Hello on Monday

What a wonderful week Lynn and I had with Jessica and Shane (our daughter and son-in-law). Thank you all for allowing us to get away for a few days!!!
Well, today is Monday (duh!). Usually Mondays are very hard for me. After preaching multiple times on Sunday and spending a week preparing to deliver the message God wants me to deliver, I am flat worn out - expended - maybe not physically, but definitely emotionally and spiritually. But Mondays should be a source of encouragement for all of us, not a "down day" for the week.
A survey by the Society of Human Resources found that that eight out of ten workers wanted to leave their jobs on Monday. According to motivational coach Ed Foreman, more heart attacks happen on Monday between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. than at any other hour. No doubt every one of us knows what it's like to wake up thinking, "Not another day. Not another week. Can I somehow get out of this?"

There's a verse in Ecclesiastes that says, "So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are here!" (Ecclesiastes 3:21)

Here's a key distinction: Solomon didn't say, "There is nothing better for people than to have work that makes them happy." The emphasis is on us being happy in our work, not on our work making us happy. Some people get bored with great jobs, others approach the most mundane tasks with passion and enthusiasm. It's not really about one's job, it's about one's attitude in doing it.

Our job is what it is, and that won't change. But you can take steps today to change the way you approach your work, steps that find (in Solomon's words) satisfaction in your toil.

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