You know how this day rolls around after a seemingly too short of a weekend? Mondays have the ability of creating a loom over Sunday evenings, upon accepting their eventual return in the morning. It has been known as "Manic Monday"," Monday Morning Madness", and "Moody Mondays". One can get the "Case of the Mondays" or have "Monday Morning Blues".
For instance, when I typed in "Monday" in teh Google search Box, these are the images that appeared:
(and that was just the beginning!)
What is with Mondays of all days that has caused this sort of reputation?
I would like to have a different outlook on Mondays, and today I am proud to say I do! Maybe it has to do with the fact that I return to work Sunday nights instead and work through the dawn and coming of Monday morning. Or maybe it has to do with something small and wonderful happening to me this morning. You are more than welcome to stay a short while and hear what happened.
It goes something like this.....
8am has rolled around. The boys are fed, diapers changed, and the morning nanny has arrived and my duties as the night nanny have come to an end for the next 15hours. As I am on my way home, I feel the lack of sleep begin to hit me. So I decide to stop by starbucks on my home to get a little overpriced-but-oh-so-delicious-caffeinated-beverage to help me complete my hour-long commute home. I ordered my Mocha Frap lite, pulled around the side of starbucks and waited for the two cars ahead of me to obtain their orders. Soon I'm one car (or Hummer to be precise) away from getting my 'Cup of Joe' and hitting the road again on my way to a wonderful home, husband, and bed! But the Hummer is taking a bit longer to get its order than usual. I start to get impatient (I admit) and rethink my decision to stop by starbucks and spend the extra $$ on a drink I could really bare to be without. After 8 minutes (which feels like 25min in drive-thru time), the Hummer drives away. I pull up to the window, debit card in hand, ready to pay for my drink. But before I could even get my card to the Barista, he hands me my drink and says it's already been paid for!
Me: "What?!"
Barista: " Yeah, the lady ahead of you paid for your drink! We mixed up her order, tried to give it to her free, but she insisted we give you your drink for free."
Me: (delightfully in disbelief) "WOW! THANK you!!"
Barista: "yeah, that's Mrs. Kim. She loves people"
So off I drive, Mocha Frap Lite in my hand, HUGE smile on my face at the kindness and generosity that was just shown to me. Two things stuck with me after that amazing-surprise-morning blessing:
1) Mrs. Kim: She loves people. what a powerful statement the Barista made about that lady. He most likely has only interacted with Mrs. Kim through the window of a Starbucks Drive-Thru or maybe occasionally inside the store, but even through those limited interactions, she has left the mark on them, that she loves people and has a heart for people. That's amazing! I want to be known as "Ruth, she loves people"...and not only that, but even more so: "That's Ruth, she loves the Lord." Simply and deeply I want that to be able to be said of me. It was a good to be reminded of, challenged and encouraged in that. Who would've thought it would have happened at the Starburcks on E. Main St? :)
2) Even though it was Mrs. Kim that got me the Starbucks, I really believe this blessing and gift was from God through Mrs. Kim. Whenever anything like this happens, a seemingly small blessing that completely brightens my day, I know it's God taking an opportunity to show me that He takes GREAT delight in me. This aspect of who He is really blows me away. I mean, the Almighty God and Creator of the universe is big enough to take note in the little things of my life...He is that big to speak to me through the little blessings. It's amazing! I pray that this day, this Monday, God would open your eyes to the little things He is doing in order to show you that He takes great delight in you! Whether it's a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or any day of the week, know that the Lord eagerly awaits to meet you, reveal himself to you and take delight in you. That truth should blow the "Case of the Mondays" right out of the water if you ask me.
Isaiah 30:18
"Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
he rises to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him."
Psalm 139:17-18
"How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, I would still be with You."
Have a GREAT MONDAY!!!!!
-Mrs. B
