a beginning or an end?

do you still have that "sunday night feeling"? you know, when you are kind of down for no reason at all except that it is sunday night. i thought i was the only one who experienced this phenomenon, but as i have talked to others, i find it is quite common. I have had this feeling consistently since the time i started school at 2 and a half years old. mondays are notorious for being bad. it is the end of the coveted weekend. daily separation from family and friends. the end of freedom to use your time as you please. when we were kids it was the end of happiness for 5 days until the next weekend rolled around. but could mondays be viewed as a beginning? beginning of a week the has the potential to be better than the last. almost a clean slate... an opportunity to complete those important tasks at work. another opportunity to invest in your family and friends. a chance to make a difference in the world. a new start. isn't that what we all need? it is kinda nice to know that no matter how bad things will get, sometime in the next 7 days there will be an opportunity for a fresh start. i still don't think this will help with the sunday night feeling...

why must we wait?

why are we always waiting for something? a friend to change their thinking, a nation to issue a passport, a season to come, a rainstorm to pass... why are we waiting? why not live and love in the middle of the waiting? why not embrace the pain and hurting? why not embrace the journey? why must we love so much and trust so little? why not realize that the waiting and hoping and crying and raging and longing is a part of shaping us into who we will be? we must wait and keep waiting until we learn that the waiting is what we were supposed to be doing all along. the waiting is what will make us see the wonder of who Christ is. the peace that only He can bring. not in a midwestern wife kind of way where everything is honey and apple pie, but in a God way where there is an all-encompassing presence of hope and joy and love. when we learn to find joy in the waiting we learn to find joy in the divine knowledge of who we are and who we will be. when we find joy in the waiting we will find trust and hope.