| Spring is here! |
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| God's canvas. |
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| New life, as a tree prepares for Spring. |
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| Just stop and think for a minute about how icicles are formed. Incredible! Water in midstream, all of a sudden frozen! And in different shapes! |
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Waves upon waves of clouds. Even at this height, God's world is amazing!
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