It's a Monday a Monday a Monday...

We usually grind our way through the week to get to the weekend---even Revolutionaries!



Is that what we are doing? Are we living for the weekend? The great theologian Michael Scott said that we should be living for the week!



But seriously, we often work hard during the week and look forward to something fun and/or relaxing on the weekend. It is fun to take weekends off.



I, unfortunately, have spent most of my adult life working in retail. If you work in retail you know that the weekend does not have the same impact for you. I am grateful for my time in retail but I am also grateful to be out!



The problem with taking the weekend off is facing Monday. When Monday rears its ugly head it means we are in for another grind for the next five days. Often our "weekend off" leaves us even more tired and in need of relaxation! That's why you won't find me rock climbing on my weekends off. :) I am usually exhausted after a weekend of running around with my kids at home, grocery store, or the church. These kind of things make Monday even harder.



Nothing is wrong about wanting to take the weekend off. It is purely natural! Even the greatest Revolutionary of them all, Jesus Christ took a weekend off! He had a tough week---tougher than mine and tougher than yours. He was arrested, beaten, and nailed to a heavy, wooden, splinter-ridden cross that He carried Himself up a hill. So then in His most vulnerable moment, all His friends ditched him. He died there on that cross and they put him into a tomb.



Rough weekend eh? No rock climbing for Him either. Instead, there was some rock rolling. Not rock and roll, but the large stone that sealed the tomb was rolled away on Sunday morning. To the surprise of those involved, Jesus, our model Revolutionary, was gone.



He would show up in a big way on that Sunday. He would astonishingly be alive and well after his horrific weekend ordeal. What a Sunday. Their Friend and leader died but then came back from the grave. Now that's the kind of weekend that can lead into a great Monday!



We are told that Jesus stuck around for many days later preparing His followers for their mission---a mission that is still going on to this day.



So on this Monday don't fret about five days of work ahead. Rejoice and celebrate the weekend that the great Revolutionary, Jesus Christ, experienced death and rose again so that you could have life.



Because He lives, we also shall live.



Have a great Monday and a great week!



-Jason Vreeke