Can we be honest and say that sometimes we don\u2019t look forward to Mondays? Maybe it\u2019s a job we loathe. Maybe it\u2019s the prospect of working for a boss that we can\u2019t stand or a work situation that demeans us. Maybe you partied too hard this weekend trying to \u201clive life\u201d before you have to crash down to reality. Perhaps you\u2019re just at a spot where you\u2019re not happy with your lot in life, and Monday signals another week, another week where nothing has changed and nothing seems to be getting better.<\/p>\n
Depending on what type of motivation\/encouragement you need, let me see if I can motivate you to make your Monday better:<\/p>\n
For the ones who need a shoulder to cry on:<\/strong> God is there for you. He really is. Even if it may not seem like it, God\u2019s heart breaks with yours. You\u2019re his daughter, you\u2019re his son. He grieves with you through the valleys of life. I know you wish sometimes that God would wave a magic wand and take all your problems away, but that\u2019s not going to happen. Know this, though: you\u2019re not alone. God is with you. Take comfort in that.<\/p>\n For the ones who need some tough love:\u00a0<\/strong>So life sucks. What are you going to do about it? You can waste your entire life being the victim. The good life doesn\u2019t come to those who never get knocked down. Everyone gets knocked down. The good life comes to the ones who choose to get back up. So get up. You\u2019re better than this. God created you for more than this.<\/p>\n For the ones who need perspective:<\/strong> So you had a bad week\/month\/year. Maybe this whole chapter in your life needs a rewrite. Although you can\u2019t go back and change how your story started, you can still choose how your story ends. Start writing a better ending for your story, for your family, for your life. Come with me to Haiti and see poverty at its most foundational level. You have a good life. Start living like it.<\/p>\n For the ones who need a vision of something bigger to hold onto:<\/strong> Everyone whom God used in the Bible went through significant periods of trial and testing. God used those moments to refine his people into vessels that he could use to change the world. So, if you\u2019re going through a hard time, maybe God\u2019s just preparing you to change the world. Never lose sight of the bigger vision and purpose that God has for your life.<\/p>\n Whichever way you go, I pray that you can get up and punch Monday in the face. Make this week a significant one in your life.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Can we be honest and say that sometimes we don\u2019t look forward to Mondays? Maybe it\u2019s a job we loathe. Maybe it\u2019s the prospect of working for a boss that we can\u2019t stand or a work situation that demeans us. Maybe you partied too hard this weekend trying to \u201clive life\u201d before you have to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[393,529,577,951,964,1518,1556],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-discouragement","tag-food-for-thought","tag-god","tag-monday","tag-motivation","tag-vision","tag-what-im-living"],"yoast_head":"\n