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May 19

I notice that Monday’s in particular are quite difficult. Some would say ‘teh sux’. It’s just so hard to get rolling and start your day it’s insane.

It gets harder when you have a slightly frustrating weekend with things breaking and other things not working how they should. For instance, Sunday morning we woke up to our microwave not working. The keypad in particular. It just wouldn’t do anything. Weird enough, later that day it started to set itself new times and turn itself on. So, we ended up having to get a new one (Thank God for Meijer and a sale on a microwave). Not to mention the continual car problems I have adn so on and so on.

It just seems like Monday’s are a day where you get done with a weekend (good or bad) and you think "Good gravy another work week".

I may have a better way to get through my work week however. You see, Monday’s I’ll be sitting down with a co-worker and a cup-o-coffee for a chat and pray session. We’ll meet at Panera Bread and discuss things on our heart and mind and they pray. So far we’ve met twice and vented fears and such and prayed (briefly). I’d like to focus a bit more on prayer than on talking but we’re just starting. I don’t want to schedule things like "when we pray" and such. The fellowship I think is good in itself.

Has this helped? Well, so far I can say … no. Not that I’ve noticed. However, who knows really how much prayer helps. What does God answer? What DOESN’T He answer? And really, does God answer prayers in ways we don’t realize and then we think He’s not listening?

A lot of crazy questions there.

However, I can say that daily pray has helped me in general. When I pray on my way to work I feel more at ease during the day. It keeps me focused not on the job itself or the paycheck but on God who very obviously gave me this job.

So how do I fight the Monday Morning Blues?
Lots of prayer.

On a side note: Seeing my two year old raise his hands in the air and say "I love you God! Thank you God" is an amazing feeling that warms my heart.

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Date May 19th, 2008 Filed in Spiritual No Comments »
Mar 6

I’ve been noticing a struggle in my heart and mind as of late. A great battle between being content and being envious.

Envy is pointed out in many placed in scripture as basically the downfall of a human.

“Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.” Job 5:2
“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30
“For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’ ” Mark 7:21-23

So the Bible doesn’t look kindly on the subject of envy. And it’s not a wonder. When you envy things you grow to hate what you have. If you have a new car, and someone has a nicer one - and you envy that and wish it your own - you grow to be discontent with the nice car you have. Being discontent and wishing you have what Joe Schmoe has is a huge downfall!

Not to sound all Yoda, but envy leads to jealousy. Jealousy leads to hate. Hate leads to anger. It’s a downward spiral from there. Depression. Suffering. Violence.

Rather than being envious of what other have I need to be content with what God has granted me. I may not have the highest paying job - but I have one of the best benefit packages! I may not have the best house - but it has possibility and I can work on it without fear of destroying something! I may not have the best car - but at least I’m not taking the bus to work every day!

Envy is the man slayer. I don’t want to be dead inside because I want something that I don’t have.

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Date March 6th, 2008 Filed in Spiritual 3 Comments »