No More Manic Mondays

"It's just another Manic Monday." -The Bangles

I used to sing that single line every time I ventured out of the home and into the thick of whizzing, discombobulating Monday traffic. More often than not, what I sang was what I got. "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he," the Bible tells us (Prov 23:7 NKJV).

In other words, we become what our thoughts are. Thus, if I sing that line from The Bangles, I'll most probably get a manic Monday.

Yet, it doesn't have to be. Although we enter each day into the axe and grind of work, we can have an inner peace that keeps us fresh, calm and composed.

It's all about mind set. Read the words of Paul, who most certainly had those days that can be deemed as "manic:" Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. -Phil 4:8 (NIV)

When we do, our day becomes a day that we can deem as having been made for us. For, indeed, it has! This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. -Ps 118:24 (NIV)

Manic Mondays? No longer for me. Mondays are a beginning of a new day and a new week accompanied with new blessings and new opportunities. I think. So I am.