How did you get through your Monday; did you let God be in control?

Another Monday has come and gone; at least the part I endure at work.  Many times I let the rut of another Monday get me down.  Even an ordained Deacon, who is always a Deacon, even in the workplace allows the grind and the pressure of a work-a-day world ply the nerves.  As I prepared for another diffficult work week, and coming off an amazing Father's Day, I kept returning in prayer to that 1st parable in yesterday's Gospel.  The seed keeps on growing despite a lackluster effort by the sower.  The reason, as I recall in the words of my own homily, God is always in control, not us.  And we often times forget this remarkably important albeit simple fact.  God is in control.  He controls our coming in and our going out which means He controls our Mondays as well as our weekends.  What was I going to make of another manic Monday?

For me, it was much better than many of the recent Mondays endured.  Times are a little tough at work and that is out of my control.  Really, there is nothing I can do about the current state of affairs.  Well, I can control me(with the help of God of course) and the way I react, the way I give public witness.  Quite frankly, I have been a bit of a disappointment lately.  Despite my character and my deep personal relationship with my triune God, sometimes I can let this old world just get me down.  So I remembered this parable today and even the parable of the mustard seed.  While I apllied the mustard seed parable to the growth of the Church, this parable truly applies to each of us too; and that includes me!  From tiny beginnings and seemingly nothing but insignificane, trusted in and living my faith allows me to explde into that vast plant that the tiny mustard seed produces.  This is God's plan, that we grow so we can give back more to our loving God, His Church and our fellow man.

How did you get through your Monday?  With God in control I am sure you did just fine.  I did!  And for that I say bring on Tuesday!