A Case of the Mondays

It never failed. The reasons why remain a mystery,  but nearly every Monday at a former workplace brought with it some brand new issue either with our computers or some piece of equipment or another. A switch would suddenly and randomly stop switching what it was supposed to be switching, and would have to be rerouted. A button that, on Friday, simply did what it was designed to do, on Monday would do what it was supposed to do, but also cause a second computer, linked to the first by the most tenuous of connections, to react as though that same button had been pushed over there.

"What's going on?" my co-worker would ask.
"It's Monday," I would answer.

And nothing more needed to be said.

It's been said that Monday gets a bad rap, but I'll admit, it's not exactly undeserved. No matter how you enjoyed -- or failed to enjoy -- your weekend, it's tough to go back to work. And, apparently, the gremlins are working overtime to make sure Monday is as confusingly off-kilter as possible.

So,  I'm not going to pretend it's all in your head, or that Monday isn't as rough as you seem to think it is. I know better.

No, the real question, when it comes to Monday -- and all that comes with it -- is how are we going to react to it?

The Book of Acts (Chapter 16: 15-40) tells us of Paul and Silas, and their time in jail. If you think being beset by Monday Gremlins is bad, you've never been arrested in the ancient Roman Empire. The men were stripped and beaten, and tossed into a dirty prison where they... praised God.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. (v.25)

You know the rest of the story, how they were freed by God, and how they made a disciple of their jailer. But notice how Scripture tells us about this act of faith. The nonchalance. There they were, praying and singing. The prison was nothing to them but a venue. Another place to pray and worship their Father and Savior. And the other prisoners listened.

I'm no fan of Mondays, but when it comes down to it, what is it to us, children of the King, but another day to praise Him?