TGIM (Thank God It's Monday)

Thank God It's Monday (TGIM)  That is right.  I just said that.  Many people are surpised when I talk about how I like Mondays.  I thought I would take time to share why TGIM and not TGIF.

First, don't get the idea that I always live into this every Monday.  Also don't, for a second, think that I don't love the weekends.  Neither of those things are true.  In fact, the better I use my weekend time, the more I live into TGIM.  If I spend my weekends doing things that fill me up the more excited I am for the Monday.  

So why do I like Monday? First, to me, it represents a new beginning.  Why do we think we need to wait until January 1st each year to have a new beginning?  Every year, every week, every day can be a new beginning if we will allow it.  Lamentations 3:22-23 tells us "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning . . ."  "Every morning" includes Monday mornings.  

Next, "TGIF" devalues what God has placed before me five of the seven days.  God gives us blessings, work, and mission every day.  If I am only living for the weekend I am essentially saying is that the daily bread God has given me the other days is not good enough.  

Finally, if I am living into TGIM it is an indicator that I am working from a place of rest and not working to earn rest.  God commanded us to rest on the first day of the week and then work.  If I try to work and then rest I will constantly be living in an energy deficit.  This ties back to what I said earlier about how I use the weekend days.  It requires an honest answer to the question, "How am I doing stewarding the resources God has given me?"  

Today I choose to say "Thank God It's Monday" 

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