Stumbling Over the Truth

The other morning I was hungry and decided to stop by Dunkin' Doughnuts for coffee and a toasted sesame bagel with cream cheese.  As I pulled in looked over to the drive thru and noticed the cars were stacked 4-5 deep and they didn't look like they were going anywhere.  So, I decided to go inside (I am not a huge drive thru fan).  Once inside I notice that all of the employees had long, sad faces . . .  the kind you get after working a double shift.  Even the manager looked like she didn't want to be there.  Not one person had a smile on their face.  It caused me to think about how the end of their day would look, since this was only 6:55 a.m.   So often we forget that as Christ-followers we have every reason to smile.  Psalm 47 encourages us to get excited about the life that we have because God is AWESOME!  It calls us to clap our hands (and I'm not thinking that quite little golf clap) and shout for joy.  When was the last time you got up out of bed and ga

Mondays have a way a making me feel tired!  They can be one of the hardest days of the week because they begin the typical work week cycle.  The beginning of the long struggle of the week.  Somehow Saturday and Sunday flew by, and now you are looking at the workload for the week thinking, where did my weekend go.  The Monday morning blues can cause you to feel drained and just exhausted before the work day even begins. Maybe this isn't just a Monday problem.  Maybe yours is a Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday or . . . well you get the idea . . . problem.  Sometimes we just lack energy to go forward.  I think that is why Energizer batteries has really pushed that bunny as their advertising symbol.  Don't we all wish we could get some batteries to keep on going and going and going.  Products like the 5-hour energy drink market to the culture that people are run down and if you could just drink their product you would have all the energy to go strong. Having divine power