Reframing the “Mondays”

“Well, it’s a Monday!” is a phrase often heard to describe an otherwise difficult start to the day or week. Whether you’ve said this yourself or been the bystander as someone else begins to lament over their morning woes, the way we frame our week with words can change its trajectory.

Tempted to say these exact words, I weave through the piles in the hall of laundry created from weekend adventures. I lift my computer from my desk, piled high with papers and books waiting to be stored properly. The closer I get to the crumb-covered kitchen table, I can feel my heart rate rising and my anxiety setting in. The list is long. The time is short, and the week has only just begun. In this moment, I pause.

I can succumb to the Mondayness of the day or reframe my heart.

I can choose hope.

Quickly, I send a text to my husband asking for prayer. I reach out to my LIFEstory partner, Cari, and confess my need for hope in the moment. Then I set everything aside and step outside. Nothing is more important than my need for Jesus right here, right now.

I lace up my shoes and take my first steps towards trusting in His wisdom. I tell him of my anxiety and lay down the lies I hear in my head. I trade them for His peace. With each step and cry for help, I embrace the hope that only He can give.

My work will be there when I return, but for now I pause to walk and talk with Jesus, my Sustainer and Best Friend.