Starting a New Week
Sunday night has come to be a sad night of the week. I feel like “the end of all things is near.” Monday morning is approaching. The time for relaxation and enjoying being with my fiance and new church family is over. Now it’s time to think about getting ready for work, getting up on time the next morning, and working on my to-do list. It’s very, very easy to listen to my emotions telling me to feel anxious and depressed when I wake up on a weekday morning in the midst of the fray.
Lately I’ve been convicted about how self-focused this perspective is. If life were all about me, then it would make sense to feel this way. But thankfully, life is not about me. An Anna-centered view on life is false and miserable. But I know when I look up, when, like the woman who touched the corner of Jesus’ garment, I look to Him as my only hope, that is when life begins to make sense again.
Those who know me well know how weak I am, how emotional and prone to wander from the peace of Christ. He holds me securely in spite of my waverings. The quote on the right really exemplifies the type of mindset that I long to have, although it is one that I am far from possessing right now. Contentment seems to be an elusive state I long to reach someday, but I think it’s more of a daily decision to lay down my life and take up my cross, to be constantly thankful instead of constantly complaining.
So these are my reminders to myself on the brink of a new and busy week. I want to embrace it with all it holds, to meditate on Christ and His goodness to me in saving me and pouring on me blessings far more than I deserve.
Anna, this is exactly how I feel right now! I could have easily wrote this. I loved how you described my condition: “Those who know me well know how weak I am, how emotional and prone to wander from the peace of Christ.” That’s me. But I don’t want to stay that way. I am praying for the peace of God to fill my heart and settle the irritations of anxiety.
Thank you for all the encouragement… 
How does the refreshment of hte weekend so rapidly go away after the first day of “work” homework?? Yep, I understand
We must have been having the same feelings yesterday because I wrote a post about the same exact problem! Thank goodness that God reveals our selfishness to us and instead casts our eyes on Him!
I’m so glad you’re writing again. I appreciated what you wrote. It definitely is a moment by moment decision to be content, and with that to be joyful. The quote on the right is beautiful. Thank God for the promise of 2 Peter 1:3. Thank you for sharing.