Just Another Monday

Hardly! I leave it to you to attach emotional feelings to this particular day. I simply report these realities to you: (1) Today we remember the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His contributions to the welfare of humanity are significant. It is appropriate to honor his memory and to live out the positive principles that he advocated. (2) Today we witness the inauguration of the 47th President of The United States of America. Some observers are calling Mr. Trump’s second term as President, “Trump 2.0.” It is likely that many changes in governmental leadership will be proposed and some carried out in practice. (3) I have to get my car washed and go to the grocery store. (4) I need to make an appointment with my doctor. Getting old is not always fun.

Observation: All four things about today are important, plus all the other things that will happen unexpectedly. Each thing you and I do today will have some degree of impact on some little piece of civilization. What we think and do matters, perhaps not on the level of prophet or presidential inauguration, but matters still. Life matters whether we agree with it or not, support it or not as it is played out on the grand stage of living. As a steward of this life, as you are, too, I offer back to the Creator of time this Just Another Monday day. I lift up this day before God and I pray with gratitude for the memories of prophets and priests, leaders like Dr. King. And I pray for Presidents, former and present and to be inaugurated. I encourage you to do the same. Let’s set aside the highs and lows of emotions and concentrate on the most profound prayer you can ever pray, four words: Thy will be done. Think those words, say them, sing them, share them, live them on this Just Another Monday day.

God of all histories and all futures: Thy will be done. May it be so. Amen.